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9/1/10 Jane's Addiction should be dark or edgy

well, according to perry farrell, jane's addiction doesn't need to be 'dark and edgy'. this quote coming from his recent tweet on twitter. i'm pretty sure duff mckagan and dave navarro both have said they enjoy the darker and edgier side of jane's addiction. i'll post the full quote below for you to analize. we have to analize, because perry doesn't just come out and say who he is talking about. perry has instead posted a pic. so we are left to guess who he is refering to and that's what i aim to do.

There was someone in my life (Who I did not care for,) that tried to convince me Jane's Addiction had to be "Dark and edgy," because that's what Jane's Addiction IS. His comments struck me as satire. l I have never calculated where the edge is man. That's not, well very edgy is it! Please everyone don't mistake me for a happy fool. I understand why people fall into dark depression and want to remain there. The experience of a tragedy sends you off in one of two directions. You can take your tragedy out on everyone else, or you can spend your life trying to get to a better place. I am trotting towards the better place...



the obvious choice eric avery, but eric has been gone for a while now. surely perry isn't stewing over him leaving still? and he isn't in the pic that perry posted, as far as i can tell.

is it dave navarro? i really don't think perry would burn that bridge. you may be able to cut eric avery or any revolving bass player for that matter, but without dave you've lost a big part of yr fan base for sure. but perry doesn speak of "tragedy" which could be referring to dave's mother's murder. if that is the case, that is a low blow in my opinion and perry has really stooped toa new low.

is it trent reznor? this is very likely, but again, perry's experience with him is years gone by right? unless they've recently been in contact again, but i highly doubt it. i think trent is in the pic perry posted, but it could be eric avery that i'm looking at.

is it duff mckagan? now this sounds like the most likely, considering perry and etty just visited "someone" in seattle, where i think duff resides. but etty also just did a photo shoot with duff's wife. so as much as this one sounds like a reality, i find it hard to believe etty and duff's wife are still friendly, if perry is ripping on duff via twitter

so what is the verdict? well, likely perry's recent time alone at home has pushed him to listen to the "reznor recordings" and likely the jane's addiction tracks that were recorded. i'm pretty sure, dave navarro, stephen perkins, eric avery, trent reznor as well as the others involved were pushing for a darker edgeier sound, than say "superhero" and perry farrell was going in the exact opposite direction.

i guess we really need to indentify all the people in the picture, because it's obvious he's referring to someone there. but i gotta think he's talking about eric avery and instead of admitting that eric avery was on to something, he'd rather talk shit, now that eric is gone. it's too bad that eric avery was more appreciated during those recordings. the truth for anything involving perry farrell "2010" is simple: you can't polish a turd, not even eric avery.

7/2/10 Jane's Addiction The Roxy, LA, CA

setlist+
Whores
Had A Dad
Ain't No Right
Ted, Just Admit it...
Mountain Song
Been Caught Stealing
Three Days
Stop!
Ocean Size
Jane Says
Chip Away

6/30/10 Jane's Addiction gives away tickets

yeah, i'm kinda laughing. i could go on and on about my discussion to get tickets to the last show for the fans that visit xiola.org but i don't need to, because now they are doing it (just not here and not for you). you see you've come to the wrong site. this is the site that ask for tickets for you. jane's addiction then co-ops the idea and filters it through the kinder, gentler site. so go on over there and deny you ever heard of this place. ha ha ha.

i'm glad fans are getting free tickets to this show for the fans. it's very nice of jane's addiction. i'd like to take a little credit for being on their ass about appreciating their fans and constantly suggesting they put on a show for the fans, but all the credit likely goes to bing! and it's big bucks. so thank you bing!

i hope every fan who wants to go gets in and they play a great show. i'm glad there's a huge sponser now to pay jane's addiction huge bucks to play a show at the roxy [b]for the fans[/b]. who can really complain about a band getting paid by a huge sponser to play a show, then tagging on, it's a fan show? sonny, that's who. you fucking shills. is there an ounce of credibility left in the band or the people parading around as Jane'$ Addiction?

6/22/10 Jane's Addiction, July 2nd, L.A.

here's the info from www.6767.com:

We in Jane's Addiction have done several intimate LA shows over the past year or so? Little places with 100 or so tickets set aside for the fans. It was tough for a lot of fans to get in even after waiting all day for entry. With all of our friends and family in LA, it's sometimes hard to accommodate everybody. Well it looks like we are doing another show and we have decided to make this show an event that is mainly for the fans. We are going to strip back the guest list, inviting only our immediate loved ones and let the majority of tickets be made available to the people who have given us so much over the years, the fans.

