Finally!!! I've been saying it for years! I've been a " Hired gun" bassist for the better part of 2 decades and I play a white p bass and from trying to play like Eric ive got touring gigs for LINK WRAY, MARKY RAMONE BAND,TOXIC HOLOCAUST ,EVERCLEAR (JUST to name. Few)
Apparently Casey Niccoli was not only responsible for creating the "atmosphere" of the early shows with candles, incense and her amazing art but she designed both of the two last album covers- Nothings Shocking & Ritual De Lo Habitual - she never gets any credit from the band for it though even though it's hard to imagine the band without her influence
The fifth member, she is incredibly artistic. Her outside vision for what the band could be was amazing. Also creating the cult classic "The Gift". To us true Jane's Addiction fans, Cassey is "Our" Classic Girl! ... Instant mashed potatoes.
I love what he said Eric Avery did with those late 80’s/early 90’s bass lines that just roll off like waves on the ocean almost like a trance; such as “Summer Time Rolls”! Dave Navarro on his Ibanez was my guitar guy! The 3 bands that influenced me were Jane’s Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers, & Alice and Chains! 87’-91’ High School vibes with girls, skateboarding, & my Ibanez RG 570!#🎼💥🎸🛹🤘🏻
Great history lesson on Jane's Addiction, such an amazing band. 3 Days is one of the greatest songs of all time, always felt it would take me on the same type of ride as stairway to heaven.
I still play Three Days at least once or twice a month on my guitar, just to revisit each part, and take the ride. Sometimes I play along with the record, sometimes I can find a drummer and bassist, who can get through most of it, without me having to teach them the whole song, but usually I play it by myself. I don’t play Stairway anymore. I learned it when I was first learning songs, then the leads when I was first learning leads. I’ll take Three Days over Stairway. The major scales Navarro plays on that song, are part of what makes it a ride, from moody and dreamy, climbing up a mountain, to flying across the sky, and back to earth, sliding down the other side of that mountain.
Great video! As a 22 year old I will take all the info I can get on this perfect band. Not many people my age are aware of Janes and how magical they are. John Frusciante said Janes were Da Vinci level art and that is true as fuck.
Yes I used to have some bootlegs. Otherworldly. There have been incredible bands, life changers in fact. Bad Brains, Sabbath, Zeppelin, Soundgarden, even Mr. Bungle. But Jane’s Addiction was from another planet it seemed, but they weren’t, and that’s the most beautiful part.
With Dave Navarro I hear a ton of Jimmy Page licks that Page played live and Hendrix. He seems to have many of the same Slash influences but more psychedelic than Slash. That’s what I hear anyway. He’s underrated for sure - we talk about Slash forever but I think Navarro is at the same level IMHO
@@jamescone6359 Navarro says that Page and Hendrix were his two main influences and I think you can hear Page in his playing. Lots of pentatonic major/minor runs. Like the solo in Been Caught Stealing sounds like Page to me, I dunno.
Slash is a Dave Navarro knock off. Axel wanted him in GNR but he declined so slash was their back up plan. Can't stand that GNR is bigger, yet JA is sooo much better.
I was more than a little late to the party when I discovered Jane's Addiction. It was back in 2000, I was barely 21, but this band literally changed my life, everything from my taste in music genres to my fashion sense, to my very worldview. When I look back, I distictively see my life in two parts: BJA (Before the discovery of Jane's) and AJA (After the discovery). That said, I thoroughly enjoyed this video and you sharing your obvious love and passion for this band, and the perspective of someone who was actually there for their glory days. I can only wish I'd been born in the right generation to be able to witness their rise to rock n roll legend, but following you down memory lane will more than suffice. This band just doesn't get discussed enough in the alternative music conversation, if you ask me. It's always Nirvana Nirvana Nirvana, when really, there would be no Nirvana without the path that Jane's paved the way for. Good on you for putting this much needed reminder out there. You've got a sub in me.
thank you for this insight into Jane's Addiction. When I first heard them in the late 80s I was blown away and I went to see them live at a bar in Portland. They were on another level, their show was other worldly and it changed my life, my perspective and outlook on life. I saw them again with the Pixies and Primus and also at the first Lollapalooza in Seattle 1991. When Ritual de lo Habitual came out my friend bought it on vinyl and played it over and over again. I had dropped acid that night and tripped out listening to that album all night. So sublime
Ahhh, the acid. Nothing like dropping a couple hits back in the day, pulling the T-tops off my car and soaking up the beautiful summer sun listening to “Summer Time Rolls”. Driving nowhere in particular. Just enjoying great times and great music with a girl I loved. I wished it could’ve lasted forever.
That second Nirvana album never would have hit the way it did if Jane's Addiction had not cleared the runway first. And they were a much better band at that...absolutely unique. I've been banging that drum since my senior year in high school. Not to mention what a wonderful time that was to be alive.
Nothings shocking came out in my graduation year of 88’ great record..I always said that too,janes paved they was for 90’s alternative to become popular…was outta high school 3 years when nevermind changed the world… grunge/alternative was so cool when it got more mainstream cause we were kinda sick of the hey baby baby 80’s hairmetal..good guitarists but it was played out in 88 to be honest by 91 it was deader than dead…now grunge is considered complaint rock…..I loved being a 18-21 year old kid in 88-91 was the best time man 😊
That's still an insanely short sighted view of it too. Nrivana would have never landed period, if Mudhoney hadn't made them possible. Hell, Perry Ferrell let a significant portion of the Post Hardcore scene crash on his couch in L.A. when they toured.
I think you're overlooking how much The PIxies's Loud/ Quiet style simply and absolutely made the Nirvana sound. Nirvana lacked the originality and definitely the humor of the Pixies.
Just....WOW!!! You, sir, have done a massive service to Jane's and the era that launched it. This may be the best mini-doc on this band on the internet, and made from someone who was there. Lucky man, you are. As mentioned elsewhere in the comments, Casey Niccoli is, in this contributor's opinion, as important as Perry, Eric, Dave, and Stephen were, for the creation of their magic. Would be nice to see her get the credit she deserves. And completely agree, it's not Jane's w/o the original four members. Nothing they've released since their original breakup captures the magic of that era. Maybe b/c like all great music and art, Jane's was as much a reflection of what was going on around them, as it was an expression of it.
@@louidivine3140 Yes I do, and I am good friends with Richard, Truls, Oskar and Axel. My band URAN GBG played with them a lot and I have lots of photos and videos of them. Great guys. My channel actually have a few live clips with Graveyard. There are a lot of great bands from Gothenburg. Like Anticimex, Union Carbide Productions, Mustasch, At the gates, The Exorcist GBG, The Leathernun, Fontän and Cortex to name a few. I know them all privately more or less and we have a great music scene here. Some of them contemporary with Jane´s Addiction. I am just a humble musician and a music lover.
Eric is the man in this band as far as I'm concerned. I can Instantly recognize Eric's bass lines for just one or two notes, you can't say that about a lot of bassists. Steven and Eric make this band hit hard.
