AS GUITARIST AND co-lead vocalist of Alice In Chains, Jerry Cantrell is one of the most iconic musicians to emerge from Seattle. His band have overcome the death of their frontman, Layne Staley, to continue making grunge greatness, while Jerry also sustains a solo career, and has just released fourth album I Want Blood. So what better time to make him face down your questions on film scores, childhood idols and his decades-long friendship with Metallica?
Is it true you once locked yourself in a garage and wrote songs in there?
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“Ha ha ha! That’s a little bit of an exaggeration. When I write, I tend to stay in the same location, usually my house – it’s not a garage! Ha ha ha!”
Hammer: Do you write the same way for Alice and your solo albums?
“Pretty much, because Alice In Chains can do any and . We did and . We can put out any kind of music. If I’m working with Alice, making a record, and the guys like the music, it can become an Alice song. I’ve made four uniquely different solo records. doesn’t sound like .”
