ALICE IN CHAINS Guitarist Jerry Cantrell - "We're Not Putting Something Out That We Feel Is Even Remotely Half-Baked"
April 4, 2013, 11 years ago
ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell is featured in a new interview with Ultimate-Guitar.com discussing the band's new album, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here. An excerpt is available below:
UG: In 2011, you had shoulder surgery. How did that affect the recording of The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here?
Cantrell: "It's an annoyance and shit happens. I've been playing a lot of years and I had some cartilage damage in my shoulders. I had one repaired seven years ago or something like that and I had to do the other one. It takes a little time so yeah, maybe we might have got to recording the record sooner. It just took what it took. That's kind of been our motto - whatever it takes to fuckin' make a great record."
UG: That's the mentality you've always maintained?
Cantrell: "It doesn't matter what it costs or how long it's gonna be. We're not putting fuckin' something out that we feel is even remotely half-baked. We've always had a pretty healthy vision of what we want musically. While we don't spend a whole lot of time looking back and listening to old records, we're well aware of what those records are and the level we achieved. In our minds we're not gonna dip below that. If people don't like it, that's a whole other thing. But if we're satisfied to a certain level then we win every time. I've been proud of every record we've put out in that way including the last one and this one too. This one is a strong fuckin' record."
Click here for the complete interview.
Alice In Chains will release their fifth studio album, the second with vocalist William DuVall titled, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, on May 28th.
The band will perform the album's second single, 'Stone', on April 10th on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, 11:35pm/10:35pm CT on ABC. Those who can't wait that long to hear new music can receive an instant download of 'Stone' by pre-ordering the new album on iTunes at this location.
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here will contain the following 11 songs:
‘Voices’
‘Low Ceiling’
‘Stone’
‘The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here’
‘Hollow’
‘Lab Monkey’
‘Hung On A Hook’
‘Pretty Done’
‘Breath On A Window’
‘Choke’
‘Phantom Limb’
In live news, AIC has the following shows booked:
The complete AIC tour itinerary is now as follows:
April
25 - The Fillmore - Miami Beach, FL26 - WXTB Rockfest - Tampa, FL
27 - Rockville - Jacksonville, FL
30 - BUCC Concert Hall - Birmingham, AL
May
1 - William B. Bell Auditorium - Augusta, GA3 - Beale Street Music Festival - Memphis, TN
4 - Carolina Rebellion - Charlotte, NC
5 - Norva - Norfolk, VA
7 - Sands Event Center - Bethlehem, PA
8 - Benedum Center - Pittsburgh, PA
10 - Central Iowa Expo - Boone, IA
11 - Rockfest - Kansas City, MO
12 - KPNT Pointfest - St. Louis, MO
14 - Lyons Fairgrounds - Sioux Falls, SD
15 - Eagles Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI
18 - Susquehanna Bank Center - Philadelphia, PA
19 - Rock On The Range - Columbus, OH
21 - Embassy Theatre - Ft. Wayne, IN
22 - Aiken Theatre - Evansville, IN
24 - Pinewood Bowl Amphitheater - Lincoln, NE
25 - Pryor, Oklahoma - Rocklahoma
26 - San Antonio, TX - River City Rock Fest
June
15 - Donington Park, England - Download FestivalSeptember
19 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Rock In Rio