It was the Deadheads in College at Kent State University back 1988 that had the Jane’s CD’s. As artists and writers we embraced Jane’s music like no other, accumulating to Lallapaloza 1 where Jane’s headlined. The soundtrack to my life 1988-1991. No one’s leaving.
I’m a bassist songwriter with a small underground metal/rock band called White Wizzard. Eric Avery was a huge influence and I think you are right on point. I always equate him to Simon Gallup of the Cure. The bass lines are the main hook in the songs. Even though my band is much more Maiden/Rush/Sabbath….I always cite Janes and Eric as a huge inspiration. I’ll never forget the first time I heard Nothings Shocking late one night summer 1990 standing at Vista Point by the GG Bridge after a show at the Stone. My friends boom box blasting Up the Beach….and a few months after seeing them at the SF Civic on the Ritual Tour Dec 1990. In 1990 they peaked and I thought they were gonna take over the world. They set up what Nirvana knocked down the next year (with AIC as a Segway) Nirvana ended up being the band that took over the world….But Janes set it in motion. They should have been that but their star burned too bright too fast.
Saw them in 1988, it was so magical. Heavy and somehow ethereal at the same time. And I definitely agree that the original 4 all brought something that is irreplaceable.
Come the late eighties, I was a pure Genesis and Pink Floyd snob, and nothing could come anywhere close to these bands. Then I acquired a box of tapes in a very illegal way, and Nothing's shocking was among the tapes. Eric's bass intro on summertime rolls and mountain song gripped me, and Jane says, crushed me. So for me, Jane's Addiction really did change music. Since then, alternative music has a massive place in my heart, and it's thanks to Jane's Addiction, but also for fate for placing those tapes in my path.
Man thank you so much for making this. I’m 33 years old and when I started learning guitar at 13 I had a cassette tape of “Nothing’s Shocking” that my Aunt Rose left with my mom. I was instantly hooked by Perry’s amazing vocal range and lyrics, the groovy bass lines that held it all together, Stephen’s incredible drumming and of course the insane guitar work of Dave Navarro that blew me away. “Three Days” is my favorite Jane’s Song ever but “Nothing’s Shocking” is my album because of that incredible guitar tone. So cool to see someone else who loves them too. It sucks being a guitar player and never having met another musician in real life.
Greatly appreciated, kind sir. Gives anyone who wasn't there to witness their iconic rise to prominence a real feeling of what it was like to be there first hand. Their importance to alternative music culture should never be allowed to diminish in the sands of time. The music is timeless & will last forever, but man if only I had a time machine to go back & experience those early shows... Legendary stuff
Ritual has better sound in my opinion, but the songs are more complex. They had many of the Ritual songs, when Nothing’s Shocking was released. Even when XXX was released, but Perry was saving what he and at least some band members thought were the best songs.
@@CorbCorbin I get it. I’m a nothings shocking guy, but I get it. That album is soooo crazy which is what they are. Not just crazy but beautiful and with Perry’s lyrics are always great.
I used to play drums in a Jane's Addiction cover band in the 90's. Our lead singer's name was Jon, so we were called Jon's Addiction lol. We sucked, but we were drunk, playing parties and bars and in college, so it was cool. I got laid a bunch from it - good enough. We should have started our own festival called Suck-apalooza
You are what is called "a success in life". If you can play crappy drums and get laid from it, you are doing better than the other 99% that are trying to get degrees and scholarships and going home alone.
@@shacktime what have done that was personally enjoyable and half decent, and I am not talking about the enjoyment you get when you're trolling from your mom's basement.
I remember the very first time I heard of Jane. The dude who introduced me to the band's music said that they were a cross between Pink Floyd and the Sex Pistols. Totally inaccurate description, but I was intrigued. Borrowed the Nothing's Shocking cassette from him and I almost wore it out in two days. Saw the very first Lollapalloza ('91), and though they were upstaged by NIN, Jane were magnificent. And yes, Eric Avery was the musical and conceptual center of that band. Artistically speaking, when he left they became a spent force.
i agree im 53 years old i was there, i will diw talking about janes addiction, are u kiddin, one of the best concerts i have ever seen in my life early 90's and they MUST enter some place and be cemented, theyre pure magic, also love love "Porno for Pyros" wonderful video, you made justice to them
My favourite band ever, I was and still am obsessed with them!! They were unique, their music style was a mix of rock, metal, funk, pop and more. I never seen and heard a band like them, i'm still waiting. Every band member were supertalented, too bad they didn't last long. Avery was my favourite, he's bass grooves were hypnotic. Great video!!!
When I first heard Jane’s in ‘91 they blew me away. I listened to them over and over. It was the newest and best feeling I have ever had listening to music.
Another killer video!! I am so envious you got to be there and experience that music scene as it was happening. Those first three records are so good. There is no other band that had what they did or hit the way they did. Thanks for putting this together. As always learned some new things! Fantastic editing!!
His lyrics are as good as anyone else's in popular music. Brilliant, profound, poetic lyrics. The sound of the band is incredible too. The vocals and bass are avant garde, post-punk and gothy, while the guitar and drums are totally over the top and metally but in a good way. The dynamics are incredible too, between quiet and loud.
Quite a heroin commercial. "I wrote whole aaallbums in a night. It was like a secret lover...." and so on. I saw it tons of times, so don't get the wrong idea, but watching it these days, it's an instructional video for cold-coppin and doc shoppin
@@briansmith9455 I wouldn't judge anyone until you make sure youre perfect first. I'm sure you love a lot of music that was created by people using substances...its kind of a thing. If you have been fortunate enough to not feel like you ever needed drugs than just feel lucky and don't judge others for what you do not understand.
I gotta say this…modern culture focuses on Nirvana, but 5 years before, these guys were doing it different. I mean, I was a kid in elementary school when JA were on MTV…when Nirvana hit the scene I was already 15 years old. I don’t know, but I think they deserve a bit more of the sentimental limelight. I mean Perry started Lollapalooza, and was very prominent in the media at the time. I know their style can be polarizing, like RHCP, but you got to admit the doors they opened are still happening today. Would the Seattle scene even have been the same? So much energy and trippy emotional stuff. Three Days, that’s all I’ll say (after all that). Love that song.
Eric Avery is a phenomenal bassist plus he’s the primary song writer in Jane’s. I got to see them a few times. First time in 88 in Miami second time in 91 with Suicidal Tendencies third time was on Halloween night in NYC with Flea on bass. All amazing shows! Great video!
