High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Degradation Trip is the second solo album by Alice in Chains guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell, released on June 18, 2002. It marks his difficult transition from Columbia Records to Roadrunner and was dedicated to Alice in Chains lead singer Layne Staley, who died two months before the album`s release. Degradation Trip featured two singles and was well received by critics, faring better than Cantrell`s solo debut and bearing stronger resemblance to his work in Alice in Chains.