His parents divorced at the age of seven his parents divorced, leaving him and David to be . [240] The guitars feature a single-bridge humbucker wired to a volume control. [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. Sean [Kinney] was at the door with my brother, so my choices were open the door and go to rehab or jump out the back window down a cliff into some blackberry bushes. Jerry Cantrell was born to the parents named Jerry Fulton Cantrell (father) and Gloria Jean Krumpos (mother). His dad owned an insulation company in Dallas, Texas. He grew up in Spanaway, and is the oldest of three children. [106] The band followed the concert with a short United States club tour, several festival dates in Europe, and a brief tour in Japan. ", was written by Cantrell as a tribute to his late friend Andrew Wood. In addition to his parents, Jerry is preceded in death by his wife, Brenda Faye Cantrell; brother, Rayburn Cantrell; sisters, Jenny Givens, Ann Porter, and Ellen Jessup. [320] Cantrell also stated that he's sick of the hypocrisy that's taken over many facets of organized religion. It's always been my first love, and always will be, but the situation being what it is we've been together for a long time, and right now it's kinda played out. The actor was raised in Spanaway. He also contributed to the soundtrack of The Cable Guy (1996), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) and Dark Nights: Metal (2018), and has made cameos in films such as Jerry Maguire (1996), Rock Slyde (2009) and Deadwood: The Movie. He is best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and main songwriter of rock band Alice in Chains. Yes, Jerry Cantrell is part of Alice In Chains, one of the biggest hard rock groups of the last 30 plus years. [166], Degradation Trip has sold 100,000 copies in the U.S. as of December 2002. It's one of those things where if you take a break and allow things to settle in, it might be harder to get up again. Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Jerry Cantrell in 2023. [citation needed], Cantrell explained the band's reunion saying, "We want to celebrate what we did and the memory of our friend. I didn't know how to deal with it then, and I still don't. [239] They feature a maple body, maple neck and ebony fingerboard. [321] Cantrell reported that breaking his hand was the worst physical pain he ever had. I don't quite know what the mixture is, but there's definitely metal, blues, rock and roll, maybe a touch of punk. Jerry Cantrell said he and late Alice in Chains bandmate Layne Staley had once been called "the Satanic Everly Brothers" because of the way their voices worked together. 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 . [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. [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. [citation needed] Cantrell opened for Metallica and Van Halen on their 1998 summer tour. [26], Cantrell's father, Jerry Sr., is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War. [161][162] It was Halloween night and Staley was backstage as a guest. [15], In October 2008, Guitar World ranked Cantrell's solo in "Man in the Box" at No. [226] On December 16, 2015, Cantrell joined the supergroup Royal Machines at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood and performed Thin Lizzy's "Jailbreak" and Alice in Chains' "Would?" In a recent appearance on Guitar World, Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell recalls his band's opening for Van Halen and explained why he thought it was the worst gig in his life.. Alice in Chains is a Washington-based rock band formed in 1987, by the band's drummer Sean Kinney and guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell.Shortly after, they were joined by vocalist Layne Staley and Mike Starr. [269] The lyrics to "Black Gives Way to Blue" are printed on the base plate of the pedal. 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. [315][316] Cantrell dedicated his solo album, Degradation Trip, released two months after Staley's death, to his memory. Alice in Chains lead guitarist, co-lead singer, and principal songwriter, Jerry Cantrell brought his "Brighten Tour" to The Depot in Salt Lake City. Jerry Cantrell (born March 18, 1966) is an American musician who is best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist and main songwriter for the rock band Alice in Chains. G&L Guitars makes two Jerry Cantrell Signature guitars available to the general public for purchase. [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. [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. I believe it was at the Seattle Center Arena. [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. Jerry was a veteran of the US Navy. [39], His maternal grandmother, Dorothy Krumpos, died of cancer in October 1986,[40] and his mother Gloria died of pancreatic cancer at age 43 in April 1987, when Cantrell was 21 years old. Although the band has changed, we've lost Layne, we've added Will, and there was no master plan. [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. [62] The band had names like "Mothra", "Fuck" and "Diamond Lie",[63][65] the latter being the name of Cantrell's previous band. [248] The guitar can also be seen in the movie Singles. When Alice in Chains' first album went gold, Cantrell sent both teachers a gold record. "[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. It was such a big movie and it was really fun to do. 6:02 PM. Jerry Cantrell father's name is . [329][332] He was awarded the 2012 Stevie Ray Vaughan Award from MusiCares, for his work helping other addicts with the recovery process. We're willing to take a chance on it. [298], In 2013, Cantrell played country singer Donnie "Skeeter" Dollarhide Jr. on the Alice in Chains mockumentary AIC 23. [35] Besides singing, Cantrell also played guitar, piano, clavinet, organ, and steel drums on the album. [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. 