A lot of Alice stuff is written that way "Them Bones" is a great off-time song.[238]. [294] Cantrell said about the film; "I get more people coming up to me telling me my line. Now the once-discontinued model returns as a Jerry Cantrell signature guitar, complete with a spruced-up feature set. [321][322] While Cantrell was running full speed, his guitar player at the time, Bryan Kehoe, was also running full speed towards him and Cantrell got his pinky finger caught in Kehoe's T-shirt sleeve. 2 comments. [351], Cantrell also supports Music for Relief,[352] Autism Speaks,[353][327] Rock Against MS Foundation,[229][354] and the Los Angeles Police Memorial Foundation. Jerry Cantrell was born in Tacoma, Washington in 1966 and is most widely recognized as the lead guitarist, co-lyricist, and co-lead singer for the immensely popular band, Alice in Chains. [62][61], Staley was already starting up another band, but Cantrell, Starr and Kinney wanted him to be their lead singer. [43] He noted in an interview that he was "raised on country music" as a youth and that he admires the emotion conveyed in the genre. [221], Cantrell performed with Duff McKagan's band The Walking Papers during the band's concert at The Crocodile in Seattle on December 15, 2012. [311] Staley died on April 5, 2002 at the same time of Cantrell's Degradation Trip tour, but Cantrell opted not to cancel any shows, stating, "It's difficult to do interviews - it's hard to talk about it [Staley's death]. [51], In 1985 or 1986, Cantrell moved back to Tacoma and began a band called Diamond Lie, which included singer Scott Damon, drummer Bobby Nesbitt and bassist Matt Muasau. When Jerry was a boy, he wanted an electric guitar for Christmas, but his father bought him an acoustic one with nylon strings, so there is a good chance that the D-50 was one of his very first six-strings. But being a part of this band is a full time job. [331], Cantrell is a recovering addict and alcoholic and has been sober since 2003. [71], Jerry Cantrell served as the lead guitarist, co-lyricist, co-vocalist and main composer of Alice in Chains until the group's near-permanent hiatus beginning in the late 1990s and leading through the death of lead singer Layne Staley in April 2002. [99][100] The show featured some of the band's highest charting singles, including "Rooster", "Down in a Hole", "Heaven Beside You", "No Excuses" and "Would? [220], On May 12, 2012, Cantrell made a duet with Somar Macek accompanied by the Synergia Northwest Orchestra for a performance of Elton John's "Levon" at the Paramount Theater in Seattle, during a benefit concert for music education in Northwest public schools. [196], Cantrell sings background vocals and does a lead vocal ad-lib in the final chorus of "Love Is Blind" from Richie Kotzen's 2011 album, 24 Hours. [37] Cantrell learned to play guitar by ear, emulating his heroes. [239] They feature a maple body, maple neck and ebony fingerboard. 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After the war, Cantrell's father bounced from one Army base to another, including stints in . I'm an army brat my dad was in the army and we moved around quite a bit when I was . Layne Staley was incredibly hard to work with during AIC recording their self-titled album. [138], In June 2017, Alice in Chains returned to Seattle's Studio X to record their sixth studio album. He grew up in Spanaway, and is the oldest of three children. [41] Cantrell's father played the sheriff in the music video for "Cut You In".[155][156]. [240] The guitars feature a single-bridge humbucker wired to a volume control. [343] Cantrell founded the league to combine his love of fantasy football with the goal of helping a worthy cause. [32] [174], On December 6 and 7, 2019, Cantrell performed two sold-out solo concerts at the Pico Union Project in Los Angeles. When she passed away, it was a really shitty time for me. To coincide with the band's reunion, Sony Music released the long-delayed third Alice in Chains compilation, The Essential Alice in Chains, a double album that includes 28 songs. Before that, he had never gone on tour without it. Studio X was the same studio where the band recorded their self-titled album, Alice in Chains (1995),[139][140] Recording was completed in January 2018. One day while we were in class taking a test, my friend mentioned that there was a great music scene in Dallas, and he suggested that we take a year off from college and . Off-time stuff is just more exciting it takes people by surprise when you shift gears like that before they even know what the hell hit 'em. [42] In the months before writing the song, Cantrell had been suffering from an unexplained illness. Show