Jerry Cantrell

Biography

Jerry Cantrell, born March 18, 1966, is an American musician and songwriter best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and main songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains. The band's distinctive vocal style, featuring harmonized vocals between Cantrell and Layne Staley, rose to international fame during Seattle's grunge movement in the early 1990s. After Staley's death, Cantrell became the band's lead singer on several albums.