During a new interview with the Broken Record Podcast, Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell admitted that he could not get into one of Guns N’ Roses’ albums until he got high.
Cantrell made the admission while discussing his friendship with Duff McKagan and what he “asked him about Guns N’ Roses” when they first started hanging out.
“Boy, I think I probably told him like… When I finally connected with this band, I mean, I was aware of the band and a lot of my favorite bands I don’t like instantly,” the guitarist said.
“So, because they were so huge and blowing up, I mean I like rock and roll and they have roots of all the stuff. I love Aerosmith, good funky, R&B, f*cking nasty rock and roll. So, overtly I liked it and it was blowing up but I didn’t connect with the record. I think I listened to it for about a week and I don’t know, I think I told him a story.”
“I was living in an apartment downtown behind Seattle Center and I still hadn’t connected to the record. So I decided to drop ac*d and listen to the whole thing one more time. I decided on that trip and I listened to the record. If I still didn’t like it I was going to throw it out the window,” Cantrell revealed.
He continued: “And by the time ‘Rocket Queen’ came on, that bass, the drums in the bass got me. That’s when it all came into focus and I was just coming on to an acid trip and I think I told him that story. It was a good one and I got it. The doors of perception were open and I connected.”
