Staley had recently gone torehab, but soon afterwards, he showed up in a band rehearsal under influence. Lack of evidence for the LNAB and parents of Catherine (Heath) Cantrell, My family is from morgan county ky..and morehead ky. My great grandfather was henry Cantrell, here for the full-sized version (1080 x 2160). But the turbulence captured on the album would soon overtake Alice in Chains. Remove this comment before posting.]. ", 7. It even brought him to the point of tears. Layne told me that he didn't like being famous. Fortunately, the Cantrells eventually managed to grow closer after the guitarist was inspired to write a song about his father's experiences in Vietnam. However, as Rolling Stone notes, poor Staley was hardly the only member of the band to struggle with addiction. div_id: "cf_async_" + Math.floor((Math.random() * 999999999)) Cantrell picked it up very quickly, impressing his mother's boyfriend who suggested that she should buy her son a guitar, so she bought him an acoustic guitar. Discover detailed information about Jerry Cantrell's height, real name, wife, girlfriend & kids. Conjugao Documents Dicionrio Dicionrio Colaborativo Gramtica Expressio Reverso Corporate. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. Jerry's first childhood memory is meeting his father for the first time after he had returned from war. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. I had talked to my grandpa a Vietnam Vet And he actually told me a lot about how this song moved him. Cantrell's first childhood memory is meeting his father for the first time after he had returned from war when he was three years old. Cantrell attended high school at Spanaway Lake High School, and, before owning his first guitar, he was a member of the high school choir which attended many state competitions. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Jerry Cantrell, the founder and co-lead vocalist of Alice in Chains, unveiled the meaning of the band's song 'Rooster' while sharing the memories from the time when his mother passed away.. During an interview he gave lately, Cantrell has recalled the hard times back then with the loss of his mother. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. song: "The Rooster", As Dave Lifton of Ultimate Classic Rock reports, the 34-year-old singer was found dead in his apartment in Seattle. He was standing in the back and he heard all the words and stuff. The term rooster had several meanings. At that time he played clarinet, and his mother was dating a guitar player who handed his guitar to Cantrell and taught him a couple of chords. Overall, the band took a lighthearted approach to the incident, even printing up an official tour shirt emblazoned with an X-ray of Staley's broken foot under the band's logo. Afterward, Starr said he went back to Staley's room and continued his drug binge. Rock bands that are on the road together have a history of pranking one another. Some have stated that the song name refers to the 101st airborne and its patch which is the screaming eagle and that the Vietnamese, not familiar with a bald eagle, called all members of the 101st roosters or chickens, but Cantrell has never confirmed this. About The comment that anti-war protesters did not spit on soldiers. The accompanying video featured Cantrell Sr., as well as real Vietnam news footage and reenacted combat scenes. Cantrell also cited Soundgarden as a big influence on him. Cantrell Sr. served two combat tours in Vietnam, and also appears in the music . This song means a lot to me. What did I do?' After reading the about the songs deep connection to hisfathersexperience in Vietnam, I hope all combat veterans draw inspiration from the chorus: Yeah here come the rooster, yeahYou know he ain't gonna die. I understand that you hope the world and people worked as logically as you say. (function() { }; The song was written by Alice in Chains guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell for his father, Jerry Cantrell Sr., who served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Jerry Cantrell recalled that the road to their fifth studio album, 2013'sThe Devil Put Dinosaurs Here,was a painful one for him. According toRevolver, things weren't much better when they were in the studio. "Rooster" was the name that he went by in Vietnam. Jerry Cantrell described to the LA Times the impact the Vietnam War had on his dads life, Vietnam is something he never talks about. So the soilders were up at dawn and went to sleep at dusk. Personal Life Cantrell's father, Jerry Sr., is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War. Of course, I was never in Vietnam, and he won't talk about it, but when I wrote this, it felt right like these were things he might have felt or thought. Cantrell's first childhood memory is meeting his father for the first time after he had returned from war when he was three years old. Birth Name: Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr Occupation: Guitarist Born In: Tacoma, Washington, USA Birthdate: March 18, 1966 Age: 56 years old (as of 2023) Ethnicity: White Nationality: American Sexuality: Straight Jerry Cantrell was born on the 18th of March, 1966. Jerry Cantrell Sr. has had the nickname "Rooster" since childhood because of the way his hair stood on end in his youth. Jerry Cantrell's own words Was angry when heard of loss of you yet after being there I understand better even if will never accept it. Pellingtons vision for the video consisted of interviews with Cantrell and his father, hallucinatory color re-creations and recreated combat scenes of Vietnam. However, hard rock music caught Cantrell's interest predominantly. Carlstrom told The Atlantic that Staley said to him, "Oh, I hear a little vocal part I want to