This show will be in Hollywood on July 2. Ticket information will be made available soon.

what does sonny think?
what a great idea, a show for fans. man, how long have we been asking for this? it would seem like the obvious thing to do. rage against the machine did it for thousands. many bands do this kind of thing to show their fans how much they are appreciated. so if yr still a fan and if you live in L.A. or the surrounding areas, you have something to look forward to.

i say take it a bit further, give the tickets way, let the fans make the setlist and for an encore, take audience requests. even better, just this once, play all the songs from yr first 3 albums. we're talking 28 songs. i know that's double the setlist you normally play, but since yr showing appreciation. hell, leave out the cover songs and play a nice 26 song set. this thing isn't gonna last forever, you might as well put it all out there, quit playing it safe all the time. instead of expecting us to accept "good enough", just once take it out there beyond our (lowered) expectations.

6/14/10 Jane's Addiction play 2 songs at E3

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Been Caught Stealing
Mountain Song

Jane's Addiction played two songs that are featured songs on various Activision games. Really, i could go on and on about this kind of stuff, but i'm just gonna post a couple of pics from the event and let those pictures speak a thousand words, about the state of jane's addiction now.

6/11/10 Jane's Addiction, Madrid, Spain

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Mountain Song
Ain't No Right
Had A Dad
Three Days
Whores
Been Caught Stealing
Ted, Just Admit It...
Ocean Size
Stop!
Jane Says
Chip Away

there is a pro shot DVD of this show going around. i haven't seen it yet, but it's worth looking for any pro shot of jane's addiction. considering how the band is kinda out to get us on this site, i'm not gonna post the link to it.

6/9/10 Jane's Addiction Arnhem, Netherlands

setlist+
Mountain Song
Ain't No Right
Whores
Three Days
Been Caught Stealing
Superhero
Ocean Size
Ted, Just Admit It...

here's a youtube clip of 'three days'. eek.

hooray! they brought back the theme from 'entourage'. all at once everyone in the crowd turned to one another and said "i didn't know that was a jane's addiction song, did you?". maybe a few more warm up shows would've been a good idea. let the excuses roll in.

6/8/10 Jane's Addiction Live DVD/Blu-ray

Jane's Addiction's performance last halloween, at Voodoo fest will be released on DVD/Blu-ray august 30th of this year. this will include the complete set, as well as two songs from an unnamed 2008 show, 1% and Ocean Size. There is also a NME featurette and a photo gallery.

what does sonny think?
can we all say it together: FINALLY. jane's addiction live is them at their best. i rarely hear people complain after leaving a live show. this is an eric avery era show, another plus. i know what yr thinking "is this that show where perry wore a cape?". yes, this is that show. jane's adiction live, with eric avery, perry in a cape, what else could you want? i know some are use to waiting 5 years for a release like this and here we are less than a year later. new jane's addiction indeed.

source

6/7/10 Happy Birthday Dave Navarro

Dave has always been good to this site, even when it might cause a stink. he is genuinely a good guy and has always been very nice to me personally. happy birthday dave. i hope it's a good one.

6/6/10 Poll results: Another soulmate and real fans?

we like to run polls on the users visiting our forum from time to time. seems like it would be appropriate to share those results.

do you like soul mate, based on this clip?
27(30%)=yes and 64(70%)=no.
lots of factors come in to play with this one because of the source. all we had were some youtube clips to judge, so i'm sure the voting would swing more in favor once a studio version released. even dave seem to play this song down some, when talking about it. obviously not their best foot forward.

Is Jane's Addiction still one of your favorite bands ever?
40(87%)=yes to 6(13%) = no
this very simple poll should be obvious, considering this is a jane's addiction site, but certain members of jane's addiction question whether we are "real fans". some, including myself were a bit offended by this.

what does sonny think?
well, i'll tell ya what i think. suddenly, if you aren't marching in line to the beat of "another soulmate" you must not be a "real fan". i seriously doubt 40 people are faking love for a band, just so they can insult the lead singer. it just may be they are such huge fans, that they are insulted when certain members "like 'em big" instead of "love them whores".

it's about a standard that jane's addiction and chiefly perry farrell set, but somehow don't feel obligated to live up to. the core 3 don't want to be held to that standard anymore, yet they do wanna parade around as if they are just as credible. we're the fans that were there when jane's addiction were admired in music circles. all we want, as fans, is the members to at least try to hold to that standard. jane's addiction set it, we are here to hold their asses to the fire when they don't live up to it. we're not going anywhere and we likely out number yr protected garden minions.

jane's addiction better realize it's place in history, realize how fuckin' good it was, and get back there or one day there could be 2 sites like this one, possibly even 3. you can try to ignore us, but you can't shut us up.

6/4/10 stephen perkins talks about duff joining, future

6/2/10 we love jane's addiction, make no mistake

at this moment
you should be with us
feeling like we do
like you love to
but never will
again
i miss you my dear xiola

5/25/10 New songs from Jane's Addiction

Dave Navarro answered a few questions in his Sunday 10, which turned out to be 7 i think. two questions were answered about recent recording of new songs. it seems they are gonna try to record some songs for release. Three songs were named as possibilities, "another soulmate", "ultimate reason", and "broken people". i also think it's interesting dave says these are being recorded for release. read the questions and answers below.

1. if you guys are recording 3 songs, we assume ?another soulmate? and ?broken people?, what is the third song? and have you recorded these for release or just for demo?

Actually we are looking into recording Another Soulmate and a song called Ultimate Reason before we leave for Europe. If time permits we may try do get a few more in, including Broken people. The goal is to get some finished songs ready for release as we pretty much already demo stuff as we go in the rehearsal space.

2. when writing songs now, do you ever think or even say ?this is a good song, but it?s not ?jane?s addiction? good? and scrap it?

Sure. We basically keep moving forward with song ideas and the ones we collectively gravitate towards are the ones that get the most focus. Sometimes ideas will get scraped or saved away for other projects, depending on the idea.

5/24/10 Jane's Addiction in Italy, 1991

There is a new DVD making the rounds and this is a clip cut by creep from this DVD. I believe this DVD is uncirculated for the most part, so it's worth downloading if you come across it.

5/11/10 New Twitter account @janes_addiction for this site

Most knew us as @janesaddiction in the twitter world. i recently gave that to the band for their use. someone was nice enough to donate a more appropriate account for twitter @janes_addiction and i gladly accepted it. sorry for the switch up. hope you will follow us.

i realize other sites are copying our jane's addiction list and it doesn't matter which one of those you follow, so feel free to follow both or just one, it's got the same list basically. i guess great minds think alike or weak minds copy, not sure which one applies here.

new twitter @janes_addiction

jane's addiction twitter list

+ "Another Soulmate", slightly different meaning

here's a longer, better sounding clip of "another soulmate". it appears the song title may have been shortened for the setlist. perry explains the song meaning at the end as in "oh, another soulmate?". it's worth a listen.

5/6/10 Jane's Addiction Guitar Center, LA, CA

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Ain't No Right
Broken People
Been Caught Stealing
City
Jane says

Jane's Addiction played in the vintage room at the guitar center in hollywood. the set was shot in 3D, for a Guitar Center TV series called Guitar Center Sessions. There were about 40 people in the audience. The band answered questions between songs. Dave Navarro even played "City" saying "Hey Perry, remember this?" before perry started singing.

no word on when this will be releaesd or how much or where exactly. but i did find a website for guitar center sessions.

+ New Duff era Jane's Addiction song "Soul Mate"

5/5/2010 Jane's Addiction Bardot, LA, CA

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Stop!
Mountain Song
Had a Dad
Soulmate
Whores
Pigs in Zen
Ain't No Right
Ocean Size



SPIN Review

+ Jane's Addiction playing tonight

Jane's Addiction is playing tonight. go see them.

4/29/10 Jane's Addiction, Rage Against the Machine show

www.thedailyswarm.com are reporting that Jane's Addiction will indeed be playing with Rage Against the Machine for their free show in London, on June 6th. this is a free show to thank the fans for the christmas number 1 of 2009. there was a grass roots rebellion that pushed the song 'killing in the name' to the top.

this story goes back a few weeks or so. when i originally tried to confirm this date, i was told no, nothing to confirm. at this same time i proposed the possibility that Jane's Addiction is playing all the Rage Against the Machine dates in Europe and i again was told, no confirmation, but "that would be cool". i am trying to confirm further dates on the RATM tour and will update if and when i get this confirmation.

these are RATM dates, of which Jane's Addiciton is playing the 3 in bold. look for the possibility of them playing more of these dates.