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 . I felt I was puking up all this undigested grief in losing Layne." [27] Cantrell would later pay tribute to Cornell during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony on April 14, 2018, joining singer Ann Wilson for a rendition of Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun". [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. [59][60] Shortly after Cantrell moved in with Staley at the Music Bank, Alice 'N Chains broke up. [123] The band didn't have a record label at the time and the album was funded by Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney. [24][25], After Cantrell learned to write, he documented his goal on Dr. Seuss' book, My Book About Me, filling in the sentence "When I grow up I want to be a" with the words "rock star". [345] In 2018, Cantrell named the league's trophy after his friend Vinnie Paul, who had died recently. 2 comments. [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. [13] He was apparently thrilled at winning the title over several famous artists such as Slash, James Hetfield, and Jimmy Page. [165] In the Spring of 2004, Cantrell opened a slate of shows on Kid Rock's U.S. [138], In June 2017, Alice in Chains returned to Seattle's Studio X to record their sixth studio album. Released on Roadrunner Records, Degradation Trip hit shelves two months after Layne Staley's death and was dedicated to him. He plays with super accuracy. Cantrell hopped on stage to close out the night with the guitar solo on "Alive". [320], During his independent tour for Degradation Trip before the album was released, Cantrell broke his left hand while playing football after a concert at the Kentucky Derby on May 3, 2001. That's the choice I took. [235], In February 2017, Cantrell released the song "A Job to Do", the end-title song to John Wick: Chapter 2. 98 on the list of the "Top 100 Most Complete Guitar Players of All Time" by Envision Radio Networks' "Chop Shop" guitar show in December 2008. [206] He was also asked by Nickelback's frontman, Chad Kroeger, to contribute to the song "Hero" for the 2002 film Spider-Man. Answer (1 of 13): This song was written by Jerry Cantrell the Alice in Chains vocalist and guitarist, for Jerry Cantrell Sr. his father, who'd served in the Vietnam War with the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne. You can get close enough to fake it, but you will never get it right. [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. It was scary church music. Jerry Cantrell - Biography. [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. 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[26] Cantrell would later name his music publishing company as Rooster's Son Publishing. He watched as his father struggled with PTSD throughout his childhood until, eventually, it destroyed his family. 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. The best places to look for gear usage are typically on the artist's social media , YouTube, live performance images , and . His first concert after the surgery was at the Key Club in West Hollywood on July 1, 2001. Guitar-wise, Jerry's playing was always exciting and interesting. (174) $174.00. [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? Some guys can do multiple things and maybe when I was younger I could do that, but not now. [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. We need to start growing up as a people. [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. [164] He had to sell his Seattle house to fund the album and produced it himself. [169] When asked about releasing another solo album, he issued this statement in 2010: Not for a while. The song's inspiration comes from songwriter and guitarist Jerry Cantrell 's father. Also, Jerry plays like a machine. [176][177], On January 24, 2020, Cantrell announced that he was working on a new solo album. That's the approach we've taken for a lot of years. [132] The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in May 2010,[133] [195], In 2010, Cantrell played guitar on the song "Anything" from Pearl Aday's debut album, Little Immaculate White Fox. I just don't get high today and wake up the next morning and try and do the same thing. [217] The following night, Cantrell joined the band to perform "Kick Out the Jams". [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. "[329] While recuperating at home in a sling, Cantrell heard a riff in his head and sang it into his phone. I love him and have to move on. [21] Cantrell also played bass on the last track, "Love Song". . 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". The song was about Cantrell's relationship with his younger brother, David. 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. I'm as imperfect as they come. One of grunge's (and now hard rock's) heavy hitters, there's also a case for Alice In Chains as one of the heaviest bands of all time - certainly in a lyrical sense. [275], In July 2006, British hard rock/metal magazine Metal Hammer awarded Cantrell the title of "Riff Lord" at its annual Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards show, held at the London Astoria. [277], Elton John stated in a 2009 interview with Rolling Stone that he's been an admirer of Cantrell for quite some time, and couldn't resist the offer to play on Alice in Chains' song "Black Gives Way to Blue" at Cantrell's request. [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. 