Latest about Alice In Chains
Jerry Cantrell: “I’m a guitar player who loves kickass riffs. I grew up on them, so I knew to write something, you’d need the riff...”
The Alice In Chains guitarist is a master of the art who believes a great song requires only three key elements: “The riff. The melody. And something to say”
Jerry Cantrell announces intimate streaming event, featuring six-song performance and Q&A
An Evening With Jerry Cantrell will stream on December 2 and feature songs from the guitarist's latest album, Brighten, as well as a storytelling session
Jerry Cantrell dissects Alice In Chains' self-titled album in this classic 1996 Guitar World interview: "I've never been a big soloist – I just do what fits the part"
One of Seattle's greatest guitar heroes reflects on recording with Layne Staley, why channeling his influences freaks him out, and the guitar solo he once considered "a piece of shit"
Jerry Cantrell teases the possibility of a collaboration with Faith No More
Cantrell also said he'd "love to" perform a string of reunion shows with his Degradation Trip lineup from 2002, featuring Robert Trujillo and Mike Bordin
Jerry Cantrell names Kim Thayil as the best guitar player from the Seattle grunge scene
Although Stone Gossard and Kurt Cobain were also in the running, the Alice in Chains leader cites Soundgarden’s lead guitarist as grunge’s greatest
Jerry Cantrell: “The precision and power of James Hetfield's playing is otherworldly – his right hand is really something else”
The Alice in Chains leader shares his love for The Black Album, explains why the Metallica leader has “the best picking hand in rock”, and recalls hearing Sad But True for the first time in a car with Lars Ulrich
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Jerry Cantrell remembers watching Axl Rose throw his Alice in Chains demo tape away
Despite the experience, Guns N' Roses remained a major influence on the early sound of Alice in Chains, Cantrell explains
Hear the sludgy title track from Jerry Cantrell’s new solo album, Brighten
It marks the second track from the Alice in Chains guitarist’s forthcoming fourth solo album
