REVIEW: JERRY CANTRELL - DEGRADATION TRIP

 

JERRY CANTRELL - DEGRADATION TRIP (Roadrunner Records, 2002)

Produced by Jerry Cantrell and Jeff Tomei

Recorded at A&M Studios

Cover Art by Team Switzerland

Tracks: 1- Psychotic Break, 2- Bargain Basement Howard Hughes, 3- Anger Rising, 4- Angel Eyes, 5- Solitude, 6- Mother´s Spinning in Her Grave (Glass Dick Jones), 7- Hellbound, 8- Give it a Name, 9- Castaway, 10- She Was My Girl, 11- Chemical tribe, 12- Spiderbite, 13- Loced On, 14- Gone

Here we have Jerry´s first post Alice In Chains solo recording. And this is the first one after Layne Staley´s death. And here you can see that the spirit of Alice In Chains is alive and living in Jerry´s music. Here we have the twisted melodies and vocal harmonies of records like "Facelift" or "Dirt", here we have the vocal harmonies that made Alice In Chains music so original. But here we have also some new explorations of Jerry´s music personality. Here he has teamed with Mike Bordin on drums and Robert Trujillo on bass to create this good heavy recording. Here Jerry shows us that he can sing really well fitting the heavy riffs that he has accustomed us to. This is a good follow up to Alice In Chains music.

Favorite tracks: "Anger Rising", "Solitude" and "Castaway"

Contact: www.jerrycantrell.com