The first time I heard them was one of the happiest days of my life. I grew up listening to and playing 70s guitar rock, it was all Stones, Zeppelin and Aerosmith. When that music got pushed aside for New Wave it was like hell, The Cure just wasn’t doing it for me. Then I was at a party and someone put on Ritual and I almost cried. It was heavy guitar and drums with beautiful lyrics sung by a beautiful voice it was so full and dramatic. They are the only band from that era of late 80s to mid 90s that I never got to see. For some reason every time they played somewhere I was at something would interfere. I love Perry
huge huge band. I was 19 when they broke and they were THE game changers. Nirvana sounded to me like an expansion of the commercial possibilities that JA started. imho
Ahh.... Jane's Addiction. The very first time I heard a J.A. song I was at this party in a giant cow pasture,hay bales on fire everywhere, middle of the night,freezing cold,tripping so hard I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to handle it. This kick ass bass line starts playing and Mountain Song just blew my 17 year old mind! Up until that night I was a Metal Head,hard core,nothing but Slayer,Sepultura,Testament all the Thrash bands,nothing slow. I fought my way through all the people to where the music was coming from,which was this ratty ass,leaning old barn,found out who that band was and when I heard that name I had to write it down because I'd never heard of them. From then on my musical horizons were opened so wide. I mean there's even Dinner Music on this CD! I turned all of my Thrash metal cohorts on to THIS shit and some liked it alot,some wouldn't even listen to one song after learning the name and seeing the CD cover! I fell head over heels for that band 25:36
Saw Janes at the concert hall/masonic temple in toronto 1989 - no opening band. Just an ever increasing in intensity gypsy violin music track for over an hour. Then they slithered onto the stage, and blasted the entire audience into space. It was transcendent. One of, if not the best, the best shows I have ever experienced.
The intro to this video is amazing mate, it captures the smooth and heavy sound of Jane's. I first heard navarro play on the one hot minute album and fell in love with his playing instantly, after hearing that and finding out he was in a band before that and enjoying Jane's first three records my jaw dropped (i also love the deconstuction album). So i am from Scotland and during the time i fell in love with Dave/Janes music i was about 20 years old and i traveled down south to manchester to watch them live (2014) and i was honestly blown away.When i returned i said to my younger brother one day i will take you to see dave play guitar, fast forward to 2024 i am 30 and my brother is about to turn 18 and we are going to see the original line up of Janes this may in glasgow...... LIFE IS WONDERFUL
Great band mucker as a fellow Scotsman I've loved this band since they dropped the Jane's Addiction live album. Jane's Addiction and The Red Hot Chlli Peppers were the most unique bands from the states at the tail end of the 80's. Pixies and Nirvana to. But for me Jane's Addiction are untouchable.
@@francapitanelli9775 have you heard of the early 80s new Zealand band the Swingers ? The singer sounds so much like Perry , I think he must of been an influence .
Brilliant! Such a great presentation. Lollapalooza '91 is still one of my fondest memories ever. I got to see an amazing lineup of bands I already loved, but the Bashees??!! OH, HELL YES! It was a beautiful day into beautiful night as dream after dream came true with each band taking the stage in this festival of angst, spook and hope. As if someone knew exactly what this boy needed so badly. I know I wasn't alone... and Perry knew.
I was around 8 when ritual came out and when i saw Stop on tv it really struck a chord as an impressionable kid.. still one of my favourite bands to this day.
I really have to agree with you about Jane's not being the same without Eric. I still remember the day my father brought home nothing's shocking on wax and played it. I was hooked instantly
I got the chance to see Jane's live in a small club in São Paulo last week. Despite the lack of Navarro, it was one of the best live concerts of my life. Perry got teary eyed as he sang the first lines of "Then She Did..", i fist bumped him twice during the show, and at the end I asked Stephen Perkins for a setlist and he handed it right in my hand haha
God I miss bands like this. As a brit I was heavily into bands like The Cure, Spacemen 3, The Smiths and The La's. I didnt pay to much attention to what was happening in the states until Jane's addiction and RHCP. I just loved these guys styles of music. Especially JA. This was a great review man.
Hey Fran, you did an Awesome Job on this!! Thank you for making & sharing this! Jane's Addiction are one of my all time favourite bands! So glad Eric A is back, yeahhh!! ✌🤘🖖
I'm 55 and have loved Jane's since I discovered them in 91 or 92. I never got to see them in concert, but I did see Porno For Pyros in Miami. Your video was great and I like your perspective. You have a lot of insight to their music and influences. Thanks.
I had been thinking of doing a video like this myself as these guys are my all time favorites. I'm a 90s alternative kid, so you can probably see why. Influenced the whole wave of bands i love. As there were only so few Jane's records, it led me to first discover Porno for Pyros... Then i also came across the Deconstruction album and Eric's Polarbear project. I loved all of that stuff, Eric and Perry are both such great songwriters. Some of their solo albums are good too, also Navarro's album Trust No One. Thanks for the video! Creative editing too. More people need to talk about Jane's Addiction.
P4p first album is criminally underrated. In my opinion it can be put in there with the the first 3 JA albums. I absolutely LOVE every solo DeStefano played on that album and lenobles baselines are so catchy.
Great docu. I do remember Dave saying he always loved The Cure, so I guess he was also influenced by the alt-goth thing too, but they were absolutely that fusion of alternative/goth and hard rock metal that you describe. I also love Porno for Pyros. I wonder how influenced Janes and RHCP were by The Minutemen (as well as the more obvious influences) - because I've recently got into them over here in the UK, and I'm seeing a real missing link in their music between the hardcore postpunk bands and what the RHCP and Janes were doing.
I’m sure Minutemen were a big influence on them. Especially RHCP. They dedicated Blood Sugar album to Watt. And I know they played a bunch of shows together early on.
Nothing Shocking is in my top 5 greatest albums of all time, every song in the composition. I remember flipping the cassette after Standing in the Shower Thinking. Just so much context being a drunk kid trying to figure shit out.
Incredible band in their first incarnation! Like a bolt from the blue, they took all the soaring power of metal and made it majestic. And they were curious about everything - you could feel it in the music and the aesthetic. When I think of them, I always think of something colourful. Props for giving full credit to what each member brought to the table, especially Eric Avery - it's amazing how his basslines provided the foundation for so many memorable contributions from his bandmates.
I'm 56 and my High School buddy's daughter is going to see Jane's and Love and Rockets, I never got to see them [saw Porno 4 Pyros] I'm jealous meow and I'm working alot on the Global plantation ....thank you boys !!!
Cool vid and great job telling some of the LA story of Jane's Addiction. In high school I was a punk with also an appreciation for some classic rock. Jane's came along and completely blew me away and kind of changed everything. I was at the John Anson Ford, Hollywood Palladium and Universal Amphitheater shows during that era. Some of the very best shows I ever saw. I had a death rock/goth friend who saw them earlier at Scream. Also recently saw them with Troy on guitar who really did a damn fine job.
This band is the best amalgam of all four members' musical tastes. I WISH I would've been of age during their heyday 87-90 to see them then. I saw them in 2003 tour, which was great, but just not the same.
Starting on Guitar In the early 80’s My favorite bands in Junior high were Zeppelin Rush Judas Priest Ozzy Iron Maiden and the first Queens Ryche EP .My Fav bands in high school were the Cure REM The Smiths and Love And Rockets .. I had this idea to start a band combine the genres and darn if J.A. didn’t beat me too it!!!
I told Eric the very same thing Fran. I said, "there's no JA without you & your baselines". He shyly smiled and thanked me. Jane's Addiction happens to be one of the loves of my life, musically. Zeppelin & Alice in Chains with Layne & Mike Starr are the others.
Mine, too. (This is truly not some weak attempt to be a 'copycat'.) i've always loved that line, as well .. and the entire song, of course! It's just One of Many, Beautiful Jane's songs! "Oh-Oh-Oh, the summertime rolls..."
