Jerry Cantrell was born on 18th March 1966 in Tacoma. He is a famous guitarist in the US. He is the lead vocalist and songwriter in the band “Alice in Chains”. His parents got divorced when he was just 7 years old. He mentioned once that while growing up, he has always heard country music. He bought his first guitar after getting inclined towards Rock music during his mid-teens. He got more serious about playing guitar after the age of 17 years. He was mainly influenced by the guitarists like Jimmy Page, Eddie Halen, Tommy Iommi and Ace Frehley. He went to High School in Spanaway where he was a member of choir. He attended State level competitions as a part of that choir. He became the president of choir during the senior year. The choir sang national anthem at the game of basketball. After that he got the maximum score that can be given.
His first album hit gold. He sent gold record to his motivators: his drama teacher and his choir teacher. He created a band named as Diamond Lie in the mid of 1980s. The band rose to its fame in Seattle. Later they changed the name of the band to “Alice in Chains”. He was the co-vocalist, co-lyricist, main composer and lead guitarist in the band. The band went on for a break in the late 1990s. Their lead singer died in 2002. The band re-united in 2005 with their remaining members. They performed at various places with different lead singers like Mark Lanegan and Scott Weiland. He has been very famous as solo artist. However, he has always felt happier as band performer. They released first record after the death of their lead guitarist on 29th September 2009 with William DuVall as their lead singer. He has released 2 albums solo and several appearances in film soundtracks. In the year 1996, he came in solo “Leave me alone” which was released on “The Cable Guy Soundtrack”. It also featured the drummer from their band. This also came as a music video and held number 14 on Mainstream Rock Tracks. He appeared as an actor in “Jerry Maguire”. He wrote the song “Leave me alone” for “The Cable Guy”. He mainly plays guitars from G & L and Gibson Guitars. G & L released a model with his signature in the year 2009. He wrote the song “Ashes to Ashes” from the movie “The Punisher” in the year 2004. He made short appearance in the documentary “Rising Low”. He appeared in the movie “Singles” along with rest of the members of the band “Alice in Chains” and performed the songs “Would?” & “It Aint Like that”. He was awarded the title Riff Lord in the year 2006 by the “Metal Hammer” at its Golden Gods Awards. This was held at London. He won the award beating the famous artists like Jimmy Page and Slash.
There is no news about him being dating someone or being married. He has an estimated net worth of $30 million.
| Birth Date: | 18 Mar, 1966 |
| Age: | 54 yrs |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Tacoma |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American rock musician, singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| Twitter Id: | JerryCantrell |
| Net Worth 2021: | 35 million |
