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"I was terrified that Ed was going to kill himself": Chaos and carnage with Pearl Jam at Lollapalooza 1992

How Pearl Jam’s out-of-control shows on the 1992 Lollapolozza tour sparked crowd frenzies verging on riots

Louder · Jun 18, 2025

“I have a very identifiable voice. It’s a unique sound, the divinity of my vocal cords. So everything I built around it was to protect the integrity of that voice”: How Perry Farrell defined alternative rock with Jane’s Addiction

The album Nothing's Shocking was the antidote to hair metal

MusicRadar · May 28, 2025

"It all came to a screeching halt and forever destroyed the band’s life." Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro insists there's "no chance" that the band will ever play together again

Will we ever see Jane's Addiction back onstage together? Don't hold your breath

Louder · May 19, 2025

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“It all came to a screeching halt and forever destroyed the band’s life. And there's no chance for the band to ever play together again”: Dave Navarro confirms that there’s no way back for Jane’s Addiction after chaotic last gig in Boston

His least favourite gig, guitarist reveals

MusicRadar · May 19, 2025

“It all came to a screeching halt and forever destroyed the band’s life”: Dave Navarro says there’s “no chance” that Jane’s Addiction will ