.ai-viewports {--ai: 1;} Ciao, Bella! [280], In 2016, Blend Guitar ranked Cantrell at No. } 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. [40][57] Diamond Lie played their last concert in July 1987. [138], In June 2017, Alice in Chains returned to Seattle's Studio X to record their sixth studio album. } Listen online or download the iHeart App. 3. A lot of people stand and get the fuck back up after falling. He was such a good singer that his senior year he became choir president. .ai-viewport-0 { display: none !important;} [41] He also considers himself "half Yankee and half redneck". [90] The song was also featured on the soundtrack to Cameron Crowe's 1992 film Singles. 38 on its list of "The 66 Best Hard Rock + Metal Guitarists of All Time". There were times on stagethere was one show in Charlotte where it was just so heavy. I'm holding back tears onstage, and Jerry would start crying onstage too a lot at that point, and a lot of times we would just look at each other when we were singing the stuff because it was the only way it was heavy. 10 on Total Guitar/MusicRadar's "15 best rock guitarists in the world right now" poll. My band has been doing things lately, so I don't really have time to do anything. Traveling down to Los Angeles to be near Jerden, the band began recording in April. [42] In the months before writing the song, Cantrell had been suffering from an unexplained illness. [123] The band didn't have a record label at the time and the album was funded by Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney. [228] On March 25, 2017, Cantrell performed with Nancy Wilson and Mike Inez at the 5th annual Rock Against MS benefit concert. [131] He told Guitar World, "I got deathly ill. [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. 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. It was boring., Aside from his busted foot, Staley appears to be in fine shape these days. Alice In Chains Format: Audio CD 928 ratings Amazon's Choice for "alice in chains greatest hits cd" $698 Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns See all 7 formats and editions Streaming Unlimited MP3 $10.99 Listen with our Free App Audio CD $6.98 30 Used from $3.49 18 New from $5.56 Includes FREE MP3 version of this album. "name": "Alice In Chains’ William DuVall Details Beautiful 1996 Layne Staley Connection" [59][60] Shortly after Cantrell moved in with Staley at the Music Bank, Alice 'N Chains broke up. The resulting Facelift featured violent, tortured Cantrell numbers like We Die Young and Bleed the Freak, as well as several Staley-Cantrell collaborations, including Man in the Box, a song inspired by thoughts of food and fascism. To achieve this, youll need to combine many amplifiers and effects. Curtis and Silver passed the demo on to Columbia Records. Cantrell wrote the lyrics from the perspective of Keanu Reeves' title character. Its therapeutic. The place was open twenty-four hours, and there were always bands playing, chicks going in and out, beer and drugs everywhere, some really wild times., Related Stories [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. [27], Alice in Chains' second acoustic EP, Jar of Flies, debuted at No. [239] They feature a maple body, maple neck and ebony fingerboard. Im sure Ill never be completely 100 percent at peace with myself and the world. [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. [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. Once Cantrell started writing the song and the rest of the album, his mystery illness disappeared. "item": { } [308] Alice in Chains also paid tribute to Cornell on the one year anniversary of his death on May 18, 2018. Luckily they caught me because I couldn't go anywhere, I was kind of stuck in a bush at the bottom of a cliff bleeding, and I ended up here. ", "Rock Royalty Night! "@id": "https://www.alternativenation.net/category/rock/", "[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. Alice In Chains was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance for Grind. Dionne Farris was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for a song I co-wrote entitled I Know. Nice unexpected small world/full-circle moment for me. It's a tough thing to go through. [218], Cantrell made a special appearance at a Stone Temple Pilots concert in Camden, New Jersey, on May 23, 2010, playing guitar during the band's performance of "Sex Type Thing". But to me they were a diamond in the rough., For Columbia, signing Alice in Chains was a deliberate move to regain the labels foothold in the hard-rock market. Hes gained some weight, the color has returned to his skin, and a muscleman on tour keeps an eye on him in case the old urges return. [48] Cantrell also cited Soundgarden as a big influence on him. [127] The album includes songs which Cantrell described as "the heaviest he's ever written",[128] and has Cantrell singing lead vocals on most of the songs and William DuVall as co-lead vocalist. "[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. After the gig, the band briefly mingles backstage with fans and Columbia executives before scattering. [108], Between 2006 and 2007, Cantrell played in a number of concerts with Alice in Chains featuring guest lead singers such as Ann Wilson,[109] Mark Lanegan,[110] James Hetfield,[111] Phil Anselmo,[111] Billy Corgan,[110] Scott Weiland[112] Sebastian Bach,[113] and William DuVall. 