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Jerry Cantrell performs the Star-Spangled Banner at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington on October 29, 2023

Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell does his best Hendrix impression with a grungy, wah-driven Star-Spangled Banner at a Seattle Seahawks game

By Jackson Maxwell published

Signature single-pickup G&L Rampage model in hand, one Seattle guitar god tips his cap to another

Kurt Cobain

The electric guitar shredded itself to death in the ‘80s. It had to start over, but the ‘90s grunge revolution didn‘t just change the face of guitar playing – it changed the world

By Brad Tolinski published

Guitar World presents a grunge guitar guide to the ‘90s, the decade when Seattle became the epicenter of the musical universe, and resurrected the electric guitar with a raw, dirty sound that gave birth to a whole new generation of guitar players

Jerry Cantrell and Duff McKagan 2009

“Jerry fights for his leads. He fights his guitar, and by the end – by the time he gets the lead on – it’s like, ‘Wow man, that was a piece of work!’”: Duff McKagan says Jerry Cantrell’s solos do not come easily – and they involve a lot of swearing

By Matt Parker published

The Alice In Chains guitarist guests on the Guns N' Roses man’s new solo album, as does Slash – who, reportedly, has zero recollection of the recording session…

Post Malone (foreground, left) covers Alice In Chains' Them Bones with a choir (background) on the Howard Stern Show

“Beautiful”: Post Malone nods to his rock roots once again with a killer guitar cover of Alice In Chains' Them Bones – accompanied by a full choir

By Matt Parker published

Armed with a beat-up Martin, the hip-hop icon nails the grunge era classic on the Howard Stern Show

Jim Dunlop Jerry Cantrell Firefly Cry Baby wah pedal

Jim Dunlop announces glow-in-the-dark Jerry Cantrell Firefly Cry Baby wah pedal

By Matt Parker published

The revamped wah-wah is inspired by the Alice in Chains man’s recent solo album, Brighten

James Hetfield, Kurt Cobain and Dimebag Darrell

The greatest guitar albums of the '90s

By Jenna Scaramanga published

From Pearl Jam to Pantera, Metallica to Morello

Jerry Cantrell at the Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp

Watch Jerry Cantrell and Kim Thayil play Alice in Chains and Soundgarden songs with fans at Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp

By Matt Owen published

Ain't Like That and Slaves & Bulldozers were among the tracks jammed by fans at the guitar titans' recent Sounds of Seattle rock camp

Alice in Chains

Stakes in Alice in Chains catalog sold to publishing firms Primary Wave and Round Hill

By Matt Parker published

Separate deals struck with the band's current members and the Layne Staley and Mike Starr estates

Layne Staley and Tom Morello

Jerry Cantrell recalls how Tom Morello inspired Layne Staley to step up his guitar playing

By Michael Astley-Brown published

In a new interview, the Alice in Chains and Rage Against the Machine guitar heroes reflect on their memories of the late frontman during 1993's Lollapalooza tour

Jerry Cantrell

Jerry Cantrell: “I'd plug into Eddie Van Halen's amp and sound like Jerry Cantrell. Eddie would play through my s**t and sound like EVH. It's in the hands. It's in your flesh”

By Joe Bosso published

Cantrell unpacks Alice in Chains’ rollicking past, present and future, recalls his time touring with EVH, and sheds boundless light on Brighten, his first solo album in 19 years

Sammy Hagar, Nancy Wilson and Jerry Cantrell

Watch Nancy Wilson, Jerry Cantrell and Sammy Hagar perform Alice In Chains' Brother and more in 10-minute jam session

By Matt Owen published

The newly formed trio also performed a quasi-improvised rendition of Wilson's The Dragon, which, at the time of recording, had not been released

Jerry Cantrell

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...”

By Amit Sharma published

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

Jerry Cantrell announces intimate streaming event, featuring six-song performance and Q&A

By Matt Owen published

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"

By Jeff Gilbert, Andy Aledort published

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 (left) and Mike Patton

Jerry Cantrell teases the possibility of a collaboration with Faith No More

By Matt Owen last updated

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 and Kim Thayil

Jerry Cantrell names Kim Thayil as the best guitar player from the Seattle grunge scene

By Michael Astley-Brown last updated

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

Jerry Cantrell: “The precision and power of James Hetfield's playing is otherworldly – his right hand is really something else”

By Amit Sharma published

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

[L-R] Jerry Cantrell and Axl Rose

Jerry Cantrell remembers watching Axl Rose throw his Alice in Chains demo tape away

By Sam Roche published

Despite the experience, Guns N' Roses remained a major influence on the early sound of Alice in Chains, Cantrell explains

Jerry Cantrell Brighten track

Hear the sludgy title track from Jerry Cantrell’s new solo album, Brighten

By Matt Parker published

It marks the second track from the Alice in Chains guitarist’s forthcoming fourth solo album

Kim Thayil (left) and Jerry Cantrell

Kim Thayil and Jerry Cantrell join forces to lead upcoming Sounds of Seattle rock camp

By Jackson Maxwell published

The grunge-focused camp – which also features original Pearl Jam drummer Dave Krusen – will take place in Los Angeles from February 17-20, 2022