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''Degradation Trip'' is the second solo album by Alice in Chains guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell, released on June 18, 2002. It marks his difficult transition from Columbia Records to Roadrunner and was dedicated to Alice in Chains lead singer Layne Staley, who died two months before the album's release. ''Degradation Trip'' featured two singles and was well received by critics, faring better than Cantrell's solo debut and bearing stronger resemblance to his work in Alice in Chains. The album was the result of an intense writing process that resulted in 25 songs. Cantrell enlisted new band mates to officially dissociate himself from the incapacitated Alice in Chains and, after being dropped from Columbia, faced a turbulent recording process funded entirely by himself. After a lack of label interest, Cantrell eventually acquired a deal with Roadrunner who requested that he condense the material to 14 tracks. On November 26, 2002, the full ''Degradation Trip'' sessions' songs were released in their entirety as ''Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2''. ==Background== Not long after the April 1998 release of Cantrell's solo debut, ''Boggy Depot'', he began work on a sophomore record which he confidently projected for a mid-'99 release.〔(September 6, 1998 ) Jerry Depot (September 6, 1998). Retrieved on 7-11-09.〕 The majority of this follow-up, later entitled ''Degradation Trip'', was written in the seclusion of a house in the Cascade Mountains. In a state of self-imposed isolation Cantrell recorded the demos using a four-track recorder and a battered Gibson Les Paul.〔Stout, Gene (Making music sees Cantrell through death and dark times ) SeattlePi.com (May 17, 2002). Retrieved on 6-23-09.〕 In 2002, he detailed the experience of writing the album and its outcome: :"In '98, I locked myself in my house, went out of my mind, and wrote 25 songs. I rarely bathed during that period of writing; I sent out for food; I didn't really venture out of my house in three or four months. It was a hell of an experience. The album is an overview of birth to now. . . ''Boggy Depot'' is like kindergarten compared to this. The massive sonic growth from ''Boggy Depot'' to ''Degradation Trip'' is comparable to the difference between our work in the Alice in Chains albums ''Facelift'' to ''Dirt'', which was also a tremendous leap."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jerry Cantrell biography )〕 :"I got into a writing session which lasted for three or four months where I just continued to spew and pour all of this shit out of the depths of myself from every level and aspect of my life. I dealt with a lot of issues that aren't easy for me to verbally get across. I think it's easier for me to do it in a musical venue. But it was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. I'm glad I did it and I'm glad I went through the experience, but it's certainly something I don't ever want to do again." Amidst writing a surplus of material between fall 1998 and spring '99, Cantrell showed two of his new songs to Alice in Chains' lead singer Layne Staley, who had been living in seclusion for some time prior and had not worked with Cantrell in some time. Staley contributed to the demos which would become "Get Born Again," a single from ''Nothing Safe: Best of the Box'', and the song "Died". Thus, rather than becoming Cantrell's solo work, this led to their recording by Alice in Chains in 1998, release the following year, and the esteem of being what would years later be recognized as the final material written by the band with Staley.〔Christopher, Michael. (''Degradation Trip: An Interview with Jerry Cantrell'' ) PopMatters (December 26, 2002). Received November 22, 2007.〕 To continue developing his second solo album, Cantrell enlisted drummer Mike Bordin and bassist Robert Trujillo of Ozzy Osbourne. The choice would deliberately refrain Cantrell from his Alice in Chains band mates and therefore distinguish his solo career from his past.〔Farber, Jim (UNCHAINED MELODIES ) ''Daily News'' (June 16, 2002). Retrieved on 9-11-11.〕 He originally booked studio time with Dave Jerden, who produced Alice in Chains' first two albums; however, Cantrell fired him after two days, claiming "It was just not working out personally. . . Mike and Robert had hooked up with me and we had been through rehearsals, and we got into the studio with Dave and it all blew up on us on the second day. It took us months to get regrouped again. . . He's a great guy and we did some great music together, but sometimes I guess you just can't go home." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Degradation Trip」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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