JANE,S ADDIC'fIONBACK IN BOSTC)N

by Michael Paolucci staff writer

In LA, in the late 80's, there was no bigger band than Jane's Addiction. The band included bassist Eric Avery, guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins and singer Perry Farrell. Together, they used an energetic, in your face style of playing that helped deliver their music and catapult them to the top.

1\vo studio albums is all that exist from Jane's Addiction, and in both instances, it seemed as if Perry Farrell did his best to annoy record store owners by putting provocative artwork on the album covers. The band's first studio album, "Nothing's Shocking", featured a statue of naked Siamese twins with their heads on fire on the cover. Even though this proved to be controversial, it still managed to slide by and was displayed in record stores. The Band's second studio release, "Ritual De La Habitual", featured an album cover that depicted naked sculptures in bed with each other. This proved to be too much for record store owners and Farrell was forced to change the cover. He then put out a cover, which was all white and featured the first amendment and nothing else. into a fistfight on stage. Escalating tension within the band and drug induced fights had been occurring more and more until it finally erupted that uight in Hawaii.

Jane's Addiction shown in '97with a new member and some new hair styles.

Although Perry Farrell has influenced many in the music world, bis greatest contribution is most likely the creation of the Lollapalooza festival, which he created in 1991 as a way to bring a festival like atmosphere i,nto different cities. Although some were unsure if this festival would be successful, its creators went all out. The first year of Lollapalooza was an immediate success, but it was during one of the tour's stops in Hawfa that Jane's Addiction called it quits after Perry Farrell. and Dave Nav;uTo got

No one was more upset over the breakup of Jane's Addiction than their fans'. It took six years before the differences within the band were reconciled and Jane's Addiction played together again. They decided to go on tour and they released a CD containing live tracks and rarities entitled "Kettle Whistle." Despite the fact that founding member Eric Avery declined to participate, they went ahead with it anyway grabbing Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist F1ea and hitting the road.

They dubbed it the Relapse tour and they kicked it off on Halloween 1997 in New York's Hammerstein Ballroom, live on MTV.

The band has since remained close and are currently touring again for the first time since the 1997 Relapse tour. The tour Kicks off October 2nd in Boston andcomes through Philly October 3rd.