Jerry Cantrell - Degradation Trip (2002)

The second solo album of Jerry Cantrell was released just a little more than two months after Layne Staley of Alice in Chains died of a heroin overdose. Unlike the first solo record, this one is much harder and features a constant lineup that consists of drummer from Faith No More Mike Bordin and now Metallica bassist Rob Trujillo. The album took so long to put together that he had lost his long time label with Columbia. He had to finance the stuido time and at the sametime rebound to another label as heads of major record companies may like your music but, the numbers need to be comparable and profitable to a degree of major pop stars for them to get the outcome they want. As the tour came along, Bordin and Trujillo couldn't make it for the tour and actually Comes With the Fall the band opening up for him would play in his band despite his band switching to play with Ozzy. Ironically, years later William Duvall the frontman for Comes With the Fall would be fronting the new Alice in Chains as lead singer. This would set the once deceased Alice in Chains to revive one of the most influental rock bands of all time. Songs to check out "Anger Rising", "She Was My Girl" and "Angel Eyes".

1. "Psychotic Break" 4:09
2. "Bargain Basement Howard Hughes" 5:38
3. "Anger Rising" 6:14
4. "Angel Eyes" 4:44
5. "Solitude" 4:00
6. "Mother's Spinning in Her Grave (Glass Dick Jones)" 3:53
7. "Hellbound" 6:46
8. "Give It a Name" 4:01
9. "Castaway" 4:59
10. "She Was My Girl" 3:59
11. "Chemical Tribe" 6:35
12. "Spiderbite" 6:38
13. "Locked On" 5:37
14. "Gone" 5:08

Jerry Cantrell - Boggy Depot (1998)

After the dismantle of Alice in Chains, Jerry Cantrell decided to do a solo album. When I bought this many years later in 2010 at a record store I was only familiar with the singles to be honest even though I'm a huge Alice in Chains fan. In 11th grade I even did Jerry Cantrell's "My Song" for my music project although I was on the verge of fainting in front of the whole class in what had to be the most embarrassing moment in my life. Anyways, I was intrigued when I heard there was material on the record that didn't make it on the self entitled Alice in Chains album that made it on the solo record. It could be referred to as the real follow up to the self entitled Alice in Chains because if you read the credits both Kinney and Inez are credited. Ultimately, I can't really complain about anything from the record as it's solid but not Alice in Chains good despite some are worthy on being on one such as "Dickeye", "My Song" and "Between".
1. "Dickeye" 5:07
2. "Cut You In" 3:23
3. "My Song" 4:07
4. "Settling Down" 6:12
5. "Breaks My Back" 7:07
6. "Jesus Hands" 5:37
7. "Devil by His Side" 4:50
8. "Keep the Light on" 4:49
9. "Satisfy" 3:35
10. "Hurt a Long Time" 5:41
11. "Between" 3:37
12. "Cold Piece" 8:29