All Dates . [338], On April 12, 2004, Cantrell and his then-band Cardboard Vampyres performed at a benefit concert for Sweet Relief, a nonprofit organization that helps needy musicians cover medical expenses. [27], Alice in Chains' second acoustic EP, Jar of Flies, debuted at No. [52] While working at the store, Cantrell bought what he described as his first "real guitar", a 1984 G&L Rampage. The first is a Rampage model which is very similar to the instrument most closely identified with Cantrell, known as the "Blue Dress Rampage" for having an image of a vintage pin-up girl wearing a blue dress, which Cantrell taped to the top of his first guitar. A 26-year-old employee at Microsoft faces decades in prison after allegedly stabbing another Microsoft employee more than a dozen times near the tech behemoth's campus in an unprovoked . 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[15] Guitar World also ranked Cantrell's solo in "Man in the Box" at No. You can hear that across Alice In Chains' discography, a sense of golden-hued classicism applying light and shade. Due to the strain of war, his parents divorced when he was seven years old, and Cantrell was raised by his mother, Gloria, and his . [28] Father and son also appeared together on the music video for "Rooster", in which Jerry Sr. recalls the war. [345] In 2018, Cantrell named the league's trophy after his friend Vinnie Paul, who had died recently. 77 on its list of "100 Greatest Guitar Solos". [40][57] Diamond Lie played their last concert in July 1987. General Comment31/32 was Layne Staley's and Jerry Cantrell's ages at the time the song was written, leading me to think the song wasn't just about Jerry's past, becuase some of it doesn't seem to fit in with . We've been more of a family than most, and it had to be okay from here", Cantrell said pointing to his heart. [108], Between 2006 and 2007, Cantrell played in a number of concerts with Alice in Chains featuring guest lead singers such as Ann Wilson,[109] Mark Lanegan,[110] James Hetfield,[111] Phil Anselmo,[111] Billy Corgan,[110] Scott Weiland[112] Sebastian Bach,[113] and William DuVall. [308] Alice in Chains also paid tribute to Cornell on the one year anniversary of his death on May 18, 2018. Although the band has changed, we've lost Layne, we've added Will, and there was no master plan. [62] Kinney pointed at his girlfriend and said: "that's weird cause that's his sister". He would later cite guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix,[44] Ace Frehley, Tony Iommi, Angus Young, Jimmy Page, Glenn Tipton, K.K. Jerry's maternal grandfather was Elmer James Krumpos (the son of Matey "Matthew/Mike" Krumpos and Barbara . The chorus speaks of Jerry's father. Vinyl record art. When you're teaching people that being gay is a mortal sin, yet a good portion of the people teaching this are fucking kids, there's a huge problem". Jerry was a loving father and grandfather. [254][255] Also a Gibson Custom Shop Jerry Cantrell SG,[256][254] a 1952 Goldtop Les Paul,[257] an Ernie Ball Music Man EVH[258][259] that was a gift from Eddie Van Halen in the 1990s, but has been stolen from Cantrell,[260] a dark blue Mosrite Ventures model,[261] a Dean Michael Schenker USA V,[262] and Dean Soltero guitars. [218], Cantrell made a special appearance at a Stone Temple Pilots concert in Camden, New Jersey, on May 23, 2010, playing guitar during the band's performance of "Sex Type Thing". Cantrell said in his acceptance speech, "I crash landed here almost 9 years ago, in Los Angeles. It's been an amazing day. [181] Cantrell's third solo album is titled Brighten and was released on October 29, 2021. [102], Although never officially disbanding, Alice in Chains was plagued by extended inactivity from 1996 onwards due to Staley's substance abuse, which resulted in his death in 2002. [80], Alice in Chains was one of the most successful bands of the 1990s, selling over 20 million records worldwide,[81] and over 14 million records in the US alone. Silver was also Alice in Chains' manager. "[180] On July 28, 2021, Cantrell posted a teaser trailer in his social media announcing that a new song and video titled "Atone" would be released on July 29. Guitar-wise, Jerry's playing was always exciting and interesting. Jerry Cantrell in 2010. [242] This guitar features a fixed bridge and the addition of a neck pickup. [182], Cantrell has appeared as guest guitarist on several albums and projects, including the Danzig album Blackacidevil (1996), in which he played on three tracks ("See All You Were", "Come to Silver" and "Hand of Doom"),[183] and the Metallica album Garage Inc. 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