Got to catch them in 2009 in Sydney, Australia with the classic line-up. Still is one of the best gigs of my life. Perry literally had the audience in the palm of his hand. I'm seeing them next month with Smashing Pumpkins. Looking forward, but a little bummed Dave isn't playing.
The single for Classic Girl has a live performance of them doing The Doors L.A. Woman and in that cover Dave Navarro is shedding the ENTIRE SONG. You can hear him running all over the fret board shredding licks and improvising.
Fantastic video, thank you for sharing this. Jane's is my all time favorite band and I couldn't agree more on your take on Eric Avery. I am a reggae bassist of 20+ years and completely agree with your connection to his approach and style to writing bass lines.
JA is my favourite hard rock band, ever! I grew up on Deep Purple, Sabbath, Zeppelin, 70s Aerosmith, Rush, Van-frickin'-Halen y'all, Judas Priest, Nazareth, UFO, Punk, AC/DC ... I love all that stuff - child of the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. When Jane's Addiction came along ... they were the band I'd been waiting for all my life (I was 25 when they popped). Everything about them was perfect ... and then they were gone. They are my favourite from all the greats. Saw them at the Nick in Birmingham, AL in 89 or 90. It.was.so.faakin'.AWE-sommmmmmme. The Nick is like a double-wide trailer, so ... yeah, that joint got pregnant that night. It was really weird, too - hard to describe ... it was Jane's Addiction.
@@francapitanelli9775 There was an opening band but ... there was a lot going on that night. I'll never forget Perry trying to score heroin whilst on stage. Ya had to be there; it was a rockin' night but it was a weird night.
TY for a very informative and honest retrospective on Jane's Addiction, obviosly being someone who was right there in the scene when they broke had to be amazing!
Wonderful video! Lucky me got introduced to them in 1991 when i was over there in the U.S. for a year in high school and in May of that year got to see them live in Pittsburgh. What an experience that was. Can't even begin to imagine the shows in the mid 80s.
I found a picture in Hollywood, Florida and a Jane’s Addiction CD and thrift shop of the band when they were younger sitting around in the living room jammin I said a bongos an acoustic guitar and Perry’s got yellow cleaning gloves on and a house coat . With posters on the wall of the Smiths and Morrissey .🦋
I remember meeting Perry pre-Jane’s at a place called Beyond Baroque in Venice, CA. Must’ve been around 85 or 86, as I was a really young teen. I recall there being an energy and certain magnetism about him I found interesting. I think he was in a band called Psi-Com at the time. Years later, I ate blue banana pancakes next to him at an eatery on La Brea Ave, along with Flea & Anthony of the RHCP. Groovy dude that Perry.
Really well done video mate. In NZ as a teen I got into their albums around '94 and it was all over by then, so they were very mysterious, never knew much about them for years.
Saw them at a small smokey venue on the plateau in Montreal in early 1991. I was 18 years old. No words to describe this show … it absolutely blew my mind and sent me to the moon and back.
Jane's Addiction is pretty much the reason Green River broke up. Green River was playing a show in Southern California, and the members went and saw JA concert. Half the guys in GR was like "this is the direction I want us to go in.." while the other half was like "ewee no way..." that's when they realized they didn't gel with musical influences anymore.
excellent commentary!!!!!!! You hit all of the nails I know but unlocked a few I didnt. You saw the shit first hand...thx man...I miss the late 80s and early 90s...it was exciting, adventurous and magical...what a time to be alive....Janes is like a band that never broke up but they did...
Great observations. I would flip tapes endlessly, reading Stephen King's collected works and the storytelling and suggestive nature of Jane's Addiction fused with the coming-of-age dramas so incredibly well. Addictive.
Casey Nicolli was the force, collaborator and artist that made JA what it was. She made the sculpture 3 Days (on the second album cover). To see their life before and after her presence is different, great and true artist that gave ger soul to her creative endeavor with Perry. The way she was treated teuly horrifes me bc like Kurt and Courtney, there is the same background creative love that no ine understands unless you lived it.
Eric Avery is the unsung hero of JA.
@@ProudAmericanValdez Steve Perkins was/is a great drummer.
Eric A was a brilliant mix of melody and rhythm bass playing.
Finally!!! I've been saying it for years! I've been a " Hired gun" bassist for the better part of 2 decades and I play a white p bass and from trying to play like Eric ive got touring gigs for LINK WRAY, MARKY RAMONE BAND,TOXIC HOLOCAUST ,EVERCLEAR (JUST to name. Few)
Eric Avery IS Jane's Addiction!🤘🤟🤘
💯% Agreed! With Perkins a Close Second!!
Pure truth
Apparently Casey Niccoli was not only responsible for creating the "atmosphere" of the early shows with candles, incense and her amazing art but she designed both of the two last album covers- Nothings Shocking & Ritual De Lo Habitual - she never gets any credit from the band for it though even though it's hard to imagine the band without her influence
and she also directed their videos.
The fifth member, she is incredibly artistic. Her outside vision for what the band could be was amazing. Also creating the cult classic "The Gift". To us true Jane's Addiction fans, Cassey is "Our" Classic Girl! ... Instant mashed potatoes.
I love what he said Eric Avery did with those late 80’s/early 90’s bass lines that just roll off like waves on the ocean almost like a trance; such as “Summer Time Rolls”! Dave Navarro on his Ibanez was my guitar guy! The 3 bands that influenced me were Jane’s Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers, & Alice and Chains! 87’-91’ High School vibes with girls, skateboarding, & my Ibanez RG 570!#🎼💥🎸🛹🤘🏻
💯 I sure can’t wait for her book to come out. I am glad she is doing well these days.
@@DeliRevv That's great she is writing a book! Can't wait to read it
You nailed it dude.
Love the Cab Calloway analogy 👌
Probably my all time favourite band. They are ahead of their time today let alone 30+ years ago. I never miss them when they come around.
VOTE Jane's Addiction RNR Hall of Fame !!
Great history lesson on Jane's Addiction, such an amazing band. 3 Days is one of the greatest songs of all time, always felt it would take me on the same type of ride as stairway to heaven.
Yes!
Agree 3 days is one of the top best songs of all time by any band in the history of music. A song just like Stiarway to Heaven.
I still play Three Days at least once or twice a month on my guitar, just to revisit each part, and take the ride. Sometimes I play along with the record, sometimes I can find a drummer and bassist, who can get through most of it, without me having to teach them the whole song, but usually I play it by myself. I don’t play Stairway anymore. I learned it when I was first learning songs, then the leads when I was first learning leads. I’ll take Three Days over Stairway. The major scales Navarro plays on that song, are part of what makes it a ride, from moody and dreamy, climbing up a mountain, to flying across the sky, and back to earth, sliding down the other side of that mountain.
4 dudes who had a special chemistry together.
I agree about the melodies. There's something beautiful and archaic about the way he sings. Helped with the effects.
Totally agree about Eric he was the heart and soul of the band.
