ALICE IN CHAINS' JERRY CANTRELL Was 'Really F**ked Up' When He Made 2002 Solo Album

According to The Pulse Of Radio, ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist/singer Jerry Cantrell was asked in a new interview with Billboard for his thoughts on “Degradation Trip”, the epic solo album he made in 2002 with future METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo and FAITH NO MORE drummer Mike Bordin. Cantrell responded: “I was just really fucked up back then, to be honest with you, and you can totally hear it on that record. It was done right before I got sober, and it was also done right when I was dealing with the death of my band, and then the unhappy coincidence of Layne [Staley, ALICE IN CHAINS frontman] passing away right after I released that record. So it was not a good time in my life, and it totally comes across on that record.”

Cantrell added: “It’s a record I don’t listen to a lot anymore because of all those things I mentioned,” revealing that he got sober a year after it was recorded. He continued: “But it’s a record that’s important to me, and I’ll see Robert and Mike every once in a while and they’re like, ‘We should do some fucking shows, man. Some ‘Degradation Trip’ shows.’ [Laughs] I tell ’em we’ll do it someday.”

“Degradation Trip” was Cantrell‘s second solo outing, following 1998’s “Boggy Depot”.

ALICE IN CHAINS regrouped in 2006 with William DuVall joining the band, and released its third LP with DuVall in the lineup, “Rainier Fog”, this past Friday (August 24).

Fonte: Blabbermouth.net