Jerry Cantrell Quotes

Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. is an American musician, singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist and main songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains. The band rose to international fame in the early 1990s during Seattle's grunge movement, and is known for its distinctive vocal style and the harmonized vocals between Cantrell and Layne Staley . Cantrell started to sing lead vocals on Alice in Chains' 1992 EP Sap. After Staley's death in 2002, Cantrell took the role of Alice in Chains' lead singer on most of the songs from the band's post-Staley albums, Black Gives Way to Blue , The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here and Rainier Fog , with DuVall harmonizing with him in the new songs and singing Staley's vocals in the old songs in live concerts.He also has a solo career, having released the albums Boggy Depot in 1998 and Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2 in 2002. 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.

Cantrell was named "Riff Lord" by British hard rock/metal magazine Metal Hammer in 2006. Guitar World Magazine ranked Cantrell as the 38th out of "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time" in 2004, and the 37th "Greatest Guitar Player of All Time" in 2012. Guitar World also ranked Cantrell's solo in "Man In The Box" at No. 77 on its list of "100 Greatest Guitar Solos" in 2008.He also contributed to the soundtrack of The Cable Guy , John Wick: Chapter 2 and Dark Nights: Metal , and has made cameos in films such as Jerry Maguire , Rock Slyde and Deadwood: The Movie. Cantrell also acted in the Alice in Chains mockumentaries The Nona Tapes and AIC 23 . Wikipedia  

✵ 18. March 1966
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Famous Jerry Cantrell Quotes

“Jerry Cantrell speaking with the crowd during Alice in Chains' concert at the InMusic Festival in Zagreb, Croatia on June 27, 2018, quoted in”

https://www.nme.com/news/interpol-offered-a-classy-conclusion-to-a-sensational-inmusic-festival-in-zagreb-2346552, Interpol offered a classy conclusion to a sensational INmusic Festival in Zagreb, NME, June 28, 2018
On Alice in Chains

“On "Heaven Beside You."”

http://bleedforaic.wixsite.com/bleed/tripod-english-c13qx, Interview with Request Magazine, February 1996
Song meanings

“When asked if he gets advice from other musicians, quoted in”

https://www.loudersound.com/features/heroes-villains-jerry-cantrell, Heroes & Villains: Jerry Cantrell, Louder Sound, July 16, 2014

“When asked what part did Alice in Chains played in his life during his solo career.”

https://web.archive.org/web/20120306231057/http://www.adbdesign.com/aic/articles/art088.html, Taking a Solo Trip, Metal-is.com, May 14, 2001
On Alice in Chains

“On continuining Alice in Chains after Layne Staley's death.”

https://www.spin.com/2009/08/qa-jerry-cantrell-alice-chains/, Q&A: Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains, August 21, 2009, SPIN Magazine
On Alice in Chains

“On Dirt, drugs and depression, quoted in”

http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interviews/a-looking-in-view-jerry-cantrell-on-alice-in-chains-legacy, A Looking In View: Jerry Cantrell on Alice in Chains' legacy, The Skinny, November 13, 2013
On Alice in Chains

“On the religious themes of The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here.”

http://loudwire.com/alice-in-chains-reveal-release-date-album-art-track-listing-for-the-devil-put-dinosaurs-here/, Interview with Revolver Magazine, March 2013

“On Nirvana being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.”

https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2014/05/nirvanas_rock_hall_induction_r.html, Nirvana's Rock Hall induction raises hopes of Alice in Chains' co-founder Jerry Cantrell, Cleveland.com, May 13, 2014

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