Great video! As a 22 year old I will take all the info I can get on this perfect band. Not many people my age are aware of Janes and how magical they are. John Frusciante said Janes were Da Vinci level art and that is true as fuck.
Frusciante is a douche. But he's right.
You have good taste, and are wise beyond your years.
Keep listening.🎵🎶
See if you can find some of their live recordings from shows in 90 and 91. Absolutely incredible.
Yes I used to have some bootlegs. Otherworldly. There have been incredible bands, life changers in fact. Bad Brains, Sabbath, Zeppelin, Soundgarden, even Mr. Bungle. But Jane’s Addiction was from another planet it seemed, but they weren’t, and that’s the most beautiful part.
VOTE Jane's Addiction RNR Hall of Fame !!
With Dave Navarro I hear a ton of Jimmy Page licks that Page played live and Hendrix. He seems to have many of the same Slash influences but more psychedelic than Slash. That’s what I hear anyway. He’s underrated for sure - we talk about Slash forever but I think Navarro is at the same level IMHO
I agree 🤘
Really. Dave and you hear Jimmy page. I don't want the drugs your taking
@@jamescone6359 Navarro says that Page and Hendrix were his two main influences and I think you can hear Page in his playing. Lots of pentatonic major/minor runs. Like the solo in Been Caught Stealing sounds like Page to me, I dunno.
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Slash is a Dave Navarro knock off. Axel wanted him in GNR but he declined so slash was their back up plan. Can't stand that GNR is bigger, yet JA is sooo much better.
I was more than a little late to the party when I discovered Jane's Addiction. It was back in 2000, I was barely 21, but this band literally changed my life, everything from my taste in music genres to my fashion sense, to my very worldview. When I look back, I distictively see my life in two parts: BJA (Before the discovery of Jane's) and AJA (After the discovery). That said, I thoroughly enjoyed this video and you sharing your obvious love and passion for this band, and the perspective of someone who was actually there for their glory days. I can only wish I'd been born in the right generation to be able to witness their rise to rock n roll legend, but following you down memory lane will more than suffice. This band just doesn't get discussed enough in the alternative music conversation, if you ask me. It's always Nirvana Nirvana Nirvana, when really, there would be no Nirvana without the path that Jane's paved the way for. Good on you for putting this much needed reminder out there. You've got a sub in me.
thank you for this insight into Jane's Addiction. When I first heard them in the late 80s I was blown away and I went to see them live at a bar in Portland. They were on another level, their show was other worldly and it changed my life, my perspective and outlook on life. I saw them again with the Pixies and Primus and also at the first Lollapalooza in Seattle 1991. When Ritual de lo Habitual came out my friend bought it on vinyl and played it over and over again. I had dropped acid that night and tripped out listening to that album all night. So sublime
Ahhh, the acid. Nothing like dropping a couple hits back in the day, pulling the T-tops off my car and soaking up the beautiful summer sun listening to “Summer Time Rolls”. Driving nowhere in particular. Just enjoying great times and great music with a girl I loved. I wished it could’ve lasted forever.
Wow. You said it bro
Eric’s bass playing is fkn hypnotic dude
That second Nirvana album never would have hit the way it did if Jane's Addiction had not cleared the runway first. And they were a much better band at that...absolutely unique. I've been banging that drum since my senior year in high school. Not to mention what a wonderful time that was to be alive.
Nothings shocking came out in my graduation year of 88’ great record..I always said that too,janes paved they was for 90’s alternative to become popular…was outta high school 3 years when nevermind changed the world… grunge/alternative was so cool when it got more mainstream cause we were kinda sick of the hey baby baby 80’s hairmetal..good guitarists but it was played out in 88 to be honest by 91 it was deader than dead…now grunge is considered complaint rock…..I loved being a 18-21 year old kid in 88-91 was the best time man 😊
That's still an insanely short sighted view of it too. Nrivana would have never landed period, if Mudhoney hadn't made them possible. Hell, Perry Ferrell let a significant portion of the Post Hardcore scene crash on his couch in L.A. when they toured.
I think you're overlooking how much The PIxies's Loud/ Quiet style simply and absolutely made the Nirvana sound. Nirvana lacked the originality and definitely the humor of the Pixies.
@@peterjonas4971 And Dinosaur Jr. Same guitar distortion J Mascis uses
@@jeffbarnes19fg76 True, and Flipper, Melvins, Husker Du, etc.
Just....WOW!!! You, sir, have done a massive service to Jane's and the era that launched it. This may be the best mini-doc on this band on the internet, and made from someone who was there. Lucky man, you are. As mentioned elsewhere in the comments, Casey Niccoli is, in this contributor's opinion, as important as Perry, Eric, Dave, and Stephen were, for the creation of their magic. Would be nice to see her get the credit she deserves. And completely agree, it's not Jane's w/o the original four members. Nothing they've released since their original breakup captures the magic of that era. Maybe b/c like all great music and art, Jane's was as much a reflection of what was going on around them, as it was an expression of it.
Thanks for this cool comment
May sound strange but Jane’s Addiction was my Grateful Dead!
Me too !
The recent porno show , they went into longer , jam variations of some of their songs, like the dead.
And STILL IS!!!
Weirdo. The Grateful Dead is my Jane's Addiction.
Another great band. But completely different.
I no was in love with both bands. Then Janes covered Ripple. I was in extacy
Disgustingly underrated
VOTE Jane's Addiction RNR Hall of Fame !!
My favorite American band from that era.
"Nothing´s shocking" is a masterpiece. I love that album.
🙏❤🙏 from Gothenburg, Sweden.
You like the band graveyard from Gothenburg?
@@louidivine3140 Yes I do, and I am good friends with Richard, Truls, Oskar and Axel. My band URAN GBG played with them a lot and I have lots of photos and videos of them. Great guys. My channel actually have a few live clips with Graveyard. There are a lot of great bands from Gothenburg. Like Anticimex, Union Carbide Productions, Mustasch, At the gates, The Exorcist GBG, The Leathernun, Fontän and Cortex to name a few. I know them all privately more or less and we have a great music scene here. Some of them contemporary with Jane´s Addiction. I am just a humble musician and a music lover.
@@dundergod oh cool. I saw graveyard here once. I have their albums and 7 inch record tho
@@dundergod i love at the gates too
@@louidivine3140 Try listen to the other bands to, they are all superb. Well I think so, anyway. Where are you from?
Eric is the man in this band as far as I'm concerned.
I can Instantly recognize Eric's bass lines for just one or two notes,
you can't say that about a lot of bassists.
Steven and Eric make this band hit hard.
It was the Deadheads in College at Kent State University back 1988 that had the Jane’s CD’s. As artists and writers we embraced Jane’s music like no other, accumulating to Lallapaloza 1 where Jane’s headlined. The soundtrack to my life 1988-1991. No one’s leaving.