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 two models most closely identified with Cantrell are instruments manufactured in the 1980s. I dont know, it somehow makes Layne look more evil. The bands stringy-haired beanpole of a drummer, Sean Kinney, 26, feels Staleys determination to perform right after his accident is a sign of Alices fortitude. [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. [99] Cantrell stated that he was ill during the performance as a result of food poisoning from a hot dog consumed before the gig. "[34] His choir teacher and drama teacher were, early on, his two greatest motivators toward a career in music. Alice In Chains Format: Audio CD 732 ratings Amazon's Choice for "alice in chains sap cd" -12% $617 List Price: $6.98 Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns See all 16 formats and editions Streaming Unlimited MP3 $4.99 Listen with our Free App Audio CD $6.17 6 Used from $6.63 15 New from $6.17 Vinyl from $95.00 1 New from $95.00 [278], Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash stated in a 2010 interview with Epiphone.com that Cantrell is one of the most inspiring lead guitar players that have come out in the last 20 years.[279]. We found no local events. To celebrate the. [62] Cantrell called the number and set up a meeting with Kinney. [33][36], Cantrell picked up a guitar for the first time when he was in sixth grade. [18][19] He grew up in Spanaway,[20] and is the oldest of three children. A few feet away, taking this all in, sits Layne Staley, the troubled, enigmatic twenty-five-year-old lead singer of the Seattle hard-rock band Alice in Chains. Layne didnt break his voice, and he doesnt do any high kicks or dance moves, Kinney says. { Set of 2 with Layne Staley and Mike Starr - Free Shipping. [230] Cantrell sang "Love Her Madly" accompanied by The Doors' original guitarist Robby Krieger, keyboardist George Laks, bassist Zander Schloss, and drummer Brian Young. [89] The album's lead single, "Would? Cantrell joined Metallica on backing vocals during their performance of "Nothing Else Matters" at the Download Festival in Dublin on June 11, 2006. Alice In Chains: The enigmatic power and inner torment of Layne Staley On July 3, 1996, Alice In Chains played their final show with Layne Staley. [28] Father and son also appeared together on the music video for "Rooster", in which Jerry Sr. recalls the war. Faris was nominated for a Grammy for a song she co-wrote with DuVall. "[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. [328] Cantrell explained the surgery saying, "The thing that set me back is I had some bone spurs [and] cartilage issues in my shoulders. His third solo album, Brighten, was released in 2021. [176][177], On January 24, 2020, Cantrell announced that he was working on a new solo album.
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"@context": "http://schema.org", Cantrell and his Alice in Chains bandmates played a five-song set at the awards event and Cantrell stated, "We really miss Layne [Staley] and Mike [Starr], and we carry them with us in our hearts". [165] He also adopted Staley's cat, a female siamese named Sadie, after his death. Cantrell said in his acceptance speech, "I crash landed here almost 9 years ago, in Los Angeles. and "Man in the Box", and sang Thin Lizzy's "Jailbreak". His first concert after the surgery was at the Key Club in West Hollywood on July 1, 2001. Alice In Chains info along with concert photos, videos, setlists, and more. [200][201], Cantrell performed a snippet of "Man in the Box" followed by a cover of Motrhead's "Ace of Spades" alongside Pantera during their concert at the Seattle Center Coliseum on March 1, 1992. Before that, he had never gone on tour without it. [101] "She Was My Girl" from Degradation Trip was included on the Spider-Man (2002) soundtrack. [15] Guitar World also ranked Cantrell's solo in "Man in the Box" at No. Do you take the Led Zeppelin approach and never play again, because the guy was that important? I'll take care of you like you took care of me.' [294] Cantrell said about the film; "I get more people coming up to me telling me my line. 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. [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. A lot of Alice stuff is written that way "Them Bones" is a great off-time song.[238]. 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FlyingTee Announces Partnership with COBRA PUMA GOLF, Commentary: Thunder holds lead this time around, Commentary: Fix the problems or get the pen out, Red Eagle Construction of OKC Receives Award, 2013 Interior Design Best of Year Awards. During 1990 and 1991, Alice opened for everyone from Iggy Pop and Van Halen to Extreme and Poison, as well as slogging through a bottom-billed slot on the infamous Clash of the Titans package with Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth. Image:Alice In Chains Logo.png is being used on this article. [41], Cantrell's debut solo album, Boggy Depot, was released on April 7, 1998,[152] and published by Cantrell's Boggy Bottom Publishing company. Layne Staley with Alice in Chains during filming of one of their videos in Los Angeles, August 1990. .ai-viewport-3 { display: inherit !important;} My first and foremost love has been this band and always has been. 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