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[192] The songs performed by Cantrell were also included on disc four of Osbourne's box set Prince of Darkness (2005). [181] Cantrell's third solo album is titled Brighten and was released on October 29, 2021. Buy Jerry Cantrell tickets from the official Ticketmaster.com site. He was an accomplished musician and was able to play all stringed instruments. When Jerry was in sixth grade, his mom was dating a guitar player who taught him a couple of chords. Jerry Cantrell has been in relationships with Shawnee Smith (2004), Carmella McCoy, Krisha Augerot (1989 - 1991), Courtney Clarke (1988 - 1996), Heather Ankeny and Angel Olivencia.. About. [13] Guitar World Magazine ranked Cantrell as the 38th out of "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time" in 2004,[14] and the 37th "Greatest Guitar Player of All Time" in 2012. Jerry's first job was delivering newspapers. Cantrell's father, Jerry Sr., is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War. Cantrell was named "Riff Lord" by British hard rock/metal magazine Metal Hammer in 2006. Jerry Cantrell Net Worth. They never could find anything wrong with me. Being a founder, guitarist, . I had these mystery migraines, intense physical pain, and I'd even gotten a spinal tap to test for certain things. "[85], In February 1992, the band released the acoustic EP Sap. [131] Cantrell believes the mystery illness was the pain of saying goodbye to Staley. [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. [233], On January 16, 2019, Cantrell along with William DuVall, Pearl Jam's guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament, and drummer Josh Freese performed Soundgarden's "Hunted Down" at the Chris Cornell tribute concert "I Am the Highway". [101] "She Was My Girl" from Degradation Trip was included on the Spider-Man (2002) soundtrack. [292], In 1995, Cantrell played journalist Nona Weisbaum on the Alice in Chains mockumentary The Nona Tapes. [222], On April 18, 2013, the Seattle band Heart was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Cantrell joined the band onstage for a performance of "Crazy On You". We've been friends a long time. 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. [321] Cantrell needed a titanium plate and four screws to put the bones back together. Feel . [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. Cantrell was unable to attend the recording session and was replaced by Saliva's Josey Scott. [63] Staley, who was Cantrell's roommate at the time, agreed to join on the condition that Cantrell join his funk project (which ended shortly after),[64] and Staley joined Cantrell's band on a full-time basis. [165] The songs on the album ranged from doom metal to pop-based hard rock. "[37] Cantrell was also Crowe's first choice for the role of Stillwater bass player Larry Fellows in Almost Famous (2000), but he was busy writing the songs for his solo album Degradation Trip and had to turn the role down. [280], In 2016, Blend Guitar ranked Cantrell at No. [31] His first job was delivering newspapers. We've been more of a family than most, and it had to be okay from here", Cantrell said pointing to his heart. [179] On March 4, 2021, he announced via his Instagram page that he had completed the album, captioning the photo "Finished my record tonight one year to the day from when we started recording it. [243], Cantrell used the original "Blue Dress" guitar on the music videos for "Man in the Box",[244] "We Die Young",[245] "Sea of Sorrow",[246] "Grind",[247] and "Again". With all the crazy weather, Jerry Cantrell and his band showed up to rock the RMA. TWEET. Jerry Cantrell started his music career with the Marshall JCM800. . [154] The tracks "Cut You In", "My Song" and "Dickeye" were released as singles to promote the album. Jerry Cantrell Net Worth, Salary, Cars & Houses. . 1 Jerry Cantrell Signature Epiphone Guitar Played At Your Show & Signed By JC; Exclusive T-Shirt; Early Entry; Early Merch Shopping; VIP Laminate; Upcoming Shows and Tickets; Date Location VIP Tickets; Feb 28, 2023: Albuquerque, NM El Rey Theater Buy Tickets Mar 04, 2023 . [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. [328] Cantrell explained the surgery saying, "The thing that set me back is I had some bone spurs [and] cartilage issues in my shoulders. He grew up in Spanaway, and is the oldest of three children. [50] Cantrell worked doing asbestos abatement around the Dallas and Houston area. My first and foremost love has been this band and always has been. 37 out of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" also by Guitar World in 2012. His touring band for the album included Alice in Chains bandmates Inez and Kinney, and Cantrell expressed hope to have a second album released by the following year. 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[32] At that time he played clarinet, and his mother was dating a guitar player who handed his guitar to Cantrell and taught him a couple of chords. [141] On June 27, 2018, the band announced the title and unveiled the cover art of the new album, Rainier Fog, released on August 24, 2018 through BMG, Alice in Chains' first release on the label. [173] Cantrell said in a statement: "I really dug John Wick and have always admired Keanu's work. [102] In 2001, a second compilation titled Greatest Hits was released. However, his musical range also extends into elements of blues and country as heard on his solo debut album. [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. Jerry, who resides in his Washington house, recently sold his Studio City . Dating a guitar player who taught him a couple of chords and Van Halen on their summer! 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