I’m a bassist songwriter with a small underground metal/rock band called White Wizzard. Eric Avery was a huge influence and I think you are right on point. I always equate him to Simon Gallup of the Cure. The bass lines are the main hook in the songs. Even though my band is much more Maiden/Rush/Sabbath….I always cite Janes and Eric as a huge inspiration. I’ll never forget the first time I heard Nothings Shocking late one night summer 1990 standing at Vista Point by the GG Bridge after a show at the Stone. My friends boom box blasting Up the Beach….and a few months after seeing them at the SF Civic on the Ritual Tour Dec 1990. In 1990 they peaked and I thought they were gonna take over the world. They set up what Nirvana knocked down the next year (with AIC as a Segway)
Nirvana ended up being the band that took over the world….But Janes set it in motion. They should have been that but their star burned too bright too fast.
👊Thank you! 🤘
Saw them in 1988, it was so magical. Heavy and somehow ethereal at the same time. And I definitely agree that the original 4 all brought something that is irreplaceable.
Yea man. I saw them back in the day when they were poor starving artists wearing rags for clothing and humping it in a van. Changed my world bro
navarro and perkins werent "original" lol but i get what you mean
Come the late eighties, I was a pure Genesis and Pink Floyd snob, and nothing could come anywhere close to these bands.
Then I acquired a box of tapes in a very illegal way, and Nothing's shocking was among the tapes.
Eric's bass intro on summertime rolls and mountain song gripped me, and Jane says, crushed me.
So for me, Jane's Addiction really did change music.
Since then, alternative music has a massive place in my heart, and it's thanks to Jane's Addiction,
but also for fate for placing those tapes in my path.
Man thank you so much for making this. I’m 33 years old and when I started learning guitar at 13 I had a cassette tape of “Nothing’s Shocking” that my Aunt Rose left with my mom. I was instantly hooked by Perry’s amazing vocal range and lyrics, the groovy bass lines that held it all together, Stephen’s incredible drumming and of course the insane guitar work of Dave Navarro that blew me away. “Three Days” is my favorite Jane’s Song ever but “Nothing’s Shocking” is my album because of that incredible guitar tone. So cool to see someone else who loves them too. It sucks being a guitar player and never having met another musician in real life.
Glad you dug it 🤙🏼
Greatly appreciated, kind sir. Gives anyone who wasn't there to witness their iconic rise to prominence a real feeling of what it was like to be there first hand. Their importance to alternative music culture should never be allowed to diminish in the sands of time. The music is timeless & will last forever, but man if only I had a time machine to go back & experience those early shows... Legendary stuff
I don’t think about it much, but they always show up back in my ears and I love it
The production on Nothings Shocking was phenomenal. That album was a real standout when it was released.
Ritual has better sound in my opinion, but the songs are more complex.
They had many of the Ritual songs, when Nothing’s Shocking was released. Even when XXX was released, but Perry was saving what he and at least some band members thought were the best songs.
Always will be
@@CorbCorbin I get it. I’m a nothings shocking guy, but I get it. That album is soooo crazy which is what they are. Not just crazy but beautiful and with Perry’s lyrics are always great.
I used to play drums in a Jane's Addiction cover band in the 90's. Our lead singer's name was Jon, so we were called Jon's Addiction lol. We sucked, but we were drunk, playing parties and bars and in college, so it was cool. I got laid a bunch from it - good enough. We should have started our own festival called Suck-apalooza
You are what is called "a success in life". If you can play crappy drums and get laid from it, you are doing better than the other 99% that are trying to get degrees and scholarships and going home alone.
livin the dream, baby !!!
Good on you kid, at least you had a go.
Nah. Call it “LOL-a-Palooza”🙃
@@shacktime what have done that was personally enjoyable and half decent,
and I am not talking about the enjoyment you get when you're trolling from your mom's basement.
@@slowery43 yawn.....😭
I will never forget where I was and when I first heard Nothing's Shocking. That album did not leave my rotation of straight play for 4 months.
Amen brotha
I remember the very first time I heard of Jane. The dude who introduced me to the band's music said that they were a cross between Pink Floyd and the Sex Pistols. Totally inaccurate description, but I was intrigued. Borrowed the Nothing's Shocking cassette from him and I almost wore it out in two days. Saw the very first Lollapalloza ('91), and though they were upstaged by NIN, Jane were magnificent. And yes, Eric Avery was the musical and conceptual center of that band. Artistically speaking, when he left they became a spent force.
The first time I heard Nothing's Shocking in 1988, it changed everything I listened to from that point forwarded.
i agree im 53 years old i was there, i will diw talking about janes addiction, are u kiddin, one of the best concerts i have ever seen in my life early 90's and they MUST enter some place and be cemented, theyre pure magic, also love love "Porno for Pyros"
wonderful video, you made justice to them
They blew my mind! Thanks
My favourite band ever, I was and still am obsessed with them!!
They were unique, their music style was a mix of rock, metal, funk, pop and more. I never seen and heard a band like them, i'm still waiting.
Every band member were supertalented, too bad they didn't last long. Avery was my favourite, he's bass grooves were hypnotic.
Great video!!!
When I first heard Jane’s in
‘91 they blew me away. I listened to them over and over. It was the newest and best feeling I have ever had listening to music.
Another killer video!! I am so envious you got to be there and experience that music scene as it was happening. Those first three records are so good. There is no other band that had what they did or hit the way they did. Thanks for putting this together. As always learned some new things! Fantastic editing!!
I love these guys! “Stop” is one of the most jamming tunes ever, and I love the opening. Dave Navarro is the man!! Perry is too
His lyrics are as good as anyone else's in popular music. Brilliant, profound, poetic lyrics. The sound of the band is incredible too. The vocals and bass are avant garde, post-punk and gothy, while the guitar and drums are totally over the top and metally but in a good way. The dynamics are incredible too, between quiet and loud.
I am so glad someone agrees with me on their influence. They are so under appreciated and I hope they eventually get the respect they deserve.
A band ahead of their time. A flame that burned too bright too fast. Also, don’t forget about the movie Perry made.
Quite a heroin commercial. "I wrote whole aaallbums in a night. It was like a secret lover...." and so on. I saw it tons of times, so don't get the wrong idea, but watching it these days, it's an instructional video for cold-coppin and doc shoppin
@@briansmith9455 I wouldn't judge anyone until you make sure youre perfect first. I'm sure you love a lot of music that was created by people using substances...its kind of a thing. If you have been fortunate enough to not feel like you ever needed drugs than just feel lucky and don't judge others for what you do not understand.
I gotta say this…modern culture focuses on Nirvana, but 5 years before, these guys were doing it different. I mean, I was a kid in elementary school when JA were on MTV…when Nirvana hit the scene I was already 15 years old. I don’t know, but I think they deserve a bit more of the sentimental limelight. I mean Perry started Lollapalooza, and was very prominent in the media at the time. I know their style can be polarizing, like RHCP, but you got to admit the doors they opened are still happening today. Would the Seattle scene even have been the same? So much energy and trippy emotional stuff.
Three Days, that’s all I’ll say (after all that). Love that song.
Eric Avery is a phenomenal bassist plus he’s the primary song writer in Jane’s. I got to see them a few times. First time in 88 in Miami second time in 91 with Suicidal Tendencies third time was on Halloween night in NYC with Flea on bass. All amazing shows! Great video!
