[20][159] Finally in June 2002, Cantrell issued his second solo album, Degradation Trip, with Ozzy Osbourne's then live rhythm section, Mike Bordin (drums) and Robert Trujillo (bass). Layne Staley made his final music industry appearance at the 1997 Grammys, and discussed in interviews how he really wanted to win one. I just don't get high today and wake up the next morning and try and do the same thing. It was boring., Aside from his busted foot, Staley appears to be in fine shape these days. The tattoo parlor is cluttered with designs of skulls, gargoyles, dragons and other Goth images. [175] He was joined by Greg Puciato and Terra Lopez on vocals, Tyler Bates on guitar, Johnny Scaglione on acoustic guitar, James Lomenzo on bass, Gil Sharone on drums, Jordan Lewis on keyboards and Michael Rozon on pedal steel guitar. A lurid T-shirt hangs on the wall, picturing an EC Comics-type cannibal and the motto Jeffrey Dahmer says, Remember KidsTattoos Taste Great! Some twisted shit indeed. His first concert after the surgery was at the Key Club in West Hollywood on July 1, 2001. L-R: Mike Inez, Sean Kinney, unknown, Dionne Farris, Donnie Ienner (then-president of Columbia Records), Layne Staley, Mike McCready, and Jason Finn (of the band Presidents Of The U.S.A.). [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. (1998) on the band's rendition of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Tuesday's Gone". In December 2005, a surgery in his left shoulder removed bone fragments and repaired cartilage. 3. "@type": "WebPage", Alice In Chains singer/guitarist William DuVall shared a rare photo of the band, including Layne Staley, at the Grammys in 1996 with Dionne Farris. } ), Photos: Motley Crue, Slipknot, Alice in Chains Rattle the Heartland, Though Alices nightmarish style may have seemed at odds with the soft, fuzzy, feel-good tone of Singles, the bands charismatic guitarist, Jerry Cantrell, enjoyed the film. I decided to stop because I was miserable doing it. Snootyparrot. [339], In 2007, Cantrell auctioned off some of his favorite clothes from key moments in his career to benefit MusiCares and the Layne Staley Fund,[340][341] which provides support and treatment for heroin recovery in the Seattle music community. the first album of DuVall's band, Comes with the Fall. Cantrell has also collaborated and performed with Heart, Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Pantera, Circus of Power, Metal Church, Gov't Mule, Damageplan, Pearl Jam, The Cult, Stone Temple Pilots, Danzig, Glenn Hughes, Duff McKagan and Deftones, among others. [227], On March 13, 2017, Cantrell made a guest appearance at Steel Panther's concert at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood and performed "Man In The Box" with the band joined by Godsmack singer Sully Erna on lead vocals. Click above to change location. Im sure Ill never be completely 100 percent at peace with myself and the world. Jerry's a really solid blues-rock guitarist, very tasteful and emotive. Alice in Chains ALL LOCATIONS. [215] No formal albums were released by the band. There are beers all around, a bevy of exotic dancers smother him with affection, and listen closely theyve even got Man in the Box playing on the clubs speakers. [323], Cantrell underwent shoulder surgery twice. The opening performance will be the first full show by Alice in chains, live since September [4] William DuVall joined the band in 2006 as co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist, [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. During our set the entire crowd would chant, Slayer, Slayer, Slayer. But we figured, hey, if we could play for a Slayer crowd and not get killed, we had it made., All the hard work eventually paid off in September 1991, thirteen months after Facelift was released, the album was certified gold for selling a half-million copies, making Alice the most successful new Seattle band until Nirvana exploded. ] Cantrell joined Metallica on backing vocals during their performance of "Nothing Else Matters" at the Download Festival in Dublin on June 11, 2006. [37] Cantrell learned to play guitar by ear, emulating his heroes. [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. In high school, Jerry played the clarinet and sung in the choir. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73120, Website Design by Set Sail Media maintained by Data Design Inc, ion Oklahoma Online Magazine | Lifestyle, Culture, Entertainment, Events, Local retailer takes online fashion boutique offline, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma Introduces 2017 Season, Harkins Theatres 2017 Loyalty Cup and T-shirt on Sale, Bricktown Harkins presents great lineup for Tuesday Night Classics, The Chic Renaissance Waterford Oklahoma City. [289], On January 17, 2020, Cantrell officially joined Gibson as a brand ambassador. The cat appeared on Cantrell's episode of MTV Cribs, which was shot at his ranch in Oklahoma in September 2002. My band has been doing things lately, so I don't really have time to do anything. @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 979px) { [154] The tracks "Cut You In", "My Song" and "Dickeye" were released as singles to promote the album. "@type": "BreadcrumbList", [88] The opening track, "Brother", featured Cantrell on lead vocals. [186], Cantrell provided background vocals for the track "Effigy" on Gov't Mule's 2001 album, The Deep End, Volume 1. [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. The band reformed in 2005 when drummer Sean Kinney had the idea to reunite the surviving members[103] to perform a benefit concert for the victims of the tsunami disaster that struck South Asia in 2004. It's a tough thing to go through. [95][96] The band's self-titled third studio album was released in November 1995, debuted at No. Cantrell went on to release two solo albums, 1998sBoggy Depotand2002s Degradation Trip, which got reissued later that year as the expanded edition Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2. We found no local events. [125], About the pressure being put on DuVall for replacing Staley as lead vocalist, Cantrell said, "To put all that weight on Will's shoulders is unfair. Downing, David Gilmour, Nancy Wilson,[45] and Eddie Van Halen as major influences,[46] as well as Elton John[47] and bands Fleetwood Mac,[47] Heart[45][48] and Rush as his early songwriting idols. Look forward to setting it free upon your ear holes sometime soon. The band rose to international fame in the early 1990s during Seattle's grunge movement, and is known for its distinctive vocal style[10] and the harmonized vocals between Cantrell and Layne Staley (and later Cantrell and William DuVall). [93] The album's fifth track was an instrumental song, "Whale & Wasp", described by Cantrell as "a conversation between whales and wasps". It takes a few deep bites to get what its all about. [270][271] In January 2019, Dunlop released a new version of the pedal, with a design based on Cantrell's tribal orca tattoo created by Coast Salish artist Joe Wilson, and lyrics for the Alice in Chains song "Rainier Fog" on the bottom plate. Cantrell has been most famously seen playing a G&L Guitars' Rampage model. "[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. This was a cool surprise at the AIC Pop-up Museum today. Proceeds from the concert benefited the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute and further the mission of Rhonda's Kiss, an organization that helps cancer patients in need. I can't quantify it really in words. He also has a solo career and released the albums Boggy Depot in 1998 and Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2 in 2002. Alice In Chains Man In The Box cassingle 1990 Columbia + 3 Excerpts off Facelift . But being a part of this band is a full time job. He sadly never did, and he was omitted from the In Memoriam segment at the 2003 Grammys, leading to Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney leaving the show early due to the disrespect shown towards their late friend and bandmate. I really like the wheelchair effect, says bassist Mike Starr, 26. [236], On July 19, 2018, Cantrell released the song "Setting Sun" for the soundtrack of DC Comics' graphic novel Dark Nights: Metal. } Cantrell's early influences made Alice in Chains' heavy metal tones stand out among their fellow grunge/alternative rock-oriented bands of the Seattle music scene. When Jerry was in sixth grade, his mom was dating a guitar player who taught him a couple of chords. [231], On December 8, 2017, Cantrell joined The Hellcat Saints (a supergroup featuring members of The Cult, Velvet Revolver, Weezer and Apocalyptica), to open for Jane's Addiction at the third annual Rhonda's Kiss benefit concert at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. [288], On May 18, 2019, it was announced that Cantrell will compose the score for Shane Dax Taylor's upcoming sci-fi film, Salvage. [187] He also appears briefly with Warren Haynes in the documentary Rising Low, which documents the work of the band Gov't Mule following the death of bassist Allen Woody. "" denotes a release that did not chart. [166], Cantrell returned to the movie scene in 2004 to write, with the newly formed metal band Damageplan, the song "Ashes to Ashes" for the movie The Punisher. That tour was a real challenge, because were not a speed-metal band, says Kinney. "[118], Cantrell canceled the show that he was scheduled to perform at 98 Rock's Livestock Festival in Zephyrhills on April 28 in order to attend Staley's funeral in