Jerry Cantrell - 31/32

Jerry Cantrell - 31/32 - Degradation Trip

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Music

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• jerry
• cantrell
• 31/32
• degradation
• trip
• alice
• in
• chains
• layne
• staley

[UliCantrell]

I'm not sure it's about Layne. It seems more auto-biographical than anything. "Age adult mother gone..."

I don't know. It's great that not all his songs are transparent.

"Make a living miking scars" is such a great line. Great song.

[AngryChair723]

one of my favorite all time songs JC RULES!!

[LuxeXx]

I'm glad Jerry got some country tunes out on this record. He's great at them...

[skeets1640]

This song should have been the closer on the "readers digest version" of Deg Trip. Killer song

[Jeff2870]

Look, I have a magazine from 2002 where Jerry was interviewed just prior to the release of D-Trip. He is asked about every song on the album, what inspired it, so and so. The only songs on D-Trip where Jerry even MENTIONED Layne were Psychotic Break (voices of my dead friends ring on), and Gone, which was actually written to another friend of Jerry's who died, Randy Castillo. I quote, "D-Trip is my autobiography, if you will. My personal ride thru the last 20 years or so."

[TFP2000]

when I first heard this song, towards the end, the signing in the background sounded almost EXACTLY like Layne and I was like "holy shit, why not have this an AIC song?" but then I kinda clued in that it wasn't him later on in the song since I can sort of tell the difference between Jerry's voice and Layne's. it's almost eerie, though. how close they were to each other, and how close they can sound to one another.

[acd46]

I said the centreal theme is not about layne not the whole song, listen to the rest of it, its about jerrys life, it talks about his dad in the war and about growing up with his mother

[GotMeWrong1984]

Umm what is it about then? Cuz Layne was 31 almost 32 when Jerry wrote this, and he says the person is probably going to "end up dead alone in a hotel room" sounds like its about Layne to me.

[acd46]

Dude the main theme of this song is definately not about layne

[carrerpl]

Hey, could anybody tab this song? It's beautiful

Please

[GotMeWrong1984]

Layne doesn't sing background vocals on this, Jerry recorded it after the Nothing Safe sessions in late 98. The song was all about Layne though, Jerry really expresses how much he cares about Layne and how worried is about him.