The only band Jerry Cantrell says never released a bad album

When Jerry Cantrell talks about his biggest influences, one name always appears at the top of the list: AC/DC. For the guitarist and main composer of Alice in Chains, the Australian band is a very rare case in the history of rock for a very specific reason: it has never released a bad album. According to Cantrell, few groups have managed to maintain such a consistent level of quality over decades. Even going through line-up changes, the death of vocalist Bon Scott and the arrival of Brian Johnson, AC/DC preserved its identity without giving up the strength of its compositions. The musician highlights that albums such as "High Voltage", "Highway to Hell", "Back in Black", "For Those About to Rock", "The Razors Edge" and "Black Ice" demonstrate an impressive sequence of solid works, something extremely difficult to find in the music industry. For Cantrell, the band's secret has always been simplicity. Instead of trying to keep up with fads or completely reinvent their sound, Angus Young and his companions perfected a formula based on memorable riffs, catchy choruses and plenty of rock and roll. The guitarist also claims to admire the group's artistic honesty. According to him, AC/DC never tried to appear like something it wasn't, remaining faithful to its origins during more than fifty years of its career. This consistency helped transform the band into one of the biggest in rock history, with more than 200 million records sold and classics that continue to appear on radio, films, sporting events and shows around the world. For Jerry Cantrell, this trajectory makes AC/DC a practically unique example within rock: a band that managed to build an entire discography without releasing a single album that it considered bad.