Jerry Cantrell Jr., the guitarist, co-vocalist, and songwriter, was the son of a Vietnam War veteran, Jerry Cantrell Sr. The younger Cantrell watched his father deploy twice and never talk about what happened in Vietnam. He watched as his father struggled with PTSD throughout his childhood until, eventually, it destroyed his family. Guitarist Birthday March 18, 1966. His covers band Cardboard Vampyres was named after Cantrell's cats. I mean, I'm in it until I blow up, don't get me wrong. He said it was a weird experience, a sad experience and he hoped that nobody else had to go through it.[9]. Its more of a forum to dig deeper. 
Hes got f*cking drive, but hes also stubborn as f*ck so that nothing will knock him off his path. Quick Stats: Jerry Cantrell, Alice in Chains' founder/lead guitarist/singer-songwriter, co-lead vocalist. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Jerry Cantrell recalled that the road to their fifth studio album, 2013'sThe Devil Put Dinosaurs Here,was a painful one for him. 7. "[15], VH1 ranked the song at No. Cantrell recalls that it felt like a major achievement for me as a young writer, and this sentiment was echoed when he played the demo to vocalist Layne Staley, bassist Mike Starr and drummer Sean Kinney. First on his left shoulder in 2005, removing bone fragments and repairing cartilage, then the right shoulder in 2011, for a repetitive motion injury from playing. The first concert after the surgery was in Atlanta and according to him, he was in a lot of pain but continued the tour anyway. The title's meaning was prompted by a nickname given to Cantrell Snr. We were the same age, but he was light years ahead of where I was. 
He does what he feels is right, and thats it, and I got that from him.. Jerry loved playing softball and basketball. He had been an asbestos worker and was a pipe layer with local 86. Today, we'll take a look at the tragic real-life story of Alice in Chains. Still, as Loudwirereported in 2019, there was a time when the drummer's very presence on the band's first studio album,Facelift, was at risk. What were they like back then?They were exactly the same as they were the day they both died so much fun. I just need a little bit to keep me going, Alice In Chains guitarist/singer says quietly, taking the occasional discreet bite, usually when hes being asked questions during a lengthy chat peppered with his staccato, woodpecker-esque laughter. William DuVall joined the band in 2006 to sing Staley's parts at concerts, while Cantrell assumed full-time lead vocals in the first album without Staley, Black Gives Way to Blue (2009), and continued this role in the follow up, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013), with DuVall doing backing vocals and harmonizing with him. We told him all about what wed done afterwards (laughs)., You wrote the songs Rooster and Brother for your father and brother, respectively. She passed away from pancreatic cancer in 1987, when Cantrell was only 21. Andstarting something or unleashing something from yourself andalso unleashing something from the people in front of you andthen that all mixes together and its like some amazingmagical potion.. Alice in Chains and Starr parted ways in 1993. Mike Starr, the band's original bass player, also developed a taste for narcotics early on. The dog on the cover was inspired by a three-legged dog named Tripod that used to terrorize drummer Sean Kinney and chase him around during his paper-work duty when he was a kid. It was a really tough time, and he gave me the confidence to give it a shot. These Are The 15 Hottest Wives And Girlfriends Of Hollywood! That was also when you met Layne Staley. Cantrell stated that breaking his hand was the worst physical pain he ever had in a 2002 interview. And while hes undoubtedly somewhat grizzled, he remains delightfully unjaded about music, which may be surprising given the pain hes experienced as a side effect of a career in it, particularly the death of original Alice In Chains singer Layne Staley in 2002. It was an environment that wasnt good for anyone, so we took off to live with my grandmother in Washington, and thats where I went to school. 
"Those losses really tilted my horizon," Cantrell says. It freaked me out when I came to and everyone else was over there. Starr also received a huge outpouring of love from fellow drummers like Mike Portnoy, Matt Sorum, and Steven Adler, as well as others who have struggled with addiction, such as Mtley Cre's Nikki Sixx. When asked about his heroes in a 2002 interview, he cited his dad, his siblings David and Cheri, Alice in Chains' bandmates Layne Staley and Sean Kinney, and the band's manager. It was when they still had Terry Glaze singing with them and they were so fucking cool. And it took a while., The impetus for the reunion, though, was the 2005 Indian earthquake and tsunami that found the band getting their friends together for a concert to raise money for victims. Theres stuff that lives outside the realm of what this is, but this is first and foremost. 
