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Cantrell's father, Jerry Sr., is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War. 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.
The song was written by guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell for his father, Jerry Cantrell Sr., whose childhood nickname was "Rooster" and served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Cantrell would later name his music publishing company as Rooster's Son Publishing.
Oct 22, 2020 · Jerry Cantrell Jr., the guitarist, co-vocalist, and songwriter, was the son of a Vietnam War veteran, Jerry Cantrell Sr. The younger Cantrell watched his father deploy twice and never talk about what happened in Vietnam.
Nov 4, 2022 · In 1991, Jerry Cantrell was maturing into a young man and trying to cope with the anger he felt towards his estranged father, Jerry Sr. Jerry Jr. resented the man, but as he grew into the...
Aug 16, 1991 · Here's the true story of Jerry Cantrell, his father, and Alice in Chains' "Rooster." If you're new, Subscribe! → http://bit.ly/subscribe-loudwire ...more.
Jan 26, 2018 · Jerry Cantrell talks to Dean Delray about the story behind Alice in Chains' hit song "Rooster". Jerry wrote "Rooster" while he was living at Chris Cornell and Susan Silver's house in 1991 ...
Sep 1, 2021 · Rooster by Alice In Chains may have become one of the band's defining tracks, but its meaning was rooted in humble beginnings. When guitarist Jerry Cantrell found himself temporarily homeless at the start of 1991, he turned to a fellow grunge legend for help.
Apr 23, 2024 · Jerry Cantrell’s father, Jerry Sr., was a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War as a platoon sergeant. He was in charge of a group of soldiers that were nicknamed “The Roosters.” He earned this nickname because he would wake his squad up every morning with a loud, piercing sound that resembled a rooster’s crow.
Nov 20, 2020 · Founder, co-singer, guitarist, and lead songwriter Jerry Cantrell eschewed the show-offy, over-the-top guitar work of the glam era (as many of his contemporaries did), and in its place opted for pointedly constructed lines suffused with slow, grinding loops and pedal tones of sludge metal.
Mar 18, 2023 · The emotional song was written by Alice in Chains’ guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell about his father, who had served in the Vietnam war, and Cantrell once explained that ‘Rooster’ was his father’s nickname.
