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I've read that interview three times now and it's always great to hear Perk talk Jane's!helicine wrote:good read - I'm more excited about what JA is working on than I was back in '02
I think Perk meant to say '85 and '86 but that's just me being picky.Even though you weren’t “surprised” at Eric’s decision to leave, when did you get the feeling that things weren’t right with him and the band?
“You know, you have to go back to the beginning, to ‘84 and ‘85. We were four people who came together, we were all very different, we loved different types of music. Nothing about us fit. We didn’t dress the same, our record collections couldn’t be more different…These are things that can bring people together in very beautiful ways when the situation is lubricated properly; on the other hand, these are the same things that can create friction.
“Jane’s Addiction has always dealt with extremes, whether they’re musical – our polyrhythmic approach to music, with everybody going in different directions – or the way we work as a band. Moving forward is something we all want to do now, but Eric didn’t want to move in the same way.
“I liked playing the old songs on tour, but now it’s time to make new music. To do that, the band had to get in a garage or rehearsal studio and get on with it. Perry [Farrell], Dave and I were all on the same page with doing that; Eric wasn’t. He didn’t feel the same sense of commitment to making new Jane’s Addiction music. Obviously, we couldn’t force him to do something he doesn’t feel, so that’s kind of that.”
