Trouble Brewing or Old News?

Mudget · Post by **Mudget** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:34 pm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02007.html

By Gelu Sulugiuc
Reuters
Sunday, April 19, 2009; 7:39 PM

INDIO, California (Reuters) - War has broken out among the original members of Jane's Addiction, who are gearing up for their first tour in almost 18 years.

Singer Perry Farrell told Reuters that a mediation attempt by Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, with whom Jane's Addiction will tour next month, was unsuccessful.

But despite the temper tantrums, Farrell is determined to keep Jane's Addiction together. He, guitarist Dave Navarro and drummer Steven Perkins have toured on and off over the years. Bassist Eric Avery is back in the lineup after declining to play with the band after it first broke up in 1991. His return appears to have changed the delicate chemistry.
ad_icon

"I'm not going to tell you it's been all smooches and hugs. But it shouldn't be because that would be a bore," Farrell said on the sidelines of the Coachella music festival, where he was scheduled to perform on Sunday.

"If my band didn't have issues, if they didn't throw tantrums, I would think I was with a bunch of suckers. As long as they can handle it, I can handle it. After all we're just delivering music that people love, so how bad can it be? It could be worse. We could be drafted."

"I just talked to Eric man-to-man. We're different people, that's okay. He serves a different purpose, he's got a different frequency he operates on. I'm overjoyed that we're working together. I don't care that we butt heads as long as when we hit the stage we blast on people."

Reznor, who is also producing Jane's new songs, tried in vain to help the group work out its differences.

"He did his best to be both producer and psychologist," Farrell said. "He was very respectful, trying to get out of the way and not overproduce. I wish honestly he would've produced a little more, but he was a little gun shy after seeing us explode on each other in the studio. He became the referee for a day and after that day I think he was done."

Farrell said not many groups from the early days of alternative rock are still playing together, and he estimated Jane's Addiction had a "small, five-year window left."

"Any time you get a chance to put the original members of a group together, (you should do it). Look at Pink Floyd. I consider Roger Waters to be the greatest live rock act for a festival today. He has a great guitar player, but it's not David Gilmour. You need the original members if you can have them. I love The Who, love Led Zeppelin, but nobody's the same when they're not original members, the people that wrote and recorded those songs and set their vibrations down into those tracks. That's why it's important to try to keep your crew together."

Although Reznor failed to reconcile Avery and Farrell, Jane's Addiction, known for hits such as "Been Caught Stealing" and "Jane Says," will follow his lead and release music for free on the Internet. Farrell said Jane's would give out singles for free on its Web site as soon as they were ready. The first one will be called "Embrace the Darkness."

"I see 100,000 people in the United Kingdom singing along to this song," he said. "We don't have a record label to have to worry about putting together something that they can charge $19.99 for. I think we should put the songs out and keep writing and be creative. It's great that we have these classic songs, but it couldn't hurt us to put in more new songs (in our shows) that people know and got online for free."

Farrell, who also organizes the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, said the recession has been hurting the touring business but not ticket sales for Jane's Addiction or Lollapalooza.

"At Lollapalooza, we're selling more tickets than ever," he said. "People need an even bigger excuse to escape more than ever and there is no better escape than going to a festival and just tripping and taking in music."

Jane's Addiction's co-headlining tour with Nine Inch Nails will kick off in Florida on May 8, and run through June 12 in North Carolina. The band will also be among the headliners at Lollapalooza, which runs August 7-9; the full lineup will be announced on Tuesday.

Another article here in the last couple days:

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/20 ... on_ha.html

The full original lineup of Jane's Addiction may be reunited, but members of the volatile quartet are already at each other's throats, just like in the old days. According to Reuters, the group has been fighting nonstop since they got back together for the first time since 1991 to record new songs with their producer and tour mate, Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor. Apparently things got so heated in the studio that Reznor was forced to act as a mediator in the ongoing battles between singer Perry Farrell and bassist Eric Avery, the only member of the band to not participate in previous Jane's Addiction reunions. Truly, if Trent Reznor is the guy doing your intervention, you know you've got some serious problems. Despite the incessant feuding, Farrell remains inexplicably optimistic, chalking up the band's severe interpersonal dysfunctions to quasi-hippie stuff like "vibrations." When asked about his troubles with Avery, Ferrell explained, "We're different people, that's okay. He serves a different purpose, he's got a different frequency he operates on. I'm overjoyed that we're working together. I don't care that we butt heads as long as when we hit the stage we blast on people." Good luck with that, Perry!

By: Matthew Perpetua

Post by **Mike** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:00 am

Old news for the most part Mudget.
You know how the media is.
Always digging something up.

Post by **hydro** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:27 am

I dont think this is anything unusual,everyone I know thats in a band or was in a band always fight about something.bands break up and get back together.
I think Janes realizes they are family.Family's will fight, but they also fight for each other.
theres no way these guys can escape their past,it made them who they are.Its in their soul.
after all the fighting and shit from the past I think it says alot that the 4 of them are giving this another go.Its a love/hate relationship and the love part is still there.

Mudget · Post by **Mudget** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:17 pm

Yeah it seems to me this "breaking news" is actually talking about what was happening in the studio weeks ago. Which makes it old news.

Still, a few things disquiet me. I don't care for Perry referring to Jane's as "my band". It dredges up all that crap from the unauthorized bio where Perry wanted 50% of the cut, and split the other 50% four ways. Dunno if there was any truth to that, but you can imagine how that would be a problem for the other members.

But again, old news. And I'm very pro-Perry, I don't buy that kinda crap unless I hear it from one of the horses' mouths. And in the end, it doesn't affect me anyway, as long as they're on the road, and making music, I'm cool with whatever goes on behind the scenes.

Still, I found it odd that those stories about Jane's being "in turmoil" just suddenly broke in the last couple days. Maybe it's just pre-tour hype. If they really are still fighting though, welcome back to 1991! Heh.

Post by **hydro** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:13 pm

Hi Mudget

Mudget wrote:Still, a few things disquiet me. I don't care for Perry referring to Jane's as "my band". It dredges up all that crap from the unauthorized bio where Perry wanted 50% of the cut, and split the other 50% four ways. Dunno if there was any truth to that, but you can imagine how that would be a problem for the other members.

I think all 4 members have the right to refer to the band as "my band"
kind of like with your kids,shes "my daughter" unless her father is in the room then shes "our" daughter.
I think Perry calls it "his band" in a caring way to show that he values it

Mudget wrote:But again, old news. And I'm very pro-Perry, I don't buy that kinda crap unless I hear it from one of the horses' mouths. And in the end, it doesn't affect me anyway, as long as they're on the road, and making music, I'm cool with whatever goes on behind the scenes.

i feel the same and ive never payed to much attention to or cared about who gets how much $ just for the fact that,thats not any of my
business.

Mudget wrote: welcome back to 1991! Heh.

I was 16yrs old

I cant wait!!! lol 5/29 6/10 1991.......I mean 2009

Post by **hydro** » Sun May 03, 2009 12:50 pm

Listen to part 2 of an interview Perry did last week with Matt pinfield.He talks about how the press can blow nothing into something refering to Eric
http://www.1019rxp.com/Blog/Matt/blogen ... D=10030205

Mudget · Post by **Mudget** » Mon May 04, 2009 9:39 am

Yeah, cool. Nice to hear it from the horse's mouth.

Post by **Mike** » Mon May 04, 2009 9:06 pm

hydro wrote:Listen to part 2 of an interview Perry did last week with Matt pinfield.He talks about how the press can blow nothing into something referring to Eric
http://www.1019rxp.com/Blog/Matt/blogen ... D=10030205

Nice find hydro.
Hopefully Matt will get better soon and put up the rest of the interview.

He goes way back with Perry and Jane's.

zdilla · Post by **zdilla** » Mon May 04, 2009 10:43 pm

hydro wrote:I dont think this is anything unusual,everyone I know thats in a band or was in a band always fight about something.bands break up and get back together.
I think Janes realizes they are family.Family's will fight, but they also fight for each other.
theres no way these guys can escape their past,it made them who they are.Its in their soul.
after all the fighting and shit from the past I think it says alot that the 4 of them are giving this another go.Its a love/hate relationship and the love part is still there.

Post by **hydro** » Tue May 05, 2009 7:35 am

Nothing's Shocking wrote:
Hopefully Matt will get better soon and put up the rest of the interview.

He goes way back with Perry and Jane's.

yeah best of luck to Matt!!

Tom Morello and Boots Riley will be hosting the show this morning.