The first time I heard them was one of the happiest days of my life. I grew up listening to and playing 70s guitar rock, it was all Stones, Zeppelin and Aerosmith. When that music got pushed aside for New Wave it was like hell, The Cure just wasn’t doing it for me. Then I was at a party and someone put on Ritual and I almost cried. It was heavy guitar and drums with beautiful lyrics sung by a beautiful voice it was so full and dramatic. They are the only band from that era of late 80s to mid 90s that I never got to see. For some reason every time they played somewhere I was at something would interfere. I love Perry
So glad that their gigs ‘87-‘89 were so well documented (recorded) they are invariably an absolute trip to listen to
Best Jane's Addiction doc I've ever seen
huge huge band. I was 19 when they broke and they were THE game changers. Nirvana sounded to me like an expansion of the commercial possibilities that JA started. imho
Ahh.... Jane's Addiction. The very first time I heard a J.A. song I was at this party in a giant cow pasture,hay bales on fire everywhere, middle of the night,freezing cold,tripping so hard I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to handle it. This kick ass bass line starts playing and Mountain Song just blew my 17 year old mind! Up until that night I was a Metal Head,hard core,nothing but Slayer,Sepultura,Testament all the Thrash bands,nothing slow. I fought my way through all the people to where the music was coming from,which was this ratty ass,leaning old barn,found out who that band was and when I heard that name I had to write it down because I'd never heard of them. From then on my musical horizons were opened so wide. I mean there's even Dinner Music on this CD! I turned all of my Thrash metal cohorts on to THIS shit and some liked it alot,some wouldn't even listen to one song after learning the name and seeing the CD cover! I fell head over heels for that band 25:36
Saw Janes at the concert hall/masonic temple in toronto 1989 - no opening band. Just an ever increasing in intensity gypsy violin music track for over an hour. Then they slithered onto the stage, and blasted the entire audience into space. It was transcendent. One of, if not the best, the best shows I have ever experienced.
The intro to this video is amazing mate, it captures the smooth and heavy sound of Jane's. I first heard navarro play on the one hot minute album and fell in love with his playing instantly, after hearing that and finding out he was in a band before that and enjoying Jane's first three records my jaw dropped (i also love the deconstuction album). So i am from Scotland and during the time i fell in love with Dave/Janes music i was about 20 years old and i traveled down south to manchester to watch them live (2014) and i was honestly blown away.When i returned i said to my younger brother one day i will take you to see dave play guitar, fast forward to 2024 i am 30 and my brother is about to turn 18 and we are going to see the original line up of Janes this may in glasgow...... LIFE IS WONDERFUL
Great band mucker as a fellow Scotsman I've loved this band since they dropped the Jane's Addiction live album. Jane's Addiction and The Red Hot Chlli Peppers were the most unique bands from the states at the tail end of the 80's. Pixies and Nirvana to. But for me Jane's Addiction are untouchable.
Great video and análisis of this great band that blows my mind from the first time.
Thanks!
Truly fantastic videO - much more personal than most band retrospectives 🔥🔥🔥
HELL YEAH JANE'S ADDICTION!!! 🤘🤘🤘😈😈 still my favorite band after all these years!
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@@francapitanelli9775 have you heard of the early 80s new Zealand band the Swingers ? The singer sounds so much like Perry , I think he must of been an influence .
Perry is the last of the "rock stars"
We had Jane's Addiction, and then along came Grunge. Great time to be alive!
Absolutely
Brilliant! Such a great presentation. Lollapalooza '91 is still one of my fondest memories ever. I got to see an amazing lineup of bands I already loved, but the Bashees??!! OH, HELL YES! It was a beautiful day into beautiful night as dream after dream came true with each band taking the stage in this festival of angst, spook and hope. As if someone knew exactly what this boy needed so badly. I know I wasn't alone... and Perry knew.
I was around 8 when ritual came out and when i saw Stop on tv it really struck a chord as an impressionable kid.. still one of my favourite bands to this day.
I really have to agree with you about Jane's not being the same without Eric. I still remember the day my father brought home nothing's shocking on wax and played it. I was hooked instantly
I got the chance to see Jane's live in a small club in São Paulo last week. Despite the lack of Navarro, it was one of the best live concerts of my life. Perry got teary eyed as he sang the first lines of "Then She Did..", i fist bumped him twice during the show, and at the end I asked Stephen Perkins for a setlist and he handed it right in my hand haha
Super cool!
Well done I met Perry at WBCN river rave in Boston He was just walking through the crowd passing a blunt.
They were so far ahead of the time, it's sad they aren't given more credit in these strange times!
Part of the allure was the mystery. Social media ruined everything.
God I miss bands like this. As a brit I was heavily into bands like The Cure, Spacemen 3, The Smiths and The La's. I didnt pay to much attention to what was happening in the states until Jane's addiction and RHCP. I just loved these guys styles of music. Especially JA. This was a great review man.
Hey Fran, you did an Awesome Job on this!! Thank you for making & sharing this! Jane's Addiction are one of my all time favourite bands! So glad Eric A is back, yeahhh!! ✌🤘🖖
I'm 55 and have loved Jane's since I discovered them in 91 or 92. I never got to see them in concert, but I did see Porno For Pyros in Miami. Your video was great and I like your perspective. You have a lot of insight to their music and influences. Thanks.
No band's music ever made me feel like these guys did. I listened to their albums over and over and over again all through the 90s.
I had been thinking of doing a video like this myself as these guys are my all time favorites. I'm a 90s alternative kid, so you can probably see why. Influenced the whole wave of bands i love.
As there were only so few Jane's records, it led me to first discover Porno for Pyros... Then i also came across the Deconstruction album and Eric's Polarbear project. I loved all of that stuff, Eric and Perry are both such great songwriters. Some of their solo albums are good too, also Navarro's album Trust No One.
Thanks for the video! Creative editing too. More people need to talk about Jane's Addiction.
P4p first album is criminally underrated. In my opinion it can be put in there with the the first 3 JA albums. I absolutely LOVE every solo DeStefano played on that album and lenobles baselines are so catchy.
Great docu. I do remember Dave saying he always loved The Cure, so I guess he was also influenced by the alt-goth thing too, but they were absolutely that fusion of alternative/goth and hard rock metal that you describe. I also love Porno for Pyros. I wonder how influenced Janes and RHCP were by The Minutemen (as well as the more obvious influences) - because I've recently got into them over here in the UK, and I'm seeing a real missing link in their music between the hardcore postpunk bands and what the RHCP and Janes were doing.
I’m sure Minutemen were a big influence on them. Especially RHCP. They dedicated Blood Sugar album to Watt. And I know they played a bunch of shows together early on.
88/89’ in Honolulu…A guitar playing friend (I played bass) introduced me to Nothing Shocking. It changed my listening world!
Great video
Nothing Shocking is in my top 5 greatest albums of all time, every song in the composition.
I remember flipping the cassette after Standing in the Shower Thinking. Just so much context being a drunk kid trying to figure shit out.
Incredible band in their first incarnation! Like a bolt from the blue, they took all the soaring power of metal and made it majestic. And they were curious about everything - you could feel it in the music and the aesthetic. When I think of them, I always think of something colourful.
