Seeing a Jane’s show live in those days was like a full-on gathering of tribes. Every show was a mix of the punks, metal heads, skaters, hippies, glam rockers, indie heads, sxe hardcores, druggies, goths, surfers, new wavers, jocks, nerds, and college rock fans. I genuinely feel bad for any fan of rock n roll who never got to see the original lineup perform live.
Indeed. Saw’em in 1990 in Birmingham. What a truly memorable live show. Intense - would be the singular word I’d use. In hindsight, I’m sure the MDMA wasn’t even necessary.
It was sweet! A video of them at UCSB was on TH-cam from June 88'. That was a great show with 7 bands including "Mary's Danish" & "Toads the wet Sprocket". Everyone threw shoes on stage the whole Jane's was on. From the Triplet Pit, three pits converging in the center. I don't know where they kept getting more shoes? Perry asked the audience "Why are you throwing your shoes at me? They stink, like your sins. I'm not your Jesus Christ!"
If, by gathering of the tribes, you mean "gathering of the WHITE tribes", then yeah, you are right. Your point being that it was a diverse crowd is incorrect. I saw them twice in those days....white skin as far as the eye could see. Even at Lollapalooza I with Ice-T, Living Color and Fishbone (at some shows). Less than 1% non-white people at those shows. Fun times, no doubt. AMAZING energy. But the crowd was the exact OPPOSITE of diverse.
There was never an "original"line-up,..... only THE LINEUP! No Eric Avery, no JANES! All four members were equal in regards to the whole being greater than the sum of it's parts. Eric A.'s bass lines were the slinky melodic individualism that provided/ gave birth to the cadences that were the foundation of the songs. Bass is BASE,in their compositions. He was a crucial and founding member. To not include his name on their "walk of Fame"stars,was an outrageous, offensive snub and historical wrong that deserves to be made right. 🥁😐
I agree Stephen's totally underrated, esp compared to Lars and those guys. Steve uses both legs (alot). You gotta listen to Live and Profane from 1987. That's my all time favorite show. Perkins goes off every five seconds on Standing in the Shower. It's more Led Zeppelin on crack. But not too much crack. Of course technically, any crack is way too much crack. I'll shut up now.
I went to one of these shows in 1989 and never saw Jane’s again. It’s June 2024 and I plan on seeing them now that Eric is back. Only people who were alive at this time know how groundbreaking Jane’s was
Was given a tape recording of Nothing Shocking in 1990 at age 14 and i was blown away. At that point I was only into 70s and 80s punk rock, the chili peppers, and some guns n roses, but had never heard anything quite like them. Those early shows seem epic.
I saw JA in 2009 when Eric came back. Now I'll see them again since Eric and Dave are both back. Got hooked in 89 when my friend passed me a copy of Nothing's Shocking.
I was there since '89. First time I heard Nothing's Shocking, they were my favorite band from that day on. Went to Lollapalooza '91. Seen them five times. Gonna get see them again in September in Raleigh.
18 years later up the beach still brings the stillness that saved me on many a heroic dose of acid. I could have been speaking gibberish and clicking those first few notes would bring me back.
The band that changed everything for me. So incredibly influential and powerful. Can't throw enough adjectives around to do them justice. This line-up at this period of time was EVERYTHING!!
Stephen made them DIFFERENT. There were so many bands that had great guitarists, and great musicianship, but Stephen Perkins was a whole different animal, when it came to drummers. Polyrhymic, tribal, and funky. Hes one of one. And, hes a very genuinely nice guy.
Praise to the men who filmed this and then posted it. You have preserved a piece of history here that captures the fury and passionate energy that exuded from the MIGHTY Jane’s Addiction unlike anything else out there. Powerful.
They were so refreshing from all the 80’s synth crap out at that time. They ushered in a new era of music. RHCP, Nirvana, soundgarden, Alice In Chains, etc…
Ahhh the golden days.... I was at this show and was so stoked to be blasted on by these cats in the front rows. The smell of incense, flowers, smoke and dense heavy energy that was undescribable. Half way through the show it got pretty intense down front and my shoes got knocked off me and thrown up on stage. spent the rest of the night in socks and wore them like a badge of honor. First time I saw them was pre album and they opened up for Love and Rockets in Irvine at UCI. Perry came out completely naked and got through a song before they made him put a thong on. I knew they were going to be big by that show. Saw them many times after all through the sweaty LA glory days. Jane's and early Red hot chili peppers were my two favorites at that time. Saw them at Lollapalooza 1 at Irvine down in front and it was insane and I still have the perfect unworn shirt. NOTHING touches those days. Glad I made it out.......
caught them in the uk similar time, first uk tour i think, only 3 of us stayed back to meet them, Dave navaro made us a pipe and wanted to swap his bolo tie for my mates, he was to stoned to say yes. I got the band to sign my jeans, big thing in uk at the time, had guns and roses and faster pussycat on there from a while earlier, Dave them stoned says "sign mine" wrong to thing say to a stoned person with a nick name blogger, so i scrolled "BLOGS" across his upper thigh, really badly. looked for photos from later dates and by 3 days later he had cut it out of his jeans. with a nick name blogger from the 70's i should have really got a web domain before bloggers became famous then I would be rich and famous :)
Me too. Was 18 in 98 when I first started listening - seen many amazing bands in tiny tiny clubs- Nirvana - Mudhoney, Melvins, Royal Trux, Dickies, Soundgarden- what a fuckin’ time brother. Men were men and women were women even when they flirted with being the other, and no one needed a goddamned cry closet like these fkg little permabitches
I went to 2 or 3 nights from this stand and got great seats and my tape deck in every time. I also got backstage somehow one night, through a photographer friend. Free beer! These were some of the best shows I've ever seen. The theatre was just the right size to be intimate, but big enough to feed energy back at the band. It's an outdoor theatre and one of the nights I went was a full moon behind the band while they played. There was a great hometown vibe too. Jane's were at their peak here, in my opinion.
I could watch Perkins slay those drums all damn day... especially back then with the big hair and playing with a reckless abandon... yet simultaneously holding it down rock steady. Definitely one of the greatest drummers to come out of the 80's - 90's alternative scene... the guy is just an absolute stud behind the kit.
I would also add that he was and is an incredibly innovative player. He has a certain very distinctive style that you can just tell is Steve even if you didn't actually see him.
Growing up in the mid 80's and 90's.....Jane's Addiction had everything......My favorite band of all time. Back then we didn't hear them on the radio......we traded live tapes.....
This was my first J.A. show. Live... this show was insane! Blew our minds! We went to any show we could for the next couple years watching them play! Santa Barbara the Palladium...the insane concert with Red Hot and Fishbone! All three under one roof! So glad to grow up in So Cal in the late 80's and 90's!!!! Thanks for posting!
@@bigteddybear5962 No, not true at all. I was at The Palladium show and saw them as often as I could. No one ever handed out acid that I saw or heard, but Perry always liked to be provocative and he'd sometimes tell the audience he was tripping or had just eaten mushrooms. It was probably true sometimes.
@@bigteddybear5962 I missed that part. Seem to remember Ritual stickers. Didn't the Peppers do a bunch of gigs there, trying out a bunch of guitarists after Hillel died?
@@WorldRockumentaryChannel please can you edit that yes! and do some magic to enhance the sound?? it's possible to remaster this with some sound wizzard :) thx
I slept on this band for years, and then I ended up at a show and they absolutely blew me away. Hands down, to this day, one of the best live shows I have ever seen.
@@a.nobodys.nobody To this day they aren't even on my top 10. Of course they are legends, but I think I might have been just a little young? (41 now) Regardless of personal preference, there is no denying that they put on an incredible live show. Head and shoulders above some of the bands that are on my top 10.
You never say to yourself or anyone else that Jane’s Addiction songs like so and so. They are 100% original. There’s only one Jane’s, one Perry, Dave, Steven, and Eric! It was their cover art on the first live record that had me hooked! Cash in !!!
I saw them in 89 at Toads Place in New Haven Perry blew me away he looked like an alien the way he moved his locks were green they tore the house down non stop I must've lost 15 lbs slamming the whole show. I'm 53 now and the highlight of my life is going to Publix oh well...thanks for the flashback!!
Saw them in a gutted out grocery store with stage set up in back. Bad Brains opened. My memory was the entire place was packed, no seating, and everyone went ballistic for entire set. You'd be in front of stage then mosh current would take you by the restrooms, then to the back by the check out stands, then back to the front. People were moshing on all sides, as well as above and below you. Bit of a mosh to survive experience.
This was so great to see. I was physically at the show the Flaming Lips opened. Was more than a little impaired. This is the transcendent show so wish I’d gotten to see the 4-5 times I’d seen them. Jane’s was magic.
Haven’t you heard? Wolfgang, Eddie van Halen’s son, is the new Jane’s. He’s up for a Grammy this year and opens for Guns N’ Roses. His single is about his dad. Rock and roll is alive and well 🎸 he’s so dangerous, rebellious, and sexual too, he embodied rock. Have you seen how big his belly is?
So fortunate I got to see this band so many times back in the day. Perry is an amazing performer. As others have said a religious experience for sure!!!
I was at this show! Best time of my life. Im actually on video at 8:18 curly hair guy in front of perry who attempts to do stage dive but falls back into the crowd! LMAOOOOO. It's been how many years? I had totally forgotten how crazy I was at shows! Imagine my surprise when I see myself come out of the crowd and attempt at a stage dive! LOL Wow, the memories! Man I loved our generation. I wouldn't trade those days for anything! Jane's was god!!! This was actually their homecoming show they played Seven Days, for $10 a night at John Ansen Ford Theater which is no longer there in late 89! I managed to be there three of those seven days. I would have gone to every single one but I had to work the other ones. Good Times! Thanks so much uploader for helping me re-live one of the best nights of my life. :)
People don't understand the depth of how good prime Janes addiction was, especially live....Eric Avery, Dave Navarro, and Stephen Perkins were a legitimate professional 3 piece. And although perry wasn't the most gifted vocally, he was a very good writer and his minimum singing ability could be helped with echo making him sound unique. Incredible band in it's prime.👍🔥💯🔥🔥
Perry also has excellent timing and showmanship skills. He did use a $15,000 mic for his vocal delivery on occasion. His writting style is almost as good as Lucky White and his Dude Ranch Playbpys of the 1940's, 50's and 60's.
It would've not worked without Perry. He had the looks, the right voice and the stage presence needed. He was Jane's even not having the musical skills. HE WAS JANE'S. And now he turned Jane's into a parody of it's own legacy.
@@brunogoberna4891 amen 🙏🏻 I saw them in Cambridge university in November 1988 on the Nothing’s Shocking tour and Perry was on crutches for some reason and they still blew the doors off the place! I disagree with the minimalist singing skills though. Without him you’d have no Jane’s whatsoever. Sincerely, DJP ex Anal Cunt; PostMortem and Kilslug Sony; Earache 🇬🇧 Columbia and TAANG Records @ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Boston Massachusetts Amerikkka of course! 😮
Agreed. Janes was the soundtrack to my life for a decade. Perry's lyrics laid bare my soul. I would honestly like to meet Perry just to thank him for helping me grow up.
I was there! Those were the days. I have seen Jane’s many times since and just saw them in Dallas Aug 18, 2024. Still amazing. I think Dave is better than ever. The band is not the same without him. It was so good to see them all together again!
This makes me so happy. I was 14 (what were my parents thinking?!) and went to two nights of this series - one with The Flaming Lips. Set off my true love of Jane's Addiction and I was lucky enough to see them many many times over the next few years. Thanks for sharing this!
Wow! Seeing this, I can almost still smell the fake fog(smoke machines). I went to 6 of the 7 shows, and had a great time each night, with great openers each night. Many fun stories from that week, so good, so fun, a true positive life experience. In my top 3 venues ever, and that week especially.
This show and the one at Scream in the old Hotel in DT LA in the middle of the night were what I will remember them as - pure creative fury at it’s finest.
Dude you’re actually fucking with me, I was watching this not even realizing this was world rockumentary. You’re the man dude thank you for the amazing footage
This is the Jane's Addiction I saw in 89 in Portland. They blew my mind and I saw them several times after that. Always tight band and great show. Their Lollapalooza show was spectacular. I also saw them with the Pixies and Primus opening,
I love & miss that Jane's Addiction so fucking much. That Jane's Addiction changed me forever. These old videos are so bittersweet. Takes me back to the good old days. I'm happy for them now, being to enjoy the fruits of their labor. I will always love Jane's & Perry. Is it bad to wish they were still on drugs? Probably. If only for my own selfish reasons. They were so great. The best rock band of all time.
Year i graduated highschool. Music was my escape, i say my dad's old giant headphones, dark side of the moon and Even in the quietest moments in the dark in my bedroom were my first highs in life. We generally had SHIT to listen to up to 89 then it all happened with these guys, grunge, the Hip. Damn why didn't it happen a few years sooner?! But thankful it HAPPENED. Jane's is so SO GOOD
I saw Janes at TT the Bears in Boston MA. In 89? I think. Saw them again at Lalapalooza. Then, at the Lowel memorial auditorium. They were Monsterous live. Late 80s into the early 90's they were one of the best live shows out there. A veritable freight train of sound.
I just saw Janes in 2024. Boston MA. Perry attacked Dave because Dave's stage sound was outrageously loud. Perry was losing his voice night after night. I do believe I saw the last Janes Addiction show ever. Bittersweet for sure. Perry was wrong for attacking Dave. But Dave was an ass for turning up when the vocalist kept telling him he couldn't hear himself. As a vocalist I can tell you....Loud guitarists are the bane of rock vocalists vocal chords. F U Dave...you're an ass for doing that to Perry. I seem to remember Dave struggling on stage as he was all doped up. He could barely play. The band carried him back then. Now, he pulls this shit? Turns his back on the band and pushed Perry to do something stupid. Dave tanked the tour. Period. Being at the show, and being a musician I saw the politics going on. I saw the looks and the comments. I am sure Perry isn't easy to deal with. But Dave? You're impossible. Go back to Hollywood, where posers kiss your ass. Perry was, and is, the real deal. Your a phenomenal guitarist. But in my opinion one of the most insufferable pussys to ever grace the stage. Long Covid my ass...
Utterly stunning, such uniqueness, style and energy. JA totally changed my outlook on music, both listening and playing. Thanks for uploading, as a fan from the UK any footage was really hard to get hold of back in the early nineties when I first encountered Jane's, nobody in the mainstream was talking about them, but they were big with the skateboarding crowd I was part of at the time. I never thought I'd be able to see something like this. Awesome.
Thank you for commenting. Jane's Addiction gave all the hair metal bands a run for their money, As we know by 1991 Nirvana came along and Hair Metal was blown off the charts and radio airwaves right into the trash cans. Nothing's shocking :-)
Same here. I introduced Janes to my punk/goth/skate crowd and everyone was hooked immediately. We had the great fortune of being in Cali while they were coming up. You can only imagine... Those were the days!
I saw their Chicago show on this tour (a girl I was dating at the time dragged me to the show...I hadn't heard of them)...changed the way I looked at music as a player and as a listener too. They were like nothing else around at the time. Nirvana gets all the credit for changing the landscape of music with Nevermind...but Janes were the true trailblazers. Way ahead of the curve
@@warborn_inc. When Seattle started calling our Sunland -Tujunga Biker look Grunge in 1991 and applied it to Nirvanna and the Seattle scene we were lauging at them, they had actually stolen our style and our image and re-named it grunge.
@@WorldRockumentaryChannel I actually remember seeing Alice In Chains in a club before Man in the Box took off and it was long before Nirvana broke and they were just billed as "metal " then a year later it was just "Grunge, Grunge, Grunge " total music industry manuever trying to put a label on music so they could fit it into a box and sell it. Same way they started calling anything unlike 80s metal as "alternative".... the industy always trying to pigeonhole music
@@mattckimball No sneak, this vid was authorized by Goldenvoice and the bands manager Ted Gardner. It was two camera shoot. I have the other angle from stage right...
@@alexanderyaroslavich2703 dude it was my favorite show of all time during that era. they headlined. i saw them open for love and rockets after soundgarden at the paramount in 87
I worked for the opening band on this tour for a good percentage of the shows booked. Crazy thing was watching up close and in real-time Janes's Addiction blowing up throughout the tour. We started in small clubs and ended up in large clubs and very sizeable venues. One of the shows we did as things were taking off for the band was in Birmingham Alabama in a place that barely held 300 hundred or so people and the promoter had extra P.A. setup outside because so many people were outside and could not get in. The band's management soon decided to stop doing the small venues booked way before the tour started and just have the rest of tour moved into much larger venues.
I went to three of these shows. One night was standing on the chairs, one was in the pit and I can’t remember wear I was for the third show. I got there early and made a mad dash once the gates were opened. Inside shows early when they played Club Scream, Fenders Ballroom and other indoor shows they sounded better, but what solid shows! The energy was so intense. 100% awesome
I’m 47 years old. In 89 I was 14, definitely wasn’t going to shows yet, but by 92-93 I was. Went to tons of shows in LA throughout the years. Somehow I never got into Jane’s Addiction. I was into a lot of different music, rock, metal included, just not Jane’s. Perry freaked me out. Just didn’t get the look or the voice. So I never gave them a chance. My favorite movie was Natural Born Killers. Also the soundtrack. Ted, Just Admit It is where I really gained an appreciation. That and Jane Says. Still, I never dove deep at all. This past November, went to see Smashing Pumpkins at Hollywood Bowl. JA opened. I was excited to finally check them out understanding that my favorite musicians worship Perry Farrell. HOLY SHIT! They blew me AWAY! Stole the show from SP for sure. Perry’s voice is an instrument. The drums, bass, even the dancers, it was a fucking EXPERIENCE. Again, not knowing the history of the band, I saw fans saying they’d never see JA without Dave Navarro, I can appreciate it, but to me, they were awesome with Troy Van Leeuwen. My only complaint was the set was too short. My wife and I both agreed that if ever given the opportunity, we had to see them do a full set, of course not knowing if it would ever happen. Well a couple months later, they announce the Palladium show a few weeks ago. We got tix day 1. Again, MIND BLOWN! This time with Josh Klinghoffer. The 2 replacements are no slouches at all. But now I’ve been going back and checking out the OG lineup. And man, Dave Navarro was a certified monster! I fully get why fans are loyal to him. I’ll be first in line if they do an all original show. Better late than never I suppose. Sorry for the long story, just wanted to let everyone know that when music is great, new fans will always be born. Even old dudes like myself. Rock on.
Love the foreshadowing of the already- written "Bloody Rag" -allude from P4P'S to sm 5 yrs later ,., around 41:15 during Pigs in Zen rant,👍🤟✌️15:04 too..Janes on all cylinders❤️💪🤟🏾✌🏾🗼📐🎶👻
I went to the 7th night of these shows...It was my first time seeing them...Right when they hit the first note of the first song everyone jumped up on their seats!. I almost ate shit since they were folding chairs!!....... Perry was a little fried by the last night but it all still hit hard!. One thing that night showed me was this......LA had a scene, the strip had it's own scene, the eastside had it's scene......but Janes had their own scene!. After that night I realized Janes was kind of it's own microcosm. The vibe there was strange, unsettling, and pretty awesome.....and oooooh the aroma!. If you were there, you know 😏 It's fun to see this 35yrs later!!......oye!, this o'l gen x guy is feelin it!
I saw the reunion tour and thought they were excellent. This particular concert looks like it was beyond fun. The trouble is I really don't like audience recordings nor videos. As a guy who did not see the original concert lineup, it is difficult for me to gauge because I cannot hear the words or music.
This is sooo awesome. Nothings Shocking is one of my favorite albums ever. Growing up a punk rocker/skater guy in the 80’s in the Midwest when we heard Janes & this album it broke the mold of what we were listening to in the Detroit area. The audio is great and grainy video makes it even more cool. Thank you for posting.
wow, i get goosebumps on that shit ...Mica, Cathy H, Dave Mercer , Avi, and about 1000 of my closest friends giving Janes Addiction all of it ! I wore a leather jacket that probably still smells like cloves and sweat from that fuckin show ,..and we drove home with no headlights thru Topanga Canyon on doses.,....hell yeah ....best night ever
I hope music history gives this band the credit they deserve. They changed music and took rock to a new level. I get the Nirvana stuff, but Nirvana were a product of their time, they didn't shape it themselves.
Nostalgia lane... I'd seen Jane's at least a dozen times before these shows - several of which between 1985-87 at the 9th and Grand location of the original Scream club (that me and my teenage friends snuck into every Friday and Saturday nights)., Al's Bar, L.A. Street Scene and so forth. I went to three of these Ford shows- just sauntered up and gave whomever was at the gate $10 for entry. These shows sold out quickly. I pretty much outgrew the band by this point. I had later seen them in various member incarnations (bassists De Stefano (sp), Flea - which was weird because I always felt the Chili Peppers competed against JA at one point early on) but they were never the same - didn't command the same sound or presence in the rhythm department that made them. Until a little show at the Echoplex in '08 or '09 that reunited the dudes with Eric Avery which i almost declined to attend. There, it all came washing back. Jane's was back - at least for a night.
First live show of JA, if I'm not mistaken was in February of 1986 at the Black Radio on Hollywood BLVD. it had an escalator to the 2nd flour. A guy named Video Louis filmed it.
@@jovanreid6782 you mean the guy who wrote a great deal of the music? Yeah, definitely isn't really Jane's without him. All their new material is dull. Dave Navarro might be one of my generation's greatest guitarists, but he's not much of a songwriter.
@@davidtingley9978 Hold up now Dave Navarro's solo album Trust No One was actually really pretty damned good, with some strong hooks and melodies and decent lyrics too. Come to think of it I've been waiting quite some time for a follow-up. If Jane's Addiction's new material is dull, Dave Navarro as a solo artist is quite an interesting thing sonically.
I was an 18-year-old security guard at Scream. I remember Jane's and Red Hot CP performed frequently around this time. Great times at the Embassy Grand.
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Seeing a Jane’s show live in those days was like a full-on gathering of tribes. Every show was a mix of the punks, metal heads, skaters, hippies, glam rockers, indie heads, sxe hardcores, druggies, goths, surfers, new wavers, jocks, nerds, and college rock fans. I genuinely feel bad for any fan of rock n roll who never got to see the original lineup perform live.
Indeed. Saw’em in 1990 in Birmingham. What a truly memorable live show.
Intense - would be the singular word I’d use. In hindsight, I’m sure the MDMA wasn’t even necessary.
It was sweet! A video of them at UCSB was on TH-cam from June 88'. That was a great show with 7 bands including "Mary's Danish" & "Toads the wet Sprocket". Everyone threw shoes on stage the whole Jane's was on. From the Triplet Pit, three pits converging in the center. I don't know where they kept getting more shoes? Perry asked the audience "Why are you throwing your shoes at me? They stink, like your sins. I'm not your Jesus Christ!"
If, by gathering of the tribes, you mean "gathering of the WHITE tribes", then yeah, you are right. Your point being that it was a diverse crowd is incorrect. I saw them twice in those days....white skin as far as the eye could see. Even at Lollapalooza I with Ice-T, Living Color and Fishbone (at some shows). Less than 1% non-white people at those shows. Fun times, no doubt. AMAZING energy. But the crowd was the exact OPPOSITE of diverse.
@@takecareofyourshoess He didn't make the "point of diversity". You did. The Woke Mind Virus....
There was never an "original"line-up,..... only
THE LINEUP!
No Eric Avery, no JANES!
All four members were equal in regards to the whole being greater than the sum of it's parts.
Eric A.'s bass lines were the slinky melodic individualism that provided/ gave birth to the cadences that were the foundation of the songs.
Bass is BASE,in their compositions.
He was a crucial and founding member.
To not include his name on their "walk of Fame"stars,was an outrageous, offensive snub
and historical wrong that deserves to be made right.
🥁😐
Stephen Perkins; one of the best and most underrated drummers of all time.
He’s not underrated by drummers I can assure you of that much!
"Underrated"?!..Who rates him low?? Think ur mistaken that word's definition
I agree Stephen's totally underrated, esp compared to Lars and those guys. Steve uses both legs (alot). You gotta listen to Live and Profane from 1987. That's my all time favorite show. Perkins goes off every five seconds on Standing in the Shower. It's more Led Zeppelin on crack. But not too much crack. Of course technically, any crack is way too much crack. I'll shut up now.
Underrated?
Sorry, don’t mean to be so fliffant but he’s not underrated by any drummer, I can assure you.
I went to one of these shows in 1989 and never saw Jane’s again. It’s June 2024 and I plan on seeing them now that Eric is back. Only people who were alive at this time know how groundbreaking Jane’s was
Was given a tape recording of Nothing Shocking in 1990 at age 14 and i was blown away. At that point I was only into 70s and 80s punk rock, the chili peppers, and some guns n roses, but had never heard anything quite like them. Those early shows seem epic.
My best friends sister used to roller blade with him before he was popular
Right there with ya; JA back in the late 80s was unlike anyone else. Simply one of the best bands of that time.
I saw JA in 2009 when Eric came back. Now I'll see them again since Eric and Dave are both back. Got hooked in 89 when my friend passed me a copy of Nothing's Shocking.
I was there since '89.
First time I heard Nothing's Shocking, they were my favorite band from that day on. Went to Lollapalooza '91. Seen them five times.
Gonna get see them again in September in Raleigh.
18 years later up the beach still brings the stillness that saved me on many a heroic dose of acid. I could have been speaking gibberish and clicking those first few notes would bring me back.
I love janes on acid.
Me too bro. Helped me coming home from 3 years overseas. Brain injury in Afghanistan......lost alot of my memory.......Jane's brings it back......
@@scotttaylor8501 Thank you for your service, awesome that you love Jane's!!!
36 yrs ago
The band that changed everything for me. So incredibly influential and powerful. Can't throw enough adjectives around to do them justice. This line-up at this period of time was EVERYTHING!!
Amen!! My favourite band ever. They were four fantastic musicians. Eric Avery is one of the best bass player I ever heard.
Stephen made them DIFFERENT. There were so many bands that had great guitarists, and great musicianship, but Stephen Perkins was a whole different animal, when it came to drummers. Polyrhymic, tribal, and funky. Hes one of one. And, hes a very genuinely nice guy.
Praise to the men who filmed this and then posted it. You have preserved a piece of history here that captures the fury and passionate energy that exuded from the MIGHTY Jane’s Addiction unlike anything else out there. Powerful.
Thank you for the kind words. I was behind the camera on this one. I have the second camera POV. I plan on editing it together soon.
