Song · Jerry Cantrell
“Anger Rising” by Jerry Cantrell
From the EP Selections From Degradation Trip (2001)
“Anger Rising” by Jerry Cantrell appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations in 2002. It was first released in 2001 on the EP Selections From Degradation Trip. Its best result is #20 on the KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #509 alternative song of 2002.
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"Anger Rising" was the lead single from Jerry Cantrell's 2002 solo album, Degradation Trip, and his fourth single overall, hitting radio in early April that year. It opens with a wordless, choir-like vocal harmony drifting over acoustic guitar, then the heavy guitars crash in with a steady beat and a chorus that snarls and bites.
Cantrell wrote it alone, and it's about domestic abuse, set against a backdrop of a rundown trailer park; MTV's Joe D'Angelo heard it circling back to themes from the Alice in Chains hit "Rooster". Chris DeGarmo, formerly of Queensrÿche, drops in on slide guitar; he had toured with Cantrell behind the 1998 album Boggy Depot. It stuck around Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 18 weeks and peaked at number 10.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 85 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 | 100 |
| 2002 | 84 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 | 100 |
| 2002 | 34 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002 | 106 |
| 2002 | 20 | KNAC Los Angeles, CA | KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002 | 105 |
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