[129][130] The title track is a tribute to Layne Staley written and sung by Cantrell, accompanied by Elton John playing piano. [63] Diamond Lie gained attention in the Seattle area and eventually took the name of Staley's previous band, Alice N' Chains, and was quickly renamed as Alice in Chains. Cantrell's first childhood memory is meeting his father for the first time after he had returned from war when he was three years old. Father - Jerry Cantrell Sr Mother - Gloria Jean Cantrell: Siblings: David Contrell: School: Clover Park School District: College: Spanaway Lake High School: Religion: NA: Nationality: . The cat appeared on Cantrell's episode of MTV Cribs, which was shot at his ranch in Oklahoma in September 2002. [72] Cantrell's guitar contribution gave a heavy metal edge to the band's unique grunge style. Subsequent work with the revamped Alice in Chains may have stalled this release. [303][304][305][306], Cantrell was homeless in the early '90s and lived for some time at the house of Pearl Jam's manager Kelly Curtis. The nickname "Rooster" was a childhood nickname given by his great-grandfather to Cantrell . [196] Aday stated that she thought Cantrell would be a good person to put in some "heartbroken, haunting, crying guitar" on the track. [331], Cantrell is a recovering addict and alcoholic and has been sober since 2003. [73] Cantrell also played bass on the track "Love Song", from the 1992 Sap EP. Net worth of - Inside Billy Currington's Million Dollar Fortune And Love Life. [213] On November 10, 2004, Cantrell was among the musicians who performed a short acoustic set to benefit Help The Homeless in Hollywood, California. [284], Between 2009 and 2010, Cantrell co-owned a hard rock bar called Dead Man's Hand in Las Vegas with Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian. Jerry's paternal grandfather was Herbert Franklin Cantrell (the son of Fred Carl Cantrell and Delphia Blanche Campbell). He met Axl Rose after the show and gave him the tape. I rarely bathed during that period of writing; I sent out for food, I didn't really venture out of my house in three or four months. Maybe somewhere down the road. the first album of DuVall's band, Comes with the Fall. [31] Cantrell has cited his interest in dark musical tones as dating back to this period: "In choir we performed a cappella Gregorian chants from the 14th and 15th centuries. [176][177], On January 24, 2020, Cantrell announced that he was working on a new solo album. Show All Dates . [117] Comes with the Fall was both the opening act on Cantrell's tour for his second solo album, Degradation Trip, and also the singer's backing band,[118] with DuVall singing Staley's parts at the concerts in 2001 and 2002. The band was part of the Grunge movement and is known for the unique vocal harmonies between Cantrell and Layne Staley, and later between Cantrell and William DuVall.Cantrell also has a solo career and released the albums . [105] The band featured Damageplan vocalist Pat Lachman, as well as other special guests including Maynard James Keenan of Tool, Wes Scantlin from Puddle of Mudd and Ann Wilson of Heart. Cantrell joined Metallica on backing vocals during their performance of "Nothing Else Matters" at the Download Festival in Dublin on June 11, 2006. [159], In 1998, Layne Staley almost performed live again since Alice in Chains' last concert in July 1996,[160] when Cantrell went to Seattle on his solo tour for Boggy Depot. 1", "Exclusive Interview: Shawnee Smith - SMITH AND PYLE", "RICHIE KOTZEN To Release '24 Hours' in November", "DUFF MCKAGAN To Release 'How To Be A Man' EP Featuring IZZY STRADLIN, JERRY CANTRELL", "Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell Speaks About His Deftones Cameo, Chino Moreno Calls New Album "A Challenge", "Deftones - Phantom Bride Featuring Jerry Cantrell (Official Audio)", "Pantera feat. [282], In 2018, Cantrell was named "Guitarist of the Year" by Ultimate Guitar's readers poll. [213] "This band is really just about having fun and playing tunes that we were fans of growing up," Cantrell stated. [26] Jerry Sr. was the main subject of the song "Rooster", which Cantrell wrote as a tribute to his father,[27] and his mother Gloria is also mentioned by name in the song. He spent his childhood days in Spanaway. [330] The riff later became the song "Stone", the first single from The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here. The band covered two Soundgarden songs, "Hunted Down" and "Boot Camp", closing their headlining set at the Rock on the Range festival in Columbus, Ohio. [321] Cantrell needed a titanium plate and four screws to put the bones back together. Singer, songwriter, guitarist, and Alice In Chains co-founder Jerry Cantrell today announces a North American tour beginning on March 24, 2022 in support of his soon to be released album Brighten. 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. When Alice in Chains' first album went gold, Cantrell sent both teachers a gold record. When Jerry was in sixth grade, his mom was dating a guitar player who taught him a couple of chords. 