Subscribed and thank you!
@@WorldRockumentaryChannelWhat the other individual stated. Muchas, alma gemeras. gracias,
@@WorldRockumentaryChannel omg.. is this posted yet?
They were so refreshing from all the 80’s synth crap out at that time. They ushered in a new era of music. RHCP, Nirvana, soundgarden, Alice In Chains, etc…
Yes they did. It was a turning point that kicked off the Alt music scene
I was there for this concert one of the defining moments in my life. I’m 52 years old now. Know what? I’m going back.
Me too! They really are the godfathers of alt.
When Dave N. was still ultra shy and at his most creative and dynamic writing..
Ahhh the golden days.... I was at this show and was so stoked to be blasted on by these cats in the front rows. The smell of incense, flowers, smoke and dense heavy energy that was undescribable. Half way through the show it got pretty intense down front and my shoes got knocked off me and thrown up on stage. spent the rest of the night in socks and wore them like a badge of honor. First time I saw them was pre album and they opened up for Love and Rockets in Irvine at UCI. Perry came out completely naked and got through a song before they made him put a thong on. I knew they were going to be big by that show. Saw them many times after all through the sweaty LA glory days. Jane's and early Red hot chili peppers were my two favorites at that time. Saw them at Lollapalooza 1 at Irvine down in front and it was insane and I still have the perfect unworn shirt. NOTHING touches those days. Glad I made it out.......
This music has probably saved my life a few different times
I’ve never been more frightened during a show-I couldn’t contend with their power. Best live show ever!
I’m in that pit somewhere...
caught them in the uk similar time, first uk tour i think, only 3 of us stayed back to meet them, Dave navaro made us a pipe and wanted to swap his bolo tie for my mates, he was to stoned to say yes.
I got the band to sign my jeans, big thing in uk at the time, had guns and roses and faster pussycat on there from a while earlier, Dave them stoned says "sign mine"
wrong to thing say to a stoned person with a nick name blogger, so i scrolled "BLOGS" across his upper thigh, really badly.
looked for photos from later dates and by 3 days later he had cut it out of his jeans.
with a nick name blogger from the 70's i should have really got a web domain before bloggers became famous then I would be rich and famous :)
Why would you contend with their power?
I saw them on this tour at the Cannery in Nashville. Religious experience!!!
OMG! You get it!! You understand!!
17 at the time. I went to 2 of the shows! Will never forget
Perry singing his heart out... This is pure Jane's Addiction gold. My favorite everything.
The raw energy and power of this band live in their prime was awesome to behold.....saw them several times back then.
Me too. Was 18 in 98 when I first started listening - seen many amazing bands in tiny tiny clubs- Nirvana - Mudhoney, Melvins, Royal Trux, Dickies, Soundgarden- what a fuckin’ time brother. Men were men and women were women even when they flirted with being the other, and no one needed a goddamned cry closet like these fkg little permabitches
I went to 2 or 3 nights from this stand and got great seats and my tape deck in every time. I also got backstage somehow one night, through a photographer friend. Free beer! These were some of the best shows I've ever seen. The theatre was just the right size to be intimate, but big enough to feed energy back at the band.
It's an outdoor theatre and one of the nights I went was a full moon behind the band while they played. There was a great hometown vibe too. Jane's were at their peak here, in my opinion.
Holy Moley Dave is on absolute fire at this show. Superb guitar player, best band ever.
I could watch Perkins slay those drums all damn day... especially back then with the big hair and playing with a reckless abandon... yet simultaneously holding it down rock steady. Definitely one of the greatest drummers to come out of the 80's - 90's alternative scene... the guy is just an absolute stud behind the kit.
I would also add that he was and is an incredibly innovative player. He has a certain very distinctive style that you can just tell is Steve even if you didn't actually see him.
@@maineexport13 Yes, fricken incredible time keeper. Stewart Copeland is another one. Rare breed.
@@WorldRockumentaryChannelno doubt 🔥
Perkins was a beast! And this footage is amazing...I was born too late to experience JA in their prime so I live vicariously through this
Perkins a BEAST on the drums. A sweetheart in real life. The nice one of the bunch for sure.
Growing up in the mid 80's and 90's.....Jane's Addiction had everything......My favorite band of all time. Back then we didn't hear them on the radio......we traded live tapes.....
This was my first J.A. show. Live... this show was insane! Blew our minds! We went to any show we could for the next couple years watching them play! Santa Barbara the Palladium...the insane concert with Red Hot and Fishbone! All three under one roof! So glad to grow up in So Cal in the late 80's and 90's!!!! Thanks for posting!
Is it true they handed out LSD to everyone at these shows? Trying to confirm a rumor here.
@@bigteddybear5962 No, not true at all. I was at The Palladium show and saw them as often as I could. No one ever handed out acid that I saw or heard, but Perry always liked to be provocative and he'd sometimes tell the audience he was tripping or had just eaten mushrooms. It was probably true sometimes.
Lucky bastard. I am truly jealous.
Those were great shows! Trulio Disgraceous (sp) were incredible to watch. Such an amazing time to be alive in the 80s.
@@bigteddybear5962 I missed that part. Seem to remember Ritual stickers. Didn't the Peppers do a bunch of gigs there, trying out a bunch of guitarists after Hillel died?
Awesome band. Extremely underrated in the sense that nobody talks about em like they deserve. FACT
IDK pretty widely praised
Yes children, this is the correct Jane's Addiction video to watch.
I have the other camera angle. Stage right on Dave's side. I'm gonna need to edit that
@@WorldRockumentaryChannel please can you edit that yes! and do some magic to enhance the sound?? it's possible to remaster this with some sound wizzard :) thx
Pinnacle Jane's. Perkins, Avery, Farrell, Navarro killing it. ⚡️
Up the beach 0:00
Mountain song 2:50
1% 6:45
Idiots rule 10:20
Aint no right 13:30
Ted... 16:50
Thank you boys 26:00
Standing in the shower 27:30
Whores 30:50
Bobhaus 34:20
Pigs in zen 36:40
Blood rag tease 41:10
Summertime rolls 44:00
Ocean size 51:15
Trip away 59:10
Jane says 1:03:00
Thank you for segmenting those tracks. Awesome
we have the stage right camera pov over on Dave's side, and audio source from the board.
the bauhaus song you list at 34:20 is burning from the inside (1983) by bauhaus.
unbeatable setlist
Never heard, "Bobhaus" before.
I slept on this band for years, and then I ended up at a show and they absolutely blew me away. Hands down, to this day, one of the best live shows I have ever seen.
They've never been topped
Saaaaame
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To this day they aren't even on my top 10. Of course they are legends, but I think I might have been just a little young? (41 now) Regardless of personal preference, there is no denying that they put on an incredible live show. Head and shoulders above some of the bands that are on my top 10.