June 3 - GERMANY - ROCK IM PARK
June 4 - GERMANY - ROCK AM RING
June 6 - LONDON - FINSBURY PARK
June 8 - IRELAND - O2 ARENA
June 9 - HOLLAND - GELREDROM
June 11 - SPAIN - ROCK IN RIO
June 12 - UK - DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL

source for the dates: www.ratm.com

4/15/10 Jane's Addiction in Spain June 11th

Jane's Addiction will be playing the Rock in Rio, Madrid Festival June 11th. i have confirmed this is a real date, through a "friend of the site". There could be possible other European dates forthcoming, but no confirmation on that. Meanwhile go spend the summer in Spain and enjoy the festival. the website and article linked below is in spanish.

Rock in Rio, Madrid website

4/6/10 Lollapalooza line up announced

Soundgarden Green Day Lady Gaga Arcade Fire The Strokes Phoenix Social Distortion MGMT Jimmy Cliff Hot Chip The Black Keys The National Spoon Devo Cypress Hill Cut Copy The New Pornographers Erykah Badu Slightly Stoopid Grizzly Bear Gogol Bordello Chromeo Wolfmother Yeasayer X Japan MUTEMATH Metric Dirty Projectors AFI Mavis Staples Matt & Kim The xx Drive-By Truckers Blues Traveler Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros The Temper Trap Jamie Lidell Frightened Rabbit Fuck Buttons Deer Tick Blitzen Trapper Stars Raphael Saadiq The Cribs Minus the Bear Switchfoot The Walkmen Mumford & Sons Wild Beasts Rogue Wave Los Amigos Invisibles The Big Pink The Dodos Hockey Cymbals Eat Guitars B.o.B Dawes Warpaint The Antlers The Soft Pack Rebelution Balkan Beat Box Wavves American Bang The Ike Reilly Assassination Company of Thieves Nneka Harlem The Constellations Miniature Tigers Mimicking Birds The Kissaway Trail HEALTH Javelin The Morning Benders Foxy Shazam Violent Soho Royal Bangs NEON TREES Freelance Whales Semi Precious Weapons Dan Black The Band of Heathens Dragonette My Dear Disco Shawn Fisher Neon Hitch Skybox The Ettes Jukebox the Ghost These United States MyNameIsJohnMichael

well there ya go... what else can i say?

4/4/10 Dave Navarro Answers some of yr questions

Dave Navarro had a regular "Sunday 10" a while back, which meant he would answer 10 questions asked by fans in the comments section of his blog. Here he has answered 5 great questions, shown below. thanks Dave.

1. Did you take Axl's offer (joining GnR) seriously, but then your "personal life" got in the way? Or did you not really even want to try out? (Circa 91)

You hit it right on the head, actually. The truth is that I was pretty conflicted. I was interested in playing with GnR but I wasn?t certain that I wanted to jump into such a huge band at that time, right on the heels of the first Jane?s break-up. In addition, I was pretty heavily strung out back then. Even though I wasn?t sure about the move, I did want to jam with those guys but my drug use prevented me from even making it down to the rehearsal space. Another consequence of Addiction. Since then I have had the pleasure of playing with each member of the band separately. After I cleaned up I went on to record Deconstruction with Eric Avery which remains one of my favorite collaborations.

2. You stated that the time with Billy and the Spirits recently was an enjoyable experience, What do you think of the First 3 new songs from the Pumpkins?

I think that the new SP songs are incredible and I was lucky enough to play some of them with Spirits. Billy is one of the most talented musicians I have ever worked with and I learned a lot from him in the short period we toured together. I am hopeful that we will one day do something similar again. We found that we had unique chemistry when we were both on the guitar. We locked up in a pretty amazing way and played off one another in a way that neither of us had experienced while at the same time pushing each other to really delve into our instrument.

3. What guitars/amps are you using for recording? Also, you dropped down a full-step for the live Jane?s stuff ? are you planning to do that for recording as well? Does that affect your playing at all?