Props for giving full credit to what each member brought to the table, especially Eric Avery - it's amazing how his basslines provided the foundation for so many memorable contributions from his bandmates.
I'm 56 and my High School buddy's daughter is going to see Jane's and Love and Rockets, I never got to see them [saw Porno 4 Pyros] I'm jealous meow and I'm working alot on the Global plantation ....thank you boys !!!
Cool vid and great job telling some of the LA story of Jane's Addiction. In high school I was a punk with also an appreciation for some classic rock. Jane's came along and completely blew me away and kind of changed everything. I was at the John Anson Ford, Hollywood Palladium and Universal Amphitheater shows during that era. Some of the very best shows I ever saw. I had a death rock/goth friend who saw them earlier at Scream. Also recently saw them with Troy on guitar who really did a damn fine job.
This band is the best amalgam of all four members' musical tastes. I WISH I would've been of age during their heyday 87-90 to see them then. I saw them in 2003 tour, which was great, but just not the same.
Starting on Guitar In the early 80’s My favorite bands in Junior high were Zeppelin Rush Judas Priest Ozzy Iron Maiden and the first Queens Ryche EP .My Fav bands in high school were the Cure REM The Smiths and Love And Rockets .. I had this idea to start a band combine the genres and darn if J.A. didn’t beat me too it!!!
I told Eric the very same thing Fran. I said, "there's no JA without you & your baselines". He shyly smiled and thanked me. Jane's Addiction happens to be one of the loves of my life, musically. Zeppelin & Alice in Chains with Layne & Mike Starr are the others.
Such a deadly band!
Love Juana's Addiction
Big Fan of Dave Navarro's Guitar Playing and Tones. Great Analysis of such a Great Band. Thanx for sharing your personal experience as well.
Well if you want a friend feed any animal is one of my all time favorite lyrics
Mine, too. (This is truly not some weak attempt to be a 'copycat'.) i've always loved that line, as well .. and the entire song, of course! It's just One of Many, Beautiful Jane's songs! "Oh-Oh-Oh, the summertime rolls..."
Got to catch them in 2009 in Sydney, Australia with the classic line-up. Still is one of the best gigs of my life. Perry literally had the audience in the palm of his hand. I'm seeing them next month with Smashing Pumpkins. Looking forward, but a little bummed Dave isn't playing.
The single for Classic Girl has a live performance of them doing The Doors L.A. Woman and in that cover Dave Navarro is shedding the ENTIRE SONG. You can hear him running all over the fret board shredding licks and improvising.
Thanks a lot for the reminder buddy! I got into them when Nothing's Shocking came out, love it!!
I saw Jane's Addiction last weekend. So grateful i had the opportunity, 33 years since i first heard their music.
your assessment/observation of Stephen Perkins is great!
Perry is so original and gifted. What a great band JA are.
Met him a couple of times. Really nice guy.
Fantastic video, thank you for sharing this. Jane's is my all time favorite band and I couldn't agree more on your take on Eric Avery. I am a reggae bassist of 20+ years and completely agree with your connection to his approach and style to writing bass lines.
Is that a psychedelic Barry Gibb in the background? Now that’s a fancy crouton!
JA is my favourite hard rock band, ever! I grew up on Deep Purple, Sabbath, Zeppelin, 70s Aerosmith, Rush, Van-frickin'-Halen y'all, Judas Priest, Nazareth, UFO, Punk, AC/DC ... I love all that stuff - child of the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. When Jane's Addiction came along ... they were the band I'd been waiting for all my life (I was 25 when they popped). Everything about them was perfect ... and then they were gone. They are my favourite from all the greats. Saw them at the Nick in Birmingham, AL in 89 or 90. It.was.so.faakin'.AWE-sommmmmmme. The Nick is like a double-wide trailer, so ... yeah, that joint got pregnant that night. It was really weird, too - hard to describe ... it was Jane's Addiction.
I think Mary My Hope was on that bill at the Nick.
@@francapitanelli9775 There was an opening band but ... there was a lot going on that night. I'll never forget Perry trying to score heroin whilst on stage. Ya had to be there; it was a rockin' night but it was a weird night.
TY for a very informative and honest retrospective on Jane's Addiction, obviosly being someone who was right there in the scene when they broke had to be amazing!
Wonderful video! Lucky me got introduced to them in 1991 when i was over there in the U.S. for a year in high school and in May of that year got to see them live in Pittsburgh. What an experience that was. Can't even begin to imagine the shows in the mid 80s.
I found a picture in Hollywood, Florida and a Jane’s Addiction CD and thrift shop of the band when they were younger sitting around in the living room jammin I said a bongos an acoustic guitar and Perry’s got yellow cleaning gloves on and a house coat . With posters on the wall of the Smiths and Morrissey .🦋
I remember meeting Perry pre-Jane’s at a place called Beyond Baroque in Venice, CA. Must’ve been around 85 or 86, as I was a really young teen. I recall there being an energy and certain magnetism about him I found interesting. I think he was in a band called Psi-Com at the time. Years later, I ate blue banana pancakes next to him at an eatery on La Brea Ave, along with Flea & Anthony of the RHCP. Groovy dude that Perry.
Thanks man. Next to Beatles, perhaps my favorite band of all time. I'm an unabashed fanatic.
Great summary of the real events of the band and very interesting links and comparisons I never thought about before.
Really well done video mate. In NZ as a teen I got into their albums around '94 and it was all over by then, so they were very mysterious, never knew much about them for years.
Saw them at a small smokey venue on the plateau in Montreal in early 1991. I was 18 years old. No words to describe this show … it absolutely blew my mind and sent me to the moon and back.
My first concert was Henry Rollins opening for Jane’s. 😁
Cool video.
I grew in my teens during 87-94’. And you nailed this era. I think some of the best music ever made was during this period.
Excellent summation of the history of this astonishing group.
Jane's Addiction is pretty much the reason Green River broke up.
Green River was playing a show in Southern California, and the members went and saw JA concert. Half the guys in GR was like "this is the direction I want us to go in.." while the other half was like "ewee no way..." that's when they realized they didn't gel with musical influences anymore.
excellent commentary!!!!!!! You hit all of the nails I know but unlocked a few I didnt. You saw the shit first hand...thx man...I miss the late 80s and early 90s...it was exciting, adventurous and magical...what a time to be alive....Janes is like a band that never broke up but they did...
Great observations. I would flip tapes endlessly, reading Stephen King's collected works and the storytelling and suggestive nature of Jane's Addiction fused with the coming-of-age dramas so incredibly well. Addictive.
Casey Nicolli was the force, collaborator and artist that made JA what it was. She made the sculpture 3 Days (on the second album cover). To see their life before and after her presence is different, great and true artist that gave ger soul to her creative endeavor with Perry. The way she was treated teuly horrifes me bc like Kurt and Courtney, there is the same background creative love that no ine understands unless you lived it.
Perry’s singing is so reminiscent of Nina Simone: creating dissonance with sharp intervals. He plays the microphone as an instrument.
I love both singers. What is sharp intervals?