# The Best Jerry Cantrell Guitar Solos > The 20 best Jerry Cantrell guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Man in the Box (1990), then Rooster and Would?. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Jerry Cantrell gave Alice in Chains its sludgy, harmony-rich identity, favoring bent, wah-drenched solos built on mood and melody rather than speed. Across grunge classics and his solo records he proved that a haunting, singable lead can hit harder than a flurry of notes. Informed by: [Far Out Magazine](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/jerry-cantrell-10-best-guitar-moments/), [zZounds Music Blog](https://blog.zzounds.com/2025/06/30/alice-in-chains-top-3-solos/), [Loudwire](https://loudwire.com/top-jerry-cantrell-alice-in-chains-riffs/), [Goldmine](https://www.goldminemag.com/music-history/songwriter-guitarist-jerry-cantrell-top-5-songs/) 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. [Rooster](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-rooster/) — Alice In Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1992 3. [Would?](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-would/) — Alice In Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1992 4. [Nutshell](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-nutshell/) — Alice In Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1994 5. [Them Bones](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-them-bones/) — Alice In Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1992 6. [Down in a Hole](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-down-in-a-hole/) — Alice in Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1992 7. [Love, Hate, Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-love-hate-love/) — Alice in Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1990 8. [Dam That River](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-dam-that-river/) — Alice in Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1992 9. [Grind](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-grind/) — Alice in Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1995 10. [Heaven Beside You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-heaven-beside-you/) — Alice in Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1995 11. [Sea of Sorrow](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-sea-of-sorrow/) — Alice in Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1990 12. [Check My Brain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-check-my-brain/) — Alice in Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 2009 13. [A Looking in View](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-a-looking-in-view/) — Alice in Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 2009 14. [Your Decision](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-your-decision/) — Alice in Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 2009 15. [Cut You In](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-cantrell-cut-you-in/) — Jerry Cantrell · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1998 16. [Anger Rising](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-cantrell-anger-rising/) — Jerry Cantrell · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 2002 17. [Atone](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-cantrell-atone/) — Jerry Cantrell · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 2021 18. [Hollow](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-hollow/) — Alice in Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 2013 19. [Bleed the Freak](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-bleed-the-freak/) — Alice in Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1990 20. [Stone](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-stone/) — Alice in Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 2013 --- 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/)