stick in the song." A lot.". But fellow Seattle-ites Gruntruck may have pulled one of the best on Alice in Chains during their tour together in late 1992. "Looking back," Paul admitted, "it was maybe ill-advised because the poor guys had to play a show with dirt down their throats. But Layne Staley beat them to it by decades. EIN: 52-1149668, Copyright 2023 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display, HONORED ON PANEL 20W, LINE 75 OF THE WALL. That was some pretty scary shit to have to go through, and it definitely affected the overall feel of the album.". Rooster was the name that he went by in Vietnam. When it came to shooting the band's performance, however, director Mark Pellington ran into a problem. Copyright 2023 by Project M Group LLC. Is rooster by Alice in Chains about Vietnam? In the liner notes of 1999s Music Bank box set collection, Jerry Cantrell said of the song: It was the start of the healing process between my Dad and I from all that damage that Vietnam caused. The song is about resilience, as the soldier get sent off to war, leaving a wife and child behind. No Replies Log in to reply 0. The music video featured real Vietnam War documentary/news footage as well as some very realistic/graphic re-enacted combat scenes. So the song Rooster has a deeper meaning then what comes across to most people. Layne Staley was a charismatic frontman with a golden voice, but according to the A.V. Deseret News reported that Starr had been mixing his anxiety medication and methadone, and theHollywood Reporter later confirmed that the poor bassist's cause of death had been a prescription drug overdose. This song means a lot to me. Jerry Cantrell Sr. However, Jerry Cantrell revealed the secret he learned after she passed away. Property records also list the home as having an elevator. Like this story? Cantrell's father, Jerry Sr., is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War. Cantrell wrote this song to honor his father by telling a little story about his service in the Vietnam War. According to Cantrellsbio, his parents divorced when he was young, due to strains of war, and he went to live with his mother and grandmother near Tacoma, Washington. Have visited you at the WALL in D.C. Will always remember you as a good looking young man with a good heart and a wild side that drew we young men to you. Jerry Cantrell/Fathers. This is what I think the song means. In recent years, both Dave Grohl and Axl Rose have powered through performances while suffering from broken bones by sitting atop a throne onstage. Part of Audacy. "My whole f****ng life was basically taken away from me within the period of a year, and I felt like I was on my own. Rooster was his nickname in Vietnam, where he fought in the war. Given how dark and often depressing Dirt's music and lyrics could be, it was only natural that when Alice in Chains appeared on MTV's HeadbangersBall to promote the album in 1993, show host Riki Rachtman took them to a waterpark. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. He then listened to the playback of the song in his headphones and timed his screams to Cantrell's guitar riff. Ill never forget it. "I also got stuck in traffic and saw people pulling other people out of their cars and beating the crap out of them. He was totally cool, totally calm, accepted it all, and had a good time doing it. The first time I ever heard him talk about it was when we made the video and he did a 45-minute interview with Mark Pellington and I was amazed he did it. So with time on my hands, I turned to Google and discovered an interesting history. Staley distanced himself from his band and the world in general, opting instead to taking copious amounts of narcotics and playing video games. He asked his father if his depiction of the war was accurate, to which his father responded, You got too close you hit it on the head. It was funny: They wanted to know where the strip clubs in L.A. were. Cantrell's mother was only 43 when she died of pancreatic cancer. The family lived on welfare and food stamps. As such, his body wasn't found until two weeks after his death, when people realized they hadn't heard about him in a while. Ok the rooster nickname for M60 gunners is true but the reasoning is more than the gunners being "cocky" it is given because when firing especially at night the tracer bullets ark in the air, closely resemble the long arched feathers of a rooster tail. Layne's response? Actually in an interview Jerry Cantrell said that 'Rooster' was his fathers nickname as a kid growing up in the south. He named the brooding, dark song "Rooster"after his dad's old nickname, and Cantrell Sr. was so fond of the end result that he agreed to appear in the music video. Many news outlets reported on Sunday that rockabilly singer Jerry Lee Lewis died. tells us, one of the biggest blows came when Cantrell was only 21, and he lost his mother and grandmother over a short period of time. Well the rooster is up at dawn and goes to sleep at dusk. Mike Starr, the band's original bass player, also developed a taste for narcotics early on. Alice in Chains' sophomore studio album, 1992'sDirt,was a massive success that cemented the band's place in the grunge pantheon and featured landmark hits like "Angry Chair," "Would?," and "Rooster." About humanity that kills itself in the name of feeding the war machine. "They were getting jaded. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". Also recorded during these sessions was a song called Rooster. It was beautiful., And according to aninterview withGuitar for the Practicing Musicianmagazine, Cantrell spoke about his father hearing the song for the first time: He's only seen us play once, and I played this song for him I'll never forget it. Armed with a brand new sound that incorporated elements from heavy metal to the famous grunge drop-D tuning, the twin vocals of guitarist Jerry Cantrell and the charismatic frontman, Layne Staley, and the album's most iconic single, "Man in The Box," the band were instrumental in grunge's breakthrough. With their follow-up album, Dirt,Alice in Chains proved that they were far from a one-trick pony, and singles like "Would?," "Rooster," and "Them Bones" propelled them to further success. Downing, David Gilmour, Nancy Wilson, and Eddie Van Halen as major influences, as well as Elton John and bands Fleetwood Mac,Heart and Rush as his early songwriting idols. Hey Jerry Dale, Have never forgotten about you brotherI went to Vietnam in Army as a homage to you. Album: Dirt (1992) The title comes from Alice in Chains guitarist-songwriter Jerry Cantrells father. Here are 10things you may not have known about the 1992 album. From drugs, firings and broken bones to mayhem of L.A. riots, Alice in Chains' Layne Staley (left) and Jerry Cantrell, San Jose, California, April 11, 1993, photograph by Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Images. According to Revolver Mag, the band had started working on the album soon after wrapping up their previous tour. Rather than resentment, Cantrell placed himself in the shoes of his father in Vietnam and Rooster was born. And when they got home there was no heroes welcome. Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. Also talk to infantry soldiers, not POG's about this kind of shit. 5 Why did Alice in Chains call their first album Dirt? Staley was so out of it that he had to wear sunglasses when they shot the music video for "Rooster" so viewers wouldn't realize how high he was, while Starr's drug problems became so bad that the band had to ultimately fire him. He was back there with his big gray Stetson and his cowboy boots he's a total Oklahoma man and at the end, he took his hat off and just held it in the air. 77 on its list of "100 Greatest Guitar Solos" in 2008. This was all my perception of his experiences out there. there's a few people who know the time and place this piece was originally sung, but they won't be talking about it and I am not saying anymore. When Alice in Chains' first album went gold, Cantrell sent both teachers a gold record. Alice In Chains might seem like a band that ended its existence in a tragic way when singer Layne Staley died, only to later rise from the ashes as a sort of 2.0 version of themselves with the advent of guitarist-singer William DuVall. "He jumped out in the crowd with his broken with his cast, so I thought that was kind of nutty," added bassist Mike Starr in the same interview. Furthermore, the album's second half boasted a five-song "mini-suite" of sorts about the ravages of heroin addiction, a topic that at least half the band had firsthand knowledge of at the time. They managed to patch things up six months later, but unfortunately, there was more awfulness on the horizon. Cantrell wrote this song to honor his father by telling a little story about his service in the Vietnam War. Alice in Chains drummer Sean Kinney, in particular, attempted to contact Staley three times a week for years, but Staley refused to even talk to him. The remembrance from your cousin Donna Taylor is touching. Soldiers from Vietnam were dragged to a foreign land to kill or be killed in a fight that turned out to be based on something that was far less noble an endeavor than WWII. It does not store any personal data. Parrott's addiction resulted in fatal bacterial endocarditis, and Staley took the news of her passing extremely hard. "[H]e's like, 'You were dead for 11 minutes, Mike. He said (like 1 out of 100 comments previous) that Rooster was nickname for the M-60 gunner of a platoon. The couple was already separated at that point, and while Staley had plenty of rock star money to finance his habits, Parrott's lower funds forced her to ultimately sell her body in order to finance her drug use. Dirt was recorded during the 1992 Los Angeles riots (recorded prior to the rest of the album, and featured in the Cameron Crowe movie Singles), the rampaging leadoff track "Them Bones," and the ballad "Rooster," which Cantrell wrote about his father's experiences as a U.S. Army man during and after the Vietnam War. Lets get a couple of takes. He watched as his father struggled with PTSD throughout his childhood until, eventually, it destroyed his family. But its cool that people connect with that song; for it to be part of them getting through.. Cantrell Sr. served two combat tours in Vietnam, and also appears in the music video talking about his war experiences. The elder Cantrell wouldnt talk about the war, so Jerry crafted the lyrics based on what he thought where his fathers feelings and experiences, told from his perspective. You know he aint gonna die! The reason? And he was crying the whole time. However, you may visit "Cookie Settings" to provide a controlled consent. Jerry Cantrell Sr. has had the nickname "Rooster" since childhood because of the way his hair stood on end in his youth. Cantrell's father, Jerry Sr., is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War. As a very minor silver lining,his mother's insurance policy left him enough money to buy some music gear and "exist for a while.". The very first vocal sounds heard on Dirt are the series of "Ahh!" "I was actually in a store buying some beer when some guy came in and started looting the place," he said. All Rights Reserved. Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. Staley himself went on to explore dark paths that ultimately took his life, as well. Alice in Chains continues on today, having released the impressive The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here in 2013, and also opening some early dates on Guns N' Roses' current reunion tour. (R.I.P. Guitarist Jerry Cantrell recalled where he was when he wrote the song, telling Classic Rock Magazine, I was between places to live at that time so I moved in with Chris Cornell and his wife, Susan Silver at their house in Seattle. A real work of art may have a very specific meaning, but appeal to different schools of thought/interpretation in a more universal sense. Rooster was the fourth single from Dirt. My father, Marine Corp Vet in 'nam, explained this to me without an inquiry when we were listening to the song. The song Rooster offered a chance for a son to understand his fathers pain and it would result in healing a fractured relationship. Traduo Context Corretor Sinnimos Conjugao. His first job was delivering newspapers. The band had their last full tour with Staley in 1993, when they were co-headlining Lollapalooza. Therefore "snuffing the rooster" is "making sure that you don't wake up in the morning.". 6 on the Billboard 200. Soon after the release of Dirt, the singer spent several of his band's fall 1992 dates opening for Ozzy Osbourne confined to a wheelchair, after a mishap on an all-terrain vehicle backstage at a show in Oklahoma City resulted in him riding over his own foot. Copyrights (DMCA), (56 years old), Deftones, JerryCantrellVEVO, Genius, Jerry Cantrell. His maternal grandmother was from Norway, and his maternal grandfather was from the Czech Republic. But Dirtstill stands as the band's magnum opus. Starr also received a huge outpouring of love from fellow drummers like Mike Portnoy, Matt Sorum, and Steven Adler, as well as others who have struggled with addiction, such as Mtley Cre's Nikki Sixx. Jerry Cantrell's House (Google Maps). We Can Fix America If We Just Bring Back Schoolhouse Rock, Song Analysis Corner: Istanbul (Not Constantinople), I Just Called To Say Stevie Wonder's Song Deserved a Better Movie. We are pawns or we are not American. Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. The band didn't just cancel the Metallica tour dates they actually broke up 10. MarchMay 1992 at Eldorado Recording Studios, Burbank, California; London Bridge Studio, Seattle, Washington; One on One Studios, Los Angeles, California, Eldorado Recording Studios (Burbank, CA); London Bridge Studio (Seattle, WA); and One on One Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA). Cantrell has cited his interest in dark musical tones as dating back to this period: "In choir we performed a cappella Gregorian chants from the 14th and 15th centuries. Jerry Cantrell has stated that his father, Cantrell, Sr., had this family nickname "Rooster" since childhood due to the way his hair stood up on end as a youth. They are one of the most poignant and tragically true lyrics to come from the 90s grunge scene. [Feel free to edit the following, add a story or explanation, etc. When we first got together as a band, we were all brothers. He served with the 101st Airborne Division, which has a fitting shoulder insignia: the bald eagle. Rumors about the vocalist's condition started making rounds, and some said he'd even lost an arm to gangrene. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. We lived in the same house and partied together and drank as much as each other. In his mid-teens he bought his first guitar from a swap meet, a Korean-made Fender Stratocaster. He went to live with his mother and grandmother in Tacoma, Washington. "Those losses really tilted my horizon," Cantrell says. adunit_id: 100001411, Tradues em contexto de "veteran of the Vietnam War" en ingls-portugus da Reverso Context : Cantrell's father, Jerry Sr., is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War. I was thinking about the things he might have thought and felt there., In a separate interview with Rolling Stone, Cantrell talked about his dad trying to transition back into civilian life after the war, My dad was trained to be a f-ing killer. Trivia (1) Father of Alice in Chains guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell. Alice in Chains struggled dealing with the success ofbreakout debut album, Facelift Jerry Cantrell nearly bared it all on a memorable episode of HeadbangersBall POSTED ON 1.18.2017 POSTED BY: Junior Wynn Inspiration Hey Jerry Dale, Have never forgotten about you brother.I went to Vietnam in Army as a homage to you. It was the start of their healing process. Rooster by Alice In Chains was Jerry Cantrell's tribute to his Vietnam veteran dad, and it showed a different kind of dark side to the band (Image credit: Chris Carroll/Corbis via Getty Images) Rooster by Alice In Chains may have become one of the band's defining tracks, but its meaning was rooted in humble beginnings. Jerry Cantrell Jr., the guitarist, co-vocalist, and songwriter, was the son of a Vietnam War veteran, Jerry Cantrell Sr. By clicking Accept All, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. As the songwriter, guitarist, and co-vocalist, Jerry Cantrell is responsible for much that makes Alice in Chains great, and seeing as the band's musical vibe tends to skew toward despair, it's no surprise that Cantrell has his share of personal tragedies. And I remember when we played it he was back by the soundboard and I could see him. In fact, those who knew him said that he "more or less died in spirit"when Parrott perished. He said it was a weird experience, a sad experience and he hoped that nobody else had to go through it. I stayed for a few weeks, up in this little room.. Friends recalled that Cantrell fell into depression and became a completely different person after losing both his mother and grandmother within a short span of time. 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