Biography

Born on March 18th 1966, Tacoma, Washington.
Jerry started playing guitar in the age of 13 but the time when he was really getting into it, was at the age 17. He played in various metal bands during the 80's and after meeting Mike Starr and Layne Staley in 1987 they formed the band called Alice In Chains, with Jerry's old friend Sean Kinney on drums.

As there are bios 'bout Alice In Chains and Jerry on every site, this is the summary of his carrer after last Alice In Chains studio album - Unplugged...

Ongoing band crisis after the unplugged continues. Band is on a "break" and eventually it was the time for everyone to go by their path. Cantrell decieded to record a solo album as it was obvious that Layne Staley won't participate on the new AIC album. First solo album was named Boggy Depot after his hometown.

It was released on March 17th 1997. Album didn't get as much hype as previous AIC albums, and it was a somewhat a test for Jerry to se how the things will go on from there. As there aren't improvements on AIC band situation, Jerry is going to produce another solo album, called Degradation Trip. After almost a year searching for a record company he finally settled in Roadrunner Records. The first idea of double cd album isn't coming out now, but in the autumn 2002. By then Roadrunner Record are gona publish single cd album, with the songs chosen by Jerry himself.