# The Best Alice In Chains Guitar Solos > The 17 best Alice In Chains guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Man in the Box (1990), then Nutshell and Rooster. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Jerry Cantrell built Alice In Chains' sound on sludgy, dissonant riffs, and his solos grew out of them: short, melodic statements that serve the song rather than show off. His wah-soaked, bluesy leads and the harmonies he stacked with Layne Staley made him one of the most distinctive lead players to come out of the Seattle scene. Informed by: [Far Out Magazine - Jerry Cantrell's 10 best guitar moments](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/jerry-cantrell-10-best-guitar-moments/), [zZounds Music Blog - Alice in Chains: Top 3 Solos](https://blog.zzounds.com/2025/06/30/alice-in-chains-top-3-solos/), [Loudwire - Top 10 Jerry Cantrell Alice in Chains Riffs](https://loudwire.com/top-jerry-cantrell-alice-in-chains-riffs/) 1. [Man in the Box](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-man-in-the-box/) — Alice In Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1990 2. [Nutshell](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-nutshell/) — Alice In Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1994 3. [Rooster](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-rooster/) — Alice In Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1992 4. [Would?](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-would/) — Alice In Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1992 5. [Down in a Hole](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-down-in-a-hole/) — Alice in Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1992 6. [Them Bones](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-them-bones/) — Alice In Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1992 7. [Angry Chair](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-angry-chair/) — Alice In Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1992 8. [Grind](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-grind/) — Alice in Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1995 9. [Sea of Sorrow](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-sea-of-sorrow/) — Alice in Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1990 10. [Dam That River](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-dam-that-river/) — Alice in Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1992 11. [Love, Hate, Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-love-hate-love/) — Alice in Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1990 12. [No Excuses](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-no-excuses/) — Alice In Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1994 13. [Heaven Beside You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-heaven-beside-you/) — Alice in Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1995 14. [Check My Brain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-check-my-brain/) — Alice in Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 2009 15. [A Looking in View](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-a-looking-in-view/) — Alice in Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 2009 16. [Hollow](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-hollow/) — Alice in Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 2013 17. [The One You Know](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-the-one-you-know/) — Alice In Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 2018 --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)