I can be very outgoing as well and real chattyand stuff and I can really not be, and I find that a lot ofmusicians are like that. Cantrell also has a solo career and released the albums "Boggy Depot" in 1998, and "Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2" in 2002. However, after recording just one song, Cantrell started experiencing excruciating pain in his arm, which he described feeling "like an icepick in your joint." [12][8] Silver is Alice in Chains' manager and Cornell's then-wife. Alice In Chains and Breaking Benjamin are hitting the road with special guests Bush later this year. A year or two after his Alice in Chains days ended, Starr got in trouble for stealing luggage at an airport, and spent 90 days in jail. I got so engrossed in what I was reading that I literally didnt hear the teacher call the rest of the class over to the other side of the room to do an activity. As Louderreports, the aspiring rock star's difficult relationship with his father was such a case. Web2nd encore last song. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. I got my first guitar from my mum, which was around the time of Fleetwood Macs Rumours [1977], which is still one of my favourite records of all time. I went to a school called Spanaway Lake High School, which is in a little suburb of Tacoma, Washington, where I was born. It was beautiful. "Rooster" was a childhood nickname given to Cantrell Sr. by his great-grandfather, because of his perceived "cocky" attitude and his hair, which used to stick up on top of his head like a rooster's comb. Oh, God, please wont you help me make it through.. It seemed fucking badass. He owns a house in Burien, Washington, United States. Guitarist and songwriter with the I don't even know how I got through the recording of that, but I just kept fucking slugging away. Sign up below to get the latest from Classic Rock, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! Parrott's addiction resulted in fatal bacterial endocarditis, and Staley took the news of her passing extremely hard. Kinney also designed the artwork for the album. In the Primus DVD Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People, Alice in Chains are seen playing the song live, with Les Claypool joining the band on stage dressed in a chicken suit. However, as Rolling Stone notes, poor Staley was hardly the only member of the band to struggle with addiction. I did all the class plays and musicals, like South Pacific and Annie Get Your Gun, which was my first stage experience, and I had a lot of fun. It's pretty cool to stick around. I certainly had resentments, as any young person does in a situation where a parent isnt around or a family is split. 91 on its "America's Hard 100" list in 2013. The "Rooster" character (played by James Elliott), was based on Alice in Chains' guitarist/vocalist, Jerry Cantrell's father (Jerry Cantrell Sr.), whose lifelong nickname was "Rooster." About . According to Revolver Mag, the band had started working on the album soon after wrapping up their previous tour. Best answer i have posted a recent photo of Jerry Fulton Cantrell Sr, 6889. he was not born on july 9 1941, he did not die on feb 19 2009, nor serve in the US Navy, he is This was all my perception of his experiences out there. The name, Rooster, is a play on three meanings: It was a childhood nickname of his fathers. When I first played it to my father, I asked him if Id got close to where he might have been emotionally or mentally in that situation. When someone mentions drugs and Alice in Chains in the same sentence, most people probably think about singer Layne Staley. England and Wales company registration number 2008885. He does what he feels is right and thats it, and I got that from him., It was your dad who bought you your first guitar, right?Both my parents did, kind of. In the Layne Staley-era of Alice in Chains, Cantrell sang lead vocals in the songs "Brother", "Right Turn", "Don't Follow", "No Excuses", "Grind", "Heaven Beside You", "Over Now" and "Killer Is Me", besides singing the verses on "Would?" and Man in the Boxare their most well-known,Rooster is the most beloved within the military community. He went to the E.R but they couldn't do anything for him cause the bone had slipped back in his hand and he'd need a reconstructive surgery. Like, literallyallof it, except for drugs. I might be fumbling a little bit at first, but Ill stay with you, What were you like as a child?I was like I am today. [2001], Reunited with Alice in Chains for the first time since 1996 (and after the death of lead singer, Working on his third solo album, which is the follow-up to 2002's "Degradation Trip". We flew out to Las Vegas, and he was a little bit late because he was watching soccer (laughs), but walking into that studio and seeing his piano with my music on it was a real, Oh my God moment., Is it true that you first declared that you wanted to be a rock star in a copy of Dr. Seuss My Book About Me?It is true. They were Norwegian-Czechs and very musical. According to Revolver, however, the band had started cracking at the seams well before Staley passed away, to the point that they even went their separate ways for quite a while. Hes got fucking drive but hes also stubborn as fuck, so nothing will knock him off his path. In an exclusive clip from the show, Cantrell says that he felt it was time to get the band back together after Layne Staleys death once he realized that singer-guitarist William DuVall was the right fit. | Jerry Cantrell reacts by throwing a bottle at Claypool and chasing him off the stage. Stay up to date with in depth music reviews, exclusive interviews and widespread coverage of whats happening from your favourite music genre. Thus, her support for Cantrell was probably rooted in her unfulfilled dream. Cameron Crowe had already come to us to ask for a song for his movie Singles, recalls Cantrell. 
Starr took care of bass duties on Alice in Chains' beloved debut studio album,Facelift,as well as their even more esteemed sophomore effort,Dirt. It was producer Nick Raskulinecz, our drummer Sean [Kinney], and me in a room, and all of us are crying our fucking eyes out. He said it was a weird experience, a sad experience and he hoped that nobody else had to go through it.. At the beginning of the music video there are a couple of clips of Jerry talking about how he asked his dad about he war and his dad said "It's dead son. Jerry Wayne Cantrell, Jr.
Jerry Wayne Cantrell, Jr. 64, of Old Hickory, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. So far, I could say that about everything I've put out. WebJerry Fulton Cantrell was born in 1941 in Atoka, Oklahoma, USA. He had been an asbestos Once I've done that, I've got nothing else to prove, other than to just go out there and play it live as best I can. Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation. 
This is what we do. Did it ever put you off being interviewed?Im a professional musician, and Ive been doing this a lot of years, and talking to someone about sensitive subjects is part of the fucking deal. Shortly after he learned how to write, he documented his goal in a Dr. Seuss book called 'My Book About Me', filling in the sentence 'When I grow up, I want to be a _______________' with the words "Rock Star" in sprawling cursive letters. WebJerry Wayne Cantrell, Jr. 64, of Old Hickory, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. "Rooster" is a song by the American rock band Alice in Chains, featured on their second studio album, Dirt (1992), and released as the fourth single from the album on February 22, 1993. Cantrell Sr. served two combat tours in Vietnam, and also appears in the music video talking about his war experiences. Hes as generous with his answers as he is his food during a life-spanning conversation that produces some fascinating revelations. I wanted to create stuff that I could send out into the world that would hit people and give them an experience. I cut out a picture of a Les Paul and put it on my Christmas list, and was really disappointed to open the guitar-shaped present to find it was another acoustic guitar. 