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Born: 1966 03 18
iSound Site: www.isound.com/jerry_cantrell
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Position: Lead Singer, Lyricsit, Lead Guitar
Member since: 1987
Jerry Cantrell, undoubtedly the best guitarsit of the 80's and 90's was born March 18, 1966 in Tacoma, Washington. Jerry's father, Jerry Senior, fought in the Vietnam war and left Jerry |
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Position: Lead Singer, Lyricsit, Lead Guitar
Member since: 1987
Jerry Cantrell, undoubtedly the best guitarsit of the 80's and 90's was born March 18, 1966 in Tacoma, Washington. Jerry's father, Jerry Senior, fought in the Vietnam war and left Jerry just his mother for a part of his childhood.
And yes, the song "Rooster" was written by Jerry about his pop.
Jerry first picked up a guitar around age of 13 and has his roots in many small Seattle bands. Jerry than became friends with former bassist Mike Starr, who in turn introduced him to drummer Sean Kinney (who was dating Mike's sister). Jerry and the other guys first me Layne at a party and decided to create Alice In Chains in 1987. During recording for the first major album, Jerry was the main songwriter for the band. Jerry's mother, a pianist, died after the release of "Facelift."
Alice in Chains got a chance to open up for Van Halen in September of 1991. This is when the ever famous "skydiving incident" took place, where Jerry, went skydiving with Dave Mustaine of Megadeth and was barely able to get his parachute open. Jokingly "missing my chance at rock immortality." Still touring with Van Halen, Jerry goes hunting with his brother, and forgets that November only has 30 days, missing the concert on December 1. For a day Jerry Cantrell was beleived to be a missing person and got the fliers to boot. The next day he returned and received a calander as a gift from Columbia records.
The ever interesting Jerry Cantrell lost power at his house around the time of the "Jar of Flies" album. Being out in country and needing transport, Jerry tries to open his garage door, but since it's electrically controlled cannot. Jerry writes 20 new songs and nearly starves to death when his electric can opener stops functioning. A few days later, the local Ski Patrol came to his rescue.
After the release of Alice in Chains' "Alice in Chains" album, Jerry went off on his own and released a very good solo CD, including some appearances of his Alice in Chains band mates.
Bio written by: riff_master |
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Best guitarist
Do you agree that Jerry Cantrell was the best
guitarist in the '90s?
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| I would say so, there was probably more
Talanted guitar players, but Jerry is my
favoirte and i think i would call him the
best. | AIC4LIFE | Personally I think he's one of the best
guitarists to come out in the last 20 years
at least. I saw him called 'The Tony Iommi
of the 90's' on another board. I'd
call him the Tony Iommi of the 90's AND
the 00's. Just not as famous, thankfully.
If he was he'd have the sellout label on
him, plus all the little girls who like john
mayer would say 'oh I LOVE him' after
they heard one song, then after they heard
his other songs and the AIC songs they'd
say 'he's such a sellout' or
something of the sort. I'm GLAD his kind
of music isnt popular. | big-k | I think Jerry is way too hardcore for these
"I love John Mayer" kinda girls
who are problaby obssessed with boybands as
well hahahaah anyway Jerry is famous to
anyone who really knows rock. If you're in
the bandwagon.. you'll probalby have no
idea who he is. I think he should get a lot
more
of the credit he deserves,but i do think he
understands that fame isnt everything and the
importance of NOT SELLING OUT
Any true rock fan will tell you he is
definately the best guitarist of the 90s.
THE HOTTEST ONE TOO! ROCK ON JERRY!! | hells_angel | I'm speaking of certain Boggy Depot songs,
such as Settling Down. But your right, he is
much harder than john mayer etc. Parts of
Degradation Trip(i'm talking about the
real version, vol. 1&2) made it sound almost
like the Alice album that never was, except
that Jerry's voice will never replace
Layne's. He's amazing on solo, really
he's about as good as he was with AIC, but
that album really does sound like it was an
effort to relive those days. Thats just me.
And on the side, as I watched a rerun of
VH1's 100 Greatest Artists In Hard Rock,
when they showed the AIC section(number 36 I
think), at least one of the people
interviewed said that Jerry was the best
guitarist to come out of the eighties and
ninties. They even had an interview clip with
Jerry himself(he had the thing going where he
has the really long hair, some beard, and the
mustache that lopes down to the chin. The
DT-era look. | big-k | Thats pretty cool, I don't really like his
solo stuff though, but whatever. Out of
curiosity who was number 1 on that list?
Kurt? | AIC4LIFE | Here's the list for the 100 greatest
artists of hard rock:
100
Quiet Riot
99
Bad Brains
98
Mountain
97
Primus
96
Meat Loaf
95
Fugazi
94
Yes
93
Lenny Kravitz
92
The Black Crowes
91
The Misfits
90
Rainbow
89
Lita Ford
88
Tool
87
King Crimson
86
Foreigner
85
Whitesnake
84
UFO
83
King's X
82
Queensryche
81
The Pixies
80
Green Day
79
Ratt
78
Marilyn Manson
77
Hole
76
Bon Jovi
75
Spinal Tap
74
Pat Benatar
73
Twisted Sister
72
Foo Fighters
71
Lynyrd Skynyrd
70
Living Colour
69
Megadeth
68
Hüsker Dü
67
The Rolling Stones
66
Joan Jett
65
The Cult
64
Steppenwolf
63
Boston
62
Ministry
61
Jethro Tull
60
The New York Dolls
59
Bad Company
58
Anthrax
57
Heart
56
White Zombie
55
Blue Öyster Cult
54
Sonic Youth
53
Korn
52
Faith No More
51
Thin Lizzy
50
Slayer
49
The Smashing Pumpkins
48
Janis Joplin
47
Rollins Band
46
Scorpions
45
Pantera
44
ZZ Top
43
Nine Inch Nails
42
The Kinks
41
Ted Nugent
40
Stone Temple Pilots
39
Crazy Horse
38
MC5
37
The Yardbirds
36
Frank Zappa
35
Jane's Addiction
34
Alice in Chains
33
Rage Against the Machine
32
The Doors
31
Def Leppard
30
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
29
Mötley Crüe
28
Rush
27
Iggy Pop
26
Motörhead
25
Cheap Trick
24
Iron Maiden
23
Judas Priest
22
Deep Purple
21
Pearl Jam
20
Alice Cooper
19
The Clash
18
Ozzy Osbourne
17
The Ramones
16
Cream
15
Pink Floyd
14
Soundgarden
13
Queen
12
The Sex Pistols
11
Aerosmith
10
Kiss
9
Guns N' Roses
8
The Who
7
Van Halen
6
Nirvana
5
Metallica
4
AC/DC
3
Jimi Hendrix
2
Black Sabbath
1
Led Zeppelin
| riff_master | If I had checked this thread earlier I would
have posted that. Anyways, thats the list.
I'm glad AIC and STP made better than
Rolling Stones, i've never liked them.
Black Sabbath deserved the #3 spot. I'm
just glad The Beatles werent on there. | big-k | I don't think the Beatles were considered
hard rock,(the genres they belonged to
are)pop-rock, classic rock, british invasion,
and psychedelic. So they couldn't have
been hard rock. | riff_master | | | |
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