Even through my computer speaker coming from a bootleg recording made 31 years ago this still knocks.
Not a bootleg, this is camera one, stage left. Camera two is stage right. with pro audio. It was a rad show.
I was at this show!!! Actually, there were 7 shows. I went to 3 of them! It was the best time of my life!!!
They actually did 10 nights...
@@jeffreycooley2032 I remember it being a crapload. And John Anson is so small.
You never say to yourself or anyone else that Jane’s Addiction songs like so and so. They are 100% original. There’s only one Jane’s, one Perry, Dave, Steven, and Eric! It was their cover art on the first live record that had me hooked!
Cash in !!!
I saw them in 89 at Toads Place in New Haven Perry blew me away he looked like an alien the way he moved his locks were green they tore the house down non stop I must've lost 15 lbs slamming the whole show. I'm 53 now and the highlight of my life is going to Publix oh well...thanks for the flashback!!
Dave is amazing. Super young and shredding.
bought the record in 88, wish i was at that show, it would have been pure magic!!
Saw them in a gutted out grocery store with stage set up in back. Bad Brains opened. My memory was the entire place was packed, no seating, and everyone went ballistic for entire set. You'd be in front of stage then mosh current would take you by the restrooms, then to the back by the check out stands, then back to the front. People were moshing on all sides, as well as above and below you. Bit of a mosh to survive experience.
Wow!!!!! What a show! I bet that was your top 5,huh.?
I was at this concert. Best concert I've seen.
I went to 4 of the shows I think played nights
This was so great to see. I was physically at the show the Flaming Lips opened. Was more than a little impaired. This is the transcendent show so wish I’d gotten to see the 4-5 times I’d seen them. Jane’s was magic.
Wow Flaming Lips opened what a show!
that is kickass bro!! I saw them the first time on the Nothing's Shocking tour in Portland, OR and they blew my mind. Small club, $7
I can listen to the drummer all day and into the night.Love the foot.
AGREED WHOLEHEARTEDLY!
where is rock like this now?
Haven’t you heard? Wolfgang, Eddie van Halen’s son, is the new Jane’s. He’s up for a Grammy this year and opens for Guns N’ Roses. His single is about his dad. Rock and roll is alive and well 🎸 he’s so dangerous, rebellious, and sexual too, he embodied rock. Have you seen how big his belly is?
So fortunate I got to see this band so many times back in the day. Perry is an amazing performer. As others have said a religious experience for sure!!!
I saw them on this tour in Dallas at Trees. $4. Walked right up to the stage and was blown away.
First band I fell in love with!! over 30 years ago being 16 love at first sight!!!
I was at this show! Best time of my life. Im actually on video at 8:18 curly hair guy in front of perry who attempts to do stage dive but falls back into the crowd! LMAOOOOO. It's been how many years? I had totally forgotten how crazy I was at shows! Imagine my surprise when I see myself come out of the crowd and attempt at a stage dive! LOL Wow, the memories! Man I loved our generation. I wouldn't trade those days for anything! Jane's was god!!! This was actually their homecoming show they played Seven Days, for $10 a night at John Ansen Ford Theater which is no longer there in late 89! I managed to be there three of those seven days. I would have gone to every single one but I had to work the other ones. Good Times! Thanks so much uploader for helping me re-live one of the best nights of my life. :)
Rad, I was working nights at United Parcel Service. I called in sick to be at this show to film it. Thanks for sharing. Best of times for sure
when bands released life changing albums and tours in 1989, to mere touring for the millionth time in 2024 in automatic drive.
VOTE Jane's Addiction RNR Hall of Fame !!
That was a time when You sang on stage ,so only in huge smoke ,they dont have other effects.Extremely Great Band All Time!!!
Except the echo effect. They had effects bro!!
Incredible. Thank you!
People don't understand the depth of how good prime Janes addiction was, especially live....Eric Avery, Dave Navarro, and Stephen Perkins were a legitimate professional 3 piece. And although perry wasn't the most gifted vocally, he was a very good writer and his minimum singing ability could be helped with echo making him sound unique. Incredible band in it's prime.👍🔥💯🔥🔥
Perry also has excellent timing and showmanship skills. He did use a $15,000 mic for his vocal delivery on occasion. His writting style is almost as good as Lucky White and his Dude Ranch Playbpys of the 1940's, 50's and 60's.
It would've not worked without Perry. He had the looks, the right voice and the stage presence needed. He was Jane's even not having the musical skills. HE WAS JANE'S. And now he turned Jane's into a parody of it's own legacy.
Yes they do. I totally disagree
@@brunogoberna4891 amen 🙏🏻 I saw them in Cambridge university in November 1988 on the Nothing’s Shocking tour and Perry was on crutches for some reason and they still blew the doors off the place! I disagree with the minimalist singing skills though. Without him you’d have no Jane’s whatsoever. Sincerely, DJP ex Anal Cunt; PostMortem and Kilslug Sony; Earache 🇬🇧 Columbia and TAANG Records @ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Boston Massachusetts Amerikkka of course! 😮
Still incredible
I only wish that all the kids today could have experienced this. I’m glad it was recorded.
Thank you very much for posting this video! For me this concert represents a really important time point in music history
The last wave of truly creative rock music
Agreed. Janes was the soundtrack to my life for a decade. Perry's lyrics laid bare my soul. I would honestly like to meet Perry just to thank him for helping me grow up.
I agree this whole band was amazing!
I was there! Those were the days. I have seen Jane’s many times since and just saw them in Dallas Aug 18, 2024. Still amazing. I think Dave is better than ever. The band is not the same without him. It was so good to see them all together again!
Where is Dave these days?
At the moment he is in Houston I think! Touring. @@WorldRockumentaryChannel
my comment wasn’t very clear. Dave IS touring with Jane’s now. When he wasn’t, the band was not the same
Truly the best band ever.......after 30 years still amazing
This makes me so happy. I was 14 (what were my parents thinking?!) and went to two nights of this series - one with The Flaming Lips. Set off my true love of Jane's Addiction and I was lucky enough to see them many many times over the next few years. Thanks for sharing this!
I saw them four times in one week in 89. Was dosed up for all four.
They were unstoppable then.
I was at this show! Senior in high school. The best!
Eric is the unsung hero of JA dude is fucking badass
Wow! Seeing this, I can almost still smell the fake fog(smoke machines). I went to 6 of the 7 shows, and had a great time each night, with great openers each night. Many fun stories from that week, so good, so fun, a true positive life experience. In my top 3 venues ever, and that week especially.
Hard subscribe, You’re a hero for capturing this national treasure and it should be in The Smithsonian. 🙏
You should be a headliner at the Comedy Club. This guy sucks
This show and the one at Scream in the old Hotel in DT LA in the middle of the night were what I will remember them as - pure creative fury at it’s finest.
I was at the high skool and JA was something cool new I founded!
Dude you’re actually fucking with me, I was watching this not even realizing this was world rockumentary. You’re the man dude thank you for the amazing footage
This is the Jane's Addiction I saw in 89 in Portland. They blew my mind and I saw them several times after that. Always tight band and great show. Their Lollapalooza show was spectacular. I also saw them with the Pixies and Primus opening,
I love & miss that Jane's Addiction so fucking much. That Jane's Addiction changed me forever. These old videos are so bittersweet. Takes me back to the good old days. I'm happy for them now, being to enjoy the fruits of their labor. I will always love Jane's & Perry. Is it bad to wish they were still on drugs? Probably. If only for my own selfish reasons. They were so great. The best rock band of all time.
They were all on drugs longer than you think and they openly admit… especially on strays. Unfortunately , it wasn’t the drugs that made them great.
They had their time,
and then they were gone.
my favorite band I love their early work.
Year i graduated highschool. Music was my escape, i say my dad's old giant headphones, dark side of the moon and Even in the quietest moments in the dark in my bedroom were my first highs in life. We generally had SHIT to listen to up to 89 then it all happened with these guys, grunge, the Hip. Damn why didn't it happen a few years sooner?! But thankful it HAPPENED. Jane's is so SO GOOD
I saw Janes at TT the Bears in Boston MA. In 89? I think. Saw them again at Lalapalooza. Then, at the Lowel memorial auditorium. They were Monsterous live. Late 80s into the early 90's they were one of the best live shows out there. A veritable freight train of sound.
I just saw Janes in 2024. Boston MA. Perry attacked Dave because Dave's stage sound was outrageously loud. Perry was losing his voice night after night. I do believe I saw the last Janes Addiction show ever. Bittersweet for sure. Perry was wrong for attacking Dave. But Dave was an ass for turning up when the vocalist kept telling him he couldn't hear himself. As a vocalist I can tell you....Loud guitarists are the bane of rock vocalists vocal chords. F U Dave...you're an ass for doing that to Perry. I seem to remember Dave struggling on stage as he was all doped up. He could barely play. The band carried him back then. Now, he pulls this shit? Turns his back on the band and pushed Perry to do something stupid. Dave tanked the tour. Period. Being at the show, and being a musician I saw the politics going on. I saw the looks and the comments. I am sure Perry isn't easy to deal with. But Dave? You're impossible. Go back to Hollywood, where posers kiss your ass. Perry was, and is, the real deal. Your a phenomenal guitarist. But in my opinion one of the most insufferable pussys to ever grace the stage. Long Covid my ass...
Whoever posted this.. Thank you
I did... Thrilled you enjoyed it.
Utterly stunning, such uniqueness, style and energy. JA totally changed my outlook on music, both listening and playing. Thanks for uploading, as a fan from the UK any footage was really hard to get hold of back in the early nineties when I first encountered Jane's, nobody in the mainstream was talking about them, but they were big with the skateboarding crowd I was part of at the time. I never thought I'd be able to see something like this. Awesome.
Thank you for commenting. Jane's Addiction gave all the hair metal bands a run for their money, As we know by 1991 Nirvana came along and Hair Metal was blown off the charts and radio airwaves right into the trash cans. Nothing's shocking :-)
Same here. I introduced Janes to my punk/goth/skate crowd and everyone was hooked immediately. We had the great fortune of being in Cali while they were coming up. You can only imagine... Those were the days!
I saw their Chicago show on this tour (a girl I was dating at the time dragged me to the show...I hadn't heard of them)...changed the way I looked at music as a player and as a listener too.
They were like nothing else around at the time.
Nirvana gets all the credit for changing the landscape of music with Nevermind...but Janes were the true trailblazers. Way ahead of the curve
@@warborn_inc. When Seattle started calling our Sunland -Tujunga Biker look Grunge in 1991 and applied it to Nirvanna and the Seattle scene we were lauging at them, they had actually stolen our style and our image and re-named it grunge.
@@WorldRockumentaryChannel I actually remember seeing Alice In Chains in a club before Man in the Box took off and it was long before Nirvana broke and they were just billed as "metal " then a year later it was just "Grunge, Grunge, Grunge " total music industry manuever trying to put a label on music so they could fit it into a box and sell it.
Same way they started calling anything unlike 80s metal as "alternative".... the industy always trying to pigeonhole music
looked everywhere for this footage thanks my day is better now.
I'm glad you found it too.
God damn, how I wish I was there
I love how the camera pulls out wide right before the whole band kicks in on Up the Beach. It's great when the cameraperson knows the songs.
Thank you, yes I knew the songs very well. I'm a musician when not playing camera guy. I new the count and applied the magic with the lens
@@WorldRockumentaryChannel How the hell did you sneak a camara in? They weren't small back then!
@@mattckimball No sneak, this vid was authorized by Goldenvoice and the bands manager Ted Gardner. It was two camera shoot. I have the other angle from stage right...
So glad I saw this tour...game changer
Best band ever to come out of L.A
Yes indeed
Right up there
Jane’s Addiction
The Doors
Metallica
Guns and Roses
Motley Crüe
I mostly agree but Arthur Lee and Love is a serious competitor. Jane's was more explosive but Love was also pure magic.
@@kayakchrispy X needs to be in the conversation.
saw this show at moore theater seattle 89. in the pit during up the beach while perry offered the bottle of wine
I was there myself. The Pixies and Primus opened, and someone threw a boot at Perry.
@@alexanderyaroslavich2703 dude it was my favorite show of all time during that era. they headlined. i saw them open for love and rockets after soundgarden at the paramount in 87
I worked for the opening band on this tour for a good percentage of the shows booked. Crazy thing was watching up close and in real-time Janes's Addiction blowing up throughout the tour. We started in small clubs and ended up in large clubs and very sizeable venues. One of the shows we did as things were taking off for the band was in Birmingham Alabama in a place that barely held 300 hundred or so people and the promoter had extra P.A. setup outside because so many people were outside and could not get in. The band's management soon decided to stop doing the small venues booked way before the tour started and just have the rest of tour moved into much larger venues.
Rad, that must of been fantastic to get to see them grow from the ground up.
Saw them in 89 in a club that held maybe 200 people. Best live show I ever saw. TT the Bears in Boston MA.