37 out of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" also by Guitar World in 2012. [94], Alice in Chains broke up for six months following the cancellation of their opening act at the Metallica tour in July 1994,[26] citing "health problems within the band". He also has a solo career and released the albums Boggy Depot in 1998 and Degradation Trip Volumes 1 2 i . It's a repetitive motion injury from playing. [Singles Blu Ray Rip]", "2018 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Chris Cornell Tribute BLACK HOLE SUN by Ann Wilson/Jerry Cantrell", "Jerry Cantrell's Gibson Les Paul Studio (Duplicate)", "Interview: Jerry Cantrell - Playing Dumb", "Man in the Box with Jerry Cantrell playing a Gibson SG. Hi, I'm Su! But fuck, I guess we're going to be talking about this for awhile". [291], In the early 1990s, Cantrell and his Alice in Chains bandmates Layne Staley and Mike Starr were featured on the music video "Never a Know, But the No", from the Seattle thrash metal band Forced Entry. [298], In 2013, Cantrell played country singer Donnie "Skeeter" Dollarhide Jr. on the Alice in Chains mockumentary AIC 23. [150] As the activity of Alice in Chains slowed and the band's future came into question, Cantrell reluctantly began work on his first full-length solo record. Jerry Cantrell started his music career with the Marshall JCM800. We're just figuring out how we work as a team. [173] On February 6, 2019, Cantrell performed a two-song acoustic set for BMG's Pre-Grammy Party at the No Name bar in Los Angeles. Born Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr on 18th March, 1966 in Tacoma, Washington, USA . [315][316] Cantrell dedicated his solo album, Degradation Trip, released two months after Staley's death, to his memory. [319] Cantrell stated, "There are two things you never want to get into a conversation or argument about: politics and religion. But it gave me the impetus to do what I'm doing. [71] After three months of negotiations, Alice in Chains signed to Columbia Records on September 11, 1989. He was also living in San Francisco during that period. [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]. He's sat in the restaurant of an airy hotel, where multiple dishes, including a vast pizza and a colourful salad are fanned . Their albums are Black Gives Way to Blue, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here and Rainier Fog. (174) $174.00. [33][36], Cantrell picked up a guitar for the first time when he was in sixth grade. [26] The family lived on welfare and food stamps. This is what would prompt little Jerry to write the AIC classic "Rooster". [216], On October 6, 2009, Cantrell joined Pearl Jam during their concert at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles. [217] The following night, Cantrell joined the band to perform "Kick Out the Jams". [32] The metal part will never leave, and I never want it to". You can get close enough to fake it, but you will never get it right. G&L Guitars makes two Jerry Cantrell Signature guitars available to the general public for purchase. Jerry Cantrell father's name is . [205], In 2002, Cantrell played a series of summer dates with headlining rock band Nickelback. In his day job as Alice In Chains' guitarist and vocalist, he's spent over 30 years engineering some of the biggest songs in rock history. [32] It would not be until the age of 17 that he began seriously playing an electric guitar. Jerry Cantrell is an American guitarist and singer. There were times on stagethere was one show in Charlotte where it was just so heavy. I had the same issue in the other shoulder about six years ago so I've had them both done now. "[20] Cantrell's manager at the time, Bill Siddons, said that Jerry really loved Layne and they had a bond he hadn't seen before. [142] Cantrell took the album's title from the Mount Rainier in Seattle, and the title track is a tribute to the Seattle music scene. Jerry's maternal grandfather was Elmer James Krumpos (the son of Matey "Matthew/Mike" Krumpos and Barbara . [101][37], Alice in Chains performed four shows supporting Kiss on their Alive/Worldwide Tour in 1996, including the final live appearance of Layne Staley on July 3, 1996, in Kansas City, Missouri. [239] They feature a maple body, maple neck and ebony fingerboard. [335][336][337], In 1996, Cantrell became involved with anti-racism organisation Artists for a Hate Free America,[338] alongside other musicians including Jeff Ament, Beck and Michael Stipe, to film public service announcements, and pose for a national ad campaign. "[329] While recuperating at home in a sling, Cantrell heard a riff in his head and sang it into his phone. What a crazy journey always is. [308] Alice in Chains also paid tribute to Cornell on the one year anniversary of his death on May 18, 2018. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart", "Alice in Chains To Re-Team With Producer Nick Raskulinecz For New Album", "Jerry Cantrell Interview on Trunk Nation (08/21/2017) - Alice in Chains' new album + solo album", "Big News From Alice in Chains: New Album Almost Wrapped Up! [74], Their second full-length album, Dirt, was released in September 1992 to critical acclaim and was certified quadruple platinum. [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. [104] On February 18, 2005, Cantrell, Mike Inez and Sean Kinney reunited to perform for the first time in 10 years as Alice in Chains at the K-Rock Tsunami Continued Care Relief Concert in Seattle. "[312] "The shows I played between the time I got the word about Layne and Layne's funeral were very important to me in terms of being able to continue on. There's never been any doubt about how great a musician Jerry Cantrell is, and as the main music writer for Alice in Chains, he is often credited as the father of some of Grunge's fattest . [107], On March 10, 2006, Cantrell, Inez and Kinney performed at VH1's Decades Rock Live concert, honoring fellow Seattle musicians Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart. [174], On December 6 and 7, 2019, Cantrell performed two sold-out solo concerts at the Pico Union Project in Los Angeles. Twenty-five years ago, Jerry Cantrell named his debut solo album ("Boggy Depot") after the spot in Oklahoma where his father was raised. The younger Cantrell watched his father deploy twice and never talk about what happened in Vietnam. Of course, you know, possibilities"[171] Cantrell expressed the same sentiment when asked about a new solo album during an interview with Trunk Nation in August 2017, stating that Alice in Chains has always been his number one concern, but that he would not rule out a new solo album in the future. The two models most closely identified with Cantrell are instruments manufactured in the 1980s. [290], In his teens, Cantrell was acting in lead roles in high school plays. [188] Cantrell, Osbourne, guitarist Zakk Wylde, bassist Robert Trujillo and drummer Mike Bordin went to the studio and made some rough demos of those songs. [173] Cantrell said in a statement: "I really dug John Wick and have always admired Keanu's work. 10 on Total Guitar/MusicRadar's "15 best rock guitarists in the world right now" poll. Or, do you give it a shot, try something? He appeared with his father on the music video of Rooster. [215] No formal albums were released by the band. [102] In 2001, a second compilation titled Greatest Hits was released. [73] The album, which received better critical reception than its predecessor, featured two singles, "Anger Rising" and "Angel Eyes", and the track "She Was My Girl" was included on the Spider-Man soundtrack. [161][162] It was Halloween night and Staley was backstage as a guest. His first solo concerts since 2004. I love him and have to move on. Cantrell's career outside Alice in Chains has consisted of three solo albums, as well as many appearances with other musicians and on film soundtracks. Later, he learned officially on his mom's manual-transmission 1976 Volkswagen Super Beetle . Yes, Jerry Cantrell is part of Alice In Chains, one of the biggest hard rock groups of the last 30 plus years. Facebook; Twitter; Su Yeniocak. Jerry Cantrell is a music icon that has been a member of Alice in Chains. [123] The band didn't have a record label at the time and the album was funded by Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney. 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 . "[314] William DuVall, who performed Staley's vocals during Cantrell's solo concerts, elaborated on this emotional period saying: "I lost my grandfather in the same week, so Cantrell and I both hit the road with immense personal losses dogging us. [295], He also had a cameo as himself in the 2009 film noir comedy Rock Slyde,[296] appeared on the background of two scenes from the first episode of season three of the HBO TV series Deadwood in 2006,[297] and made a cameo in Deadwood: The Movie in 2019. His first concert after the surgery was at the Key Club in West Hollywood on July 1, 2001. I miss him tremendously. Once Cantrell started writing the song and the rest of the album, his mystery illness disappeared. [317] Sadie died on the same night of Alice in Chains' concert in Seattle on October 8, 2010, aged 18. Find out more as we look at 10 things you didn't know about Jerry Cantrell. He's said he admires the emotion in country and even considers himself "half-Yankee and half-redneck.". Dad Band: Directed by Ted Kamp. 1), selling 61,000 copies in its first week of release. 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. The experience with Camp Freddy inspired Cantrell and The Cult guitarist Billy Duffy to form their own covers band,[211] the rock supergroup Cardboard Vampyres (named after Cantrell's cats). We have played with some [singers] who can actually bring it and add their own thing to it without being a Layne clone. His father is an Army veteran, and his mother was an amateur organist and melodica player who worked as an administrative assistant for the Clover Park School District in . [35] He graduated from high school in 1984. Cantrell mentioned that they needed a bass player to jam with them and he had someone in mind: Mike Starr, with whom Cantrell had played in a band in Burien called Gypsy Rose. TWEET. It's been an amazing day. He is the eldest child of his parents. The best places to look for gear usage are typically on the artist's social media , YouTube, live performance images , and . [126], On September 29, 2009, Alice in Chains released their first record since the death of Layne Staley, Black Gives Way to Blue, and toured in support of the album. [170], In November 2014, during an interview on radio 95.5 KLOS, Cantrell was asked if he had any plans on doing more solo work, to which he replied: "I don't know. [98], On April 10, 1996, Alice in Chains played their first concert in two and a half years for MTV Unplugged, a program featuring all-acoustic set lists. [131] He told Guitar World, "I got deathly ill. According to our records, Jerry Cantrell is possibly single. Cantrell was born in Tacoma, Washington, on March 18, 1966,[2] to Gloria Jean Krumpos and Jerry Fulton Cantrell. [153] The title comes from the ghost town of the same name in Oklahoma, which is the area that Cantrell's father grew up in. [202][203] Cantrell joined the band again for their performance of "Walk" during a concert in San Jose, California on February 6, 2001. [223] Cantrell alongside Pearl Jam's Mike McCready and Soundgarden's Chris Cornell, also played guitar for Heart's hit song "Barracuda" with Ann and Nancy Wilson at the ceremony. Being a founder, guitarist, . [307] At the start of 1991, Cantrell moved in with Soundgarden lead singer Chris Cornell and his then-wife Susan Silver at their house in Seattle. [22][23] His maternal grandmother was from Norway, and his maternal grandfather was from the Czech Republic. The last straw for Staley was when they auditioned a male stripper he decided to join the band after that. . A Dad Band get together in a garage goes terribly wrong when a pair of underwear and nonsensical egos get in the way. Cantrell started to sing lead vocals on Alice in Chains' 1992 EP Sap. However, this album still has not been released. [39] During that time, he had a band with Vinnie Chas (from Pretty Boy Floyd), called Sinister. G&L Jerry Cantrell signature Rampage prototype, Ernie Ball Music Man EVH Model - Given to Jerry by Eddie, 2 Friedman Amplification BE100 Brown Eye heads, Friedman JJ-100 Jerry Cantrell Signature 100W Hand Wired Tube Guitar Head, Dunlop Jerry Cantrell signature Cry Baby wah, This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 05:37. [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. His father is an Army veteran, and his mother was an amateur organist and melodica player who worked as an administrative assistant for the Clover Park School District in Pierce County, Washington. [293], In 1996, he had a cameo in Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire playing "Jesus of CopyMat", the CopyMat worker who helped Tom Cruise's character make copies of his manifesto. I believe it was at the Seattle Center Arena. ", was written by Cantrell as a tribute to his late friend Andrew Wood. [49], In 1985, Cantrell was going to winter semester of college,[50] but he decided to quit it and moved to Dallas, Texas, to join a band with a couple of friends. [327] The surgery postponed the recording sessions of The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here as Cantrell could not play guitar for eight months while he was recovering. With all the crazy weather, Jerry Cantrell and his band showed up to rock the RMA. [27], Alice in Chains' second acoustic EP, Jar of Flies, debuted at No. [62] Kinney pointed at his girlfriend and said: "that's weird cause that's his sister". Cantrell was named "Riff Lord" by British hard rock/metal magazine Metal Hammer in 2006. The song features Cantrell sharing lead vocals with Damageplan singer Patrick Lachman,[211] and it can be found on that movie's soundtrack, and as a bonus track on the Japanese version of Damageplan's debut album, New Found Power. 77 on its list of "100 Greatest Guitar Solos" in 2008. Family: His father is a Vietnam veteran; Jerry dedicated the song "Rooster" to him. He served with the 101st Airborne Division, which has a fitting shoulder insignia: the bald eagle. I'll remember him and respect the memories of what we did together and just enjoy life and that's all I'll say about it. It's also effective when you slow something down and then slam 'em into the dash. [89] The album's lead single, "Would? Jerry Cantrell - Man In The Box/Ace of Spades (March 1, 1992, Seattle)", "Pantera Concert Setlist at Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle on March 1, 1992", "Pantera feat. retrovinylclock. That's the choice I took. Jerry Cantrell April 28, 2022 The Depot. [26] 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 maternal grandmother in Tacoma. With W. Earl Brown, Jerry Cantrell, Suzanne Friedline, Ted Kamp. He is the son of Gloria Jean (Krumpos) and Jerry Fulton "Rooster" Cantrell, Sr. His father is from Atoka, Oklahoma. IconicInc. [56], Three weeks after his mother's death on April 11, 1987, Cantrell went to see the band Alice N' Chains perform at the Tacoma Little Theatre, and was impressed by the voice of the lead singer, Layne Staley. It's completely a reunion because the three of us who're left are back together. [15], In October 2008, Guitar World ranked Cantrell's solo in "Man in the Box" at No. It's time to let it be. Cantrell also acted in the Alice in Chains mockumentaries The Nona Tapes (1995) and AIC 23 (2013). [114][120][121], By April 2007, Alice in Chains had been writing and demoing songs for a new album with DuVall,[122] but the band did not show further signs of progress until October 2008, when they announced that they had begun recording with producer Nick Raskulinecz in the studio. Both musicians died in 2017. . 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