Seattle in the same day. [62] Kinney and his girlfriend went to the Music Bank and listened to Cantrell's demos. A lot of people stand and get the fuck back up after falling. In Dallas, during a moody new song about heroin called God Smack, Staley scoots around in a wheelchair, repeatedly jabbing his arm with the microphone, simulating a junkies needle. [250], Apart from his signature G&L Guitars, Cantrell has also been seen playing a Telecaster,[251] a Fender Standard Stratocaster Brown Sunburst,[252] a Gibson Les Paul[253][254] most notably an Ivory White Les Paul with torch burn marks that Cantrell made all over the guitar, which is the guitar that Cantrell has used on all of the Alice in Chains albums along with the original Blue Dress G&L. [50] Cantrell worked doing asbestos abatement around the Dallas and Houston area. [229], Cantrell was one of the musicians who participated on the Founders Award Celebration honoring The Doors at Seattle's Museum of Pop Culture on December 7, 2017. [40][57] Diamond Lie played their last concert in July 1987. Alice In Chains Bassist Mike Starr Dies At 44. { [324][325] During a chat at ESPN.com on November 29, 2011, Cantrell revealed that he had gone through another surgery earlier that year, this time in his right shoulder[326] and that he was in the tail end of the rehabilitation process. Both musicians died in 2017. The drug didnt work for me anymore. [129][130] The title track is a tribute to Layne Staley written and sung by Cantrell, accompanied by Elton John playing piano. The expensive campaign didnt stop there when the album went nowhere slowly, Ienner decided to attach 40,000 free concert videos to copies of Facelift. [197], He played guitar on Duff McKagan's 2015 EP How to Be a Man,[198][199] and has also collaborated with Alternative Metal band Deftones, contributing guitar parts to the track "Phantom Bride" off their 2016 album Gore. [66][63][67], Cantrell attended a Guns N' Roses concert at the Seattle Center in 1988,[68] and took an Alice in Chains demo tape to give to the band. Cantrell was named "Riff Lord" by British hard rock/metal magazine Metal Hammer in 2006. [167] The live show was well received by audiences on a national tour that helped build upon the solo album's success. $2.47 + $3.49 shipping . [75][76][77] Cantrell stated that it was Staley who encouraged him to sing. [207], Cantrell made several guest appearances with the supergroup Camp Freddy,[208][209][210] (a covers band featuring Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, former Guns N' Roses drummer Matt Sorum, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and Billy Idol guitarist Billy Morrison),[211] performing with them for the first time at The Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2004.[212]. .ai-viewport-2 { display: none !important;} [22][23] His maternal grandmother was from Norway, and his maternal grandfather was from the Czech Republic. 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Guitar-wise, Jerry's playing was always exciting and interesting. Love Among Freaks- Clerks. Mark Kozelek was cast instead. In a 2015 interview with Loudwire discussing five of his essential guitar albums, Slayer guitarist Kerry King said about Cantrell: Cantrell did the harmonies with Layne, and they were haunting, especially on Dirt. The whips come down hard at the Basement in Dallas, an underground club where the last night of every weekend is celebrated as Sadistic Sunday. I could sit down and figure it out, but what's the use? "Them Bones" is a heavy f---ing song. [317] Sadie died on the same night of Alice in Chains' concert in Seattle on October 8, 2010, aged 18. [40][41] Friends recalled that Cantrell fell into depression and became a completely different person after losing both his mother and grandmother within a short span of time. [313] Asked about Staley's death in an interview with MTV in July 2002, Cantrell said: "It's something I'm still dealing with, and I still think like he's here. Alice In Chains info along with concert photos, videos, setlists, and more. with vocalist Phil Anselmo of Pantera and Down and bass player Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver, then they played "Rooster" with Ann Wilson and Comes with the Fall vocalist William DuVall. "@context": "http://schema.org", [74], Their second full-length album, Dirt, was released in September 1992 to critical acclaim and was certified quadruple platinum. ( OK 66660). [71] After three months of negotiations, Alice in Chains signed to Columbia Records on September 11, 1989. [55], When Cantrell was 20 years old, he was working several part-time jobs to pay his rent, one of which involved throwing boxes of frozen fish in a warehouse. 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