I was at this show. In the back on the left side. Great show
I went to three of these shows. One night was standing on the chairs, one was in the pit and I can’t remember wear I was for the third show. I got there early and made a mad dash once the gates were opened. Inside shows early when they played Club Scream, Fenders Ballroom and other indoor shows they sounded better, but what solid shows! The energy was so intense. 100% awesome
I’m 47 years old. In 89 I was 14, definitely wasn’t going to shows yet, but by 92-93 I was. Went to tons of shows in LA throughout the years. Somehow I never got into Jane’s Addiction. I was into a lot of different music, rock, metal included, just not Jane’s. Perry freaked me out. Just didn’t get the look or the voice. So I never gave them a chance. My favorite movie was Natural Born Killers. Also the soundtrack. Ted, Just Admit It is where I really gained an appreciation. That and Jane Says. Still, I never dove deep at all. This past November, went to see Smashing Pumpkins at Hollywood Bowl. JA opened. I was excited to finally check them out understanding that my favorite musicians worship Perry Farrell. HOLY SHIT! They blew me AWAY! Stole the show from SP for sure. Perry’s voice is an instrument. The drums, bass, even the dancers, it was a fucking EXPERIENCE. Again, not knowing the history of the band, I saw fans saying they’d never see JA without Dave Navarro, I can appreciate it, but to me, they were awesome with Troy Van Leeuwen. My only complaint was the set was too short. My wife and I both agreed that if ever given the opportunity, we had to see them do a full set, of course not knowing if it would ever happen. Well a couple months later, they announce the Palladium show a few weeks ago. We got tix day 1. Again, MIND BLOWN! This time with Josh Klinghoffer. The 2 replacements are no slouches at all. But now I’ve been going back and checking out the OG lineup. And man, Dave Navarro was a certified monster! I fully get why fans are loyal to him. I’ll be first in line if they do an all original show. Better late than never I suppose. Sorry for the long story, just wanted to let everyone know that when music is great, new fans will always be born. Even old dudes like myself. Rock on.
Love it. They are the one that got away on me thirty years ago. But then they never came to Ireland. I have ticket for next weekend! Bring. It. On.
Dude I was going to shows at 13. Walk over ask the drummer if he needs help loading in his drum kit. Boom you're in...
They are on fire!!!!!!
They will be a Black Sabbath type late entry to the RRHF. The layman have no clue how influential and important they are. Amazing band. ⚡️⚡️
The definition of alternative.
Love the foreshadowing of the already- written "Bloody Rag" -allude from P4P'S to sm 5 yrs later ,., around 41:15 during Pigs in Zen rant,👍🤟✌️15:04 too..Janes on all cylinders❤️💪🤟🏾✌🏾🗼📐🎶👻
Saw them 7 times live, including this tour.
Yeah but did you see them in Alaska? You can on a guy named Cory Jackman YT account.
The greatest live band I ever saw...
Wow factor a thousand 100 million! Brings us all back and for that a big Thank You for posting this!
So stoked you like this.
it is what it is thank you
I went to the 7th night of these shows...It was my first time seeing them...Right when they hit the first note of the first song everyone jumped up on their seats!. I almost ate shit since they were folding chairs!!....... Perry was a little fried by the last night but it all still hit hard!.
One thing that night showed me was this......LA had a scene, the strip had it's own scene, the eastside had it's scene......but Janes had their own scene!. After that night I realized Janes was kind of it's own microcosm. The vibe there was strange, unsettling, and pretty awesome.....and oooooh the aroma!. If you were there, you know 😏
It's fun to see this 35yrs later!!......oye!, this o'l gen x guy is feelin it!
I love Jane’s Addiction.
I saw the reunion tour and thought they were excellent. This particular concert looks like it was beyond fun. The trouble is I really don't like audience recordings nor videos. As a guy who did not see the original concert lineup, it is difficult for me to gauge because I cannot hear the words or music.
God I wish I was here
There's surprisingly many of these original lineup lives on youtube
This is sooo awesome. Nothings Shocking is one of my favorite albums ever. Growing up a punk rocker/skater guy in the 80’s in the Midwest when we heard Janes & this album it broke the mold of what we were listening to in the Detroit area. The audio is great and grainy video makes it even more cool. Thank you for posting.
Rad, stoked you liked it... This was the turning point for Rock n Roll for sure. Blew the girlie hair metal bands off the air lol
JA @ their greatest. Thanks for posting. Fans used to have this audio and so great to watch the video!
Legit, on point for 1989! LOVE IT! Laura
They weren't messing around. 🤣
wow, i get goosebumps on that shit ...Mica, Cathy H, Dave Mercer , Avi, and about 1000 of my closest friends giving Janes Addiction all of it ! I wore a leather jacket that probably still smells like cloves and sweat from that fuckin show ,..and we drove home with no headlights thru Topanga Canyon on doses.,....hell yeah ....best night ever
Rad, love hearing
I hope music history gives this band the credit they deserve. They changed music and took rock to a new level. I get the Nirvana stuff, but Nirvana were a product of their time, they didn't shape it themselves.
Nirvana is way overrated
I love Nirvana. But Janes is a frickin religion.
5 days before my high school graduation!
Saw them twice, once in 1991?, Henry' Rollins opened for them . Great show. Then more recently with smashing pumpkins. They still got it!
Nostalgia lane... I'd seen Jane's at least a dozen times before these shows - several of which between 1985-87 at the 9th and Grand location of the original Scream club (that me and my teenage friends snuck into every Friday and Saturday nights)., Al's Bar, L.A. Street Scene and so forth. I went to three of these Ford shows- just sauntered up and gave whomever was at the gate $10 for entry. These shows sold out quickly. I pretty much outgrew the band by this point. I had later seen them in various member incarnations (bassists De Stefano (sp), Flea - which was weird because I always felt the Chili Peppers competed against JA at one point early on) but they were never the same - didn't command the same sound or presence in the rhythm department that made them. Until a little show at the Echoplex in '08 or '09 that reunited the dudes with Eric Avery which i almost declined to attend. There, it all came washing back. Jane's was back - at least for a night.
First live show of JA, if I'm not mistaken was in February of 1986 at the Black Radio on Hollywood BLVD. it had an escalator to the 2nd flour. A guy named Video Louis filmed it.
Jane's is one of those bands where you can't replace anyone.
@@davidtingley9978 Least of all Eric Avery, no disrespect to Chris Chaney.
@@jovanreid6782 you mean the guy who wrote a great deal of the music? Yeah, definitely isn't really Jane's without him. All their new material is dull. Dave Navarro might be one of my generation's greatest guitarists, but he's not much of a songwriter.
@@davidtingley9978 Hold up now Dave Navarro's solo album Trust No One was actually really pretty damned good, with some strong hooks and melodies and decent lyrics too. Come to think of it I've been waiting quite some time for a follow-up. If Jane's Addiction's new material is dull, Dave Navarro as a solo artist is quite an interesting thing sonically.
Went to Uni High w Dave. Saw what ever night The Buck Pets ( amazing TX band ) opened. Really powerful gig
I was an 18-year-old security guard at Scream. I remember Jane's and Red Hot CP performed frequently around this time. Great times at the Embassy Grand.