I?m not sure about recording yet as we are simply in the writing phase so I have been using the PRS, Ibanez, Marshall, Fender set-up. Essentially my live rig. Lately we have been working in just a half step down. The full step down definitely takes some getting used to as I kind of had to re-learn how the strings respond in that tuning. For instance, the amount of pressure required to bend to a specific note in the standard tuning is completely different and can sometimes sound out of tune if I?m not careful. Also, I have to be wary of how hard I hit the strings, as the lower register can vibrate and buzz beyond what is desired and can sound muddy. There is a risk of dynamic loss.

4. Since Eric was such a huge part of the Jane?s songwriting and sound on NS and Ritual, why not call yourselves a different band name now that you are playing with Duff?

Eric was and remains a huge part of Jane?s. He has decided to leave for his own reasons. The three of us have spent the majority of our careers in this band and have had several line up changes over the years. Changing the name wouldn?t make sense for us. It would be another situation entirely had Eric been asked to leave or if we didn?t intend on playing music from XXX, NS and Ritual. Had that been the case, I would totally agree. I have had experience being the ?new guy? in an already existing band that had only two founding members. Never in a million years would I have expected them to change their name.

5. I know you?re working with Jane?s but are you thinking about putting out another solo album any time soon?

Thinking about it yes. Soon? Probably not. I am pretty deeply focused on working with Jane?s right now. We have been going over back catalogue and writing with Duff several days a week. However, the process of introducing a new member requires more than that. There is a musical and personal education that must take place. Learning dynamics, sensibilities, personalities and many other details is essential. We have been having a great time with all of this and have been expanding on what we can do individually and as a group. Its deeper than just learning some songs for Duff. He has to learn about us and we have to learn about him. Playing the older stuff is like a crash course on Jane?s while writing is an accelerated class for all of us. It?s pretty great to be in both classes at once, something we have really never done in the past with a new member.

Dave Navarro's Blog www.6767.com

4/3/10 Jane's Addiction Live @ Enmore Theatre, Sydney

a "friend of the site" sent me a great link to full video of the 2/23/10 Enmore Theatre show, from Sydney Austrailia. I'm watching it now. it looks like it's the full show and you can view the whole thing or individual tracks. All the classic tracks are here, including an set ending version of Chip Away. This show was of course, part of the last set of shows Eric Avery played with the band.

Jane's Addiction Live @moshcam.com

4/1/10 New Jane's Addiction track on Eclipse Soundtrack

After Eric Avery left Jane's Addiction, many were asking what will happen to the songs recorded with Trent Reznor? Well, one of those songs will see the light of day on the Twilight Saga: Eclipse soundtrack.

Embrace the Darkness will be a featured track on the new Twilight Saga Soundtrack for the soon to be released movie Eclipse. This song has been mentioned a few times, but no plans to release it. Perry Farrell was featured on the first Twilight Soundtrack and was rumored to be on the second release, New Moon.

I personally didn't want to believe this. I sent Eric a quick email, hoping for confirmation. He responded with this "I'm a vampire guy, and although the books are rather poorly written, i was hooked into the overall story. When Perry and Etty brought the idea in for this song, i was on board. There are some guilty pleasures in life and the Twilight Saga is one of mine. My wife and I raced through the books as they were released. It's a fun series."

It appears it was a done deal for the unreleased Jane's Addiction track, with Avery's love of the book series and the 3 core member's love of money.

[the above post, is/was an april fools prank. a complete fabrication. hope you enjoyed it.]

3/31/10 New Jane's Addiction debut at birthday bash.

The New Jane's Addiction made their debut last night at Perry Farrell's Birthday Bash. There was some confusion on whether fans could attend, but it looks like it was invite only. The band played two songs "whole lotta love" and "mountain song". there are some pics below, tweeted by todd newman.

3/30/10 Who's "Joseph", Jane's Addiction photographer?

It's a pretty sweet gig to take photos while Jane's Addiction welcome a yet to be announced new bassist. We were recently treated to some very professional pics of the band rehearsing and writing in their rehearsal space. The source? Joseph. Here's a great quote to answer just that. "Lastly for those that have PMed and emailed asking me "who's Joseph?" Joseph is a friend to the site. He has been dating back to our days of being www.perryfarrell.net. Like me he loves the band and has been helpful in my pursuits in the tour history department." Well, i think i may have tracked down this "friend" and mysterious photographer.

His name is Joseph Llanes. He has a list of high end clients from Apple to New Yorker Magazine. He doesn't sound like "just a friend of the site" as described. He sounds more like a professional photographer hired to take some photos for promotional release. He is a celebrity and entertainment photographer.

These professional shots were taken by the "friend of the site" and filtered through a fan site in order to give the impression, that these photos somehow leaked out. these are great shots and i'm glad to see them released, but i don't particularly care for the fake viral leak. Next time just post the pics or be honest about the source and purpose of these shots. or at the very least take some low res phone pics, if yr gonna fake a leak.

if you are interested in Josephn Llanes, here are some links

Josephn Llanes twitter
www.josephllanes.com

+ Another pic of Jane's Addiction rehearsal

I suspected this was a planned "leak" by Jane's Addiction. Have someone come down and take some pics and then leak them to a website. Supposedly, "a friend" named "Joseph" took these pics and released them to www.janesaddiction.org. Considering how much press time fan sites have gotten in the past for finding out information that wasn't planned to release, it's not really surprising this is how Jane's Addiction has chosen to confirm Duff McKagan as the replacement bassist for Eric Avery. It's nice to have confirmation, finally.

The rumors of Duff joining Jane's Addiction goes back a couple of months. Duff was at the Farrell House for the first writing/rehearsal. Dave tweeted a pic which some say included Duff's bass tech. Dave later tweeted a pic of his guitars in their rack, which also included Duff's bass. All little signs that Duff would be the next bassist.

I'll keep posting "exclusive" pics as they are posted. Below is a pic of Perry Farrell working away.

+ Jane's Addiction rehearsal pic w/Duff, finally

Dave Navarro tweeted a pic (originally posted at www.janesaddiction.org) of the full band rehearsing. this should make it official without literally announcing that Duff McKagan is gonna be the bassist for Jane's Addiction.









thanks so much to www.janesaddiction.org for sharing these with us.

+ Lollapalooza tickets on sale now

I just got an email update. Lollapalooza tickets are officially on sale.

3 Day General Admission: $190, later $215
3 Day VIP: $850
3 Night GA Travel Package for 2: $1129
3 Night VIP Travel Package for 2: $2499

click here to buy Lollapalooza tickets

3/25/10 Lollapalooza to announce line up April 6th

Perry Farrell tweeted "Lollapalooza announces her line up- April 6th in Chicago at the Debonair Social Club. Etty are going to fly out for the evening." The Strokes have confirmed they have accepted the invite to play Lollapalooza this year as a headliner.

As for covering Lollapalooza here, it's usually not a priority. I will try to post some of the headliners or key acts feature over there on the right under links. There will also be a link to the website. once the website gets going, it's usually pretty informative.

3/20/10 Perry Farrell's custom home for sale

Perry Farrell recently moved with his family, from his long time home in Venice, CA. This house was featured in the August 1993, issue of Architectural Digest. The price is a very reasonable $1.6 million. If you've ever seen the photos, then you know this is one amazing house. There are plenty of pics at the link below.

www.huffingtonpost.com

3/17/10 Jane's Addiction writing, rehearsing

there are a few whispers here and there that Jane's Addiction is writing/rehearsing on the quiet. a little slip out here and there. i'd link to sources, but who cares really where it's coming from, it's not like it's exclusive right? it would seem those guys are careful not to tweet or post anywhere about their future, maybe a band meeting to agree on silence. at least we know there is a future for Jane's Addiciton, no matter how diluted it has become.

+update: just hours after i posted this, what do you know a picture of the new Jane's Addiction rehearsal space. i'm glad they are still tweeting about this stuff. i wonder when we'll see the new bassist?

3/9/10 we love Jane's Addiction

sometimes i need reminding.

3/1/10 Jane's Addiction, Perth, AUS

this is eric avery's official last show.

"thats it. with equal parts regret and relief, the janes Addiction experiment is at an end." - eric avery's twitter account announcement.

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no setlist yet

2/27/10 Jane's Addiction, Adelaide, AUS

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no setlist yet

2/26/10 Jane's Addiction, Melbourne, AUS

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2/24/10 Jane's Addiction, Melbourne, AUS

Palace Theatre

setlist+
Up the Beach
Mountain Song
Ain't No Right
Three Days
Whores
Then She Did...
Been Caught Stealing
Had A Dad
Ocean Size
Ted, Just Admit it...
Stop!
Jane Says
Chip Away

2/23/10 Jane's Addiction, Sydney, AUS

Enmore Theatre

setlist+
Up the Beach
Mountain Song
Had a Dad
Three Days
Whores
Then She Did...
Been Caught Stealing
1%
Ocean Size
Ted, Just Admit it...
Stop!
Jane Says
Chip Away

2/21/10 Jane's Addiction, Sydney, AUS

setlist+
Up The Beach
Mountain Song
Had A Dad
Three Days
Whores
Been Caught Stealing
Then She Did...
Ocean Size
Ted, Just Admit It...
Stop!
Jane Says

2/20/10 Jane's Addiction, Brisbane, AUS

setlist+
Up The Beach
Mountain Song
Ain't No Right
Three Days
Whores
Been Caught Stealing
Then She Did...
Ocean Size
Ted, Just Admit It...
Stop!
Jane Says

2/6/10 Eric Avery in the studio

With the Jane's Addiction Australia tour a mere two weeks away, Eric Avery is going into the studio. He has been working through the last year on a second solo album. i am assuming the studio work he is doing is also solo work. His last album was great. Considering recent news about the possibility that he is leaving, i can only think some of these solo tracks might have been rejected Jane's Addiction tracks when they were in the studio with Trent Reznor. total speculation on my part.

eric avery's twitter

2/4/10 Perry Farrell talks, new member, new song

In an article posted today, Perry Farrell says a new member is "very likely" for Jane's Addiction. He also revealed that Duff Mckagan is writing with the 3 original members and they have "one great song so far called 'top dog'. a song title that sounds less like Jane's Addiction, and more like perry farrell's satellite party. i will say the title is completely appropriate considering the author.

It would make sense in that McKagan is a longtime friend of the band, dating back to the Jane's and Guns N' Roses rivalry when the two ruled L.A. in the late '80s, and has since played with Navarro in L.A. covers supergroup Camp Freddy several times. Still, Farrell is not ready to confirm or even call this "mystery bassist" an official part of Jane's. Asked if there would be a new member, he would only say it's "very likely."

Farrell did reveal that the bassist is writing with the original trio, and that songs for the first new album under the Jane's moniker since 2003's 'Strays' are starting to come together. "We've got one great song so far called 'Top Dog,'" he says.

It's obviously early in the process, but fans will be able to get some new Jane's music soon, sort of. "We're putting together a remix of 'Superhero,' the 'Entourage' theme," he says, adding that Steve Porter will be doing the remix. "We figure that ought to be a fat track for clubs."

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1/23/10 Duff Mckagan joining Jane's Addiction

wow, so it's been an active 3 days or so. duff mckagan might be the mysterious writing partner/bassist, that perry spoke about. Jane's Addiction got together in perry farrell's garage on monday without eric avery, but with a new writing partner. we assumed the writing partner would also be a bassist to fill in where eric is leaving.

if yr not familiar with duff mckagan, he was the original bassist for guns n roses. i personally haven't kept up with him beyond that, but i've always thought he was a great bassist and his song writing is also decent for rock/punk genres. i personally like duff, he seems like a nice guy and he just may be a good fit with dave and stephen's metal/rock roots. so i'm not completely opposed to this.

here's what i am opposed to: calling it Jane's Addiction. i realize Jane's Addiction carries more weight than any band the 3 core members have ever been in and it will definitely bring in the cash. the truth is though, with duff on board, this is gonna be even more rock sounding than strays was and maybe that's the point. i realize bob ezrin was brought in to make Jane's Addiction rock. what seperated Jane's Addiction from guns n roses, motely crue, bon jovi, was the fact that there was a softer artistic, feminine touch. perry's and eric's influences merged with dave and stephen's influences made the band unique.

so go ahead abandon yr roots, abandon the very thing that made Jane's Addiction a once mighty band. rock yr arse off, but drop Jane's Addiction off and resist relying on nostalgia to sell tickets and downloads. do the right thing by all of yr loyal fans and stop raping the Jane's Addiction name.

but then again, does it matter? perry farrell's twitter: "I have to remember: Those that matter don't mind, and those that mind don't matter." my suggestion, stop quoting drivel and write something brilliant, or none of it's gonna matter.

1/22/10 Jane's Addiction officially 3+ new writing partner

one day later and we have some more information on the future of Jane's Addiction as a band. according to perry farrell's twitter account, the band is writing. this includes dave navarro, stephen perkins, and a "new writing partner". no word yet who that is. i have asked, so hopefully we will find out soon. at least there is some realization that a writing partner is needed. i hope this all works out for all parties involved, but i'm not quite convinced there is a real future, just yet. i'm sceptical fan i know, but i've been running a website for nearly 10 years about a band that might as well be called "reunion Addiction" or "Jane's revolving bassists" by now.

the good part of all this being, at least we're hearing something. last time we got 6 months of silence, a break up, and two reasonably lame follow up bands.

perryfarrell: David, Stephen, and I with new writing partner, went into the garage. Felt like old days, except no cassette recorder. Crafting w/Protools.

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1/21/10 Eric Avery quitting Jane's Addiction

i know it's all very shocking huh? it's all been speculated on and discussed, but we finally recieved the announcement via eric avery's twitter: "fyi, to answer the question directly, i am not writing with janes Addiction." he couldn't say it any clearer than that. i don't think any respectable Jane's Addiction fan thinks for one second eric avery is gonna be a touring bassist only. eric rejoined the band for one reason only, to see if there was anything left to do with this band. it would appear there is nothing new on the front.

all i can really say, is start the 10 count, this band is out. who's gonna buy strays part two? not enough to justify doing it. eric avery's song writing skills were the last hope for Jane's Addiction.

i'm sure there are a few promoters that will pay to have chaney's Addiction parade around on stage as if nostalgia is all you needed to put on a good show. but i doubt very seriously any major tour or record will come out of a band that's lost it's heart, it's credibility and it's last chance to redeem itself.

1/14/10 Jane's Addiction crafting their future?

it seems like facebook and twitter are our best sources for vague statements regarding what is going on in Jane's Addiction these days. a recent facebook comment from perry farrell was very clear, almost.

"William Rennie Renshaw: It's time to get the band together... And release a new album... Brings back Good Memories.
Perry Farrell: We are William. Monday we get together to write new music and craft a future."

so, monday "we" hopefully that means Jane's Addiction are gonna "get together and write new music" and hopefully this means eric avery "and craft a future" now that seems to be directly pointed at the bassist situation. this is speculation only, but i'm guessing the members agreed not to announce any changes or plans until this very important meeting. so, that would explain the silence coming from all members. this also says to me, one of the members might leak whether eric avery is gonna continue and whether new material is a goal for 2010. and i just might change "loved" back to "love", depending on the outcome.

thanks to william for his request and thanks to perry for answering it.

1/9/10 Jane's Addiction needs Eric Avery

well, it's 2010, Eric Avery may or may not be leaving. no one is saying for sure. chris chaney is willing to cash the check if Eric isn't though. if there are any plans to write new material and these other three aren't begging eric avery to stay, they're crazy. if yr just gonna play big ticket shows like that new year's eve bullshit, then i hope eric quits.

this site and the people gathering here aren't the boss of Jane's Addiction, but i know one decision that would be permenant if we were: no revolving members. if, eric doesn't wanna play, the other three can't play. what if perk doesn't wanna play? you can just put jimmy chamberlin in there. what if dave doesn't wanna play? what if perry doesn't wanna play? what makes that ok? it's not like we're somehow music geniuses here, but surely Jane's Addiction isn't so much a business that you just swap members in and out. i know MCA wasn't replaced with RZA, when the Beastie Boys had to cancel. something tells me it didn't even cross their mind to try to play a show without him, let alone replace him.

one big rant i know. it means nothing, i know, but i gotta tell ya it's a damn shame. Jane's Addiction 2010 ain't never gonna compare to Jane's Addiction 1989. i don't particularly mind that, because it was so great then, it could never compare. the bad part is, 1989 Jane's Addiction, would tell 2010 Jane's Addiction to fuck off. don't be a big corporate rocker, at least try to stay true to Jane's adddiction. if not, then just quit, find some other diamond to pawn.

i'm still here, this site is still here, and there are even a few people who are completely obsessed with this band, because of how deeply you affected them at one time. it's easy enough, here's a legendary band you were once in, remember how you got to be legendary? now don't fuck it up.

"you know that man you hate, you look more like him everyday" - perry farrell, 1988.