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Jerry Cantrell
As the co-founder, lead guitarist, and main songwriter of Alice in Chains, Jerry
Cantrell shaped the direction of grunge and alt-metal during the 1990s and
beyond. He was born in Tacoma, Washington, on March 18, 1966, and met Layne
Staley in 1987. Together, the two musicians formed Alice in Chains that same
year. Facelift, the band's double-platinum debut, was released in 1990,
kickstarting a wildly successful decade whose highlights included seven Grammy
nominations and five platinum-certified albums. Cantrell co-wrote hit songs like
1991's "Man in the Box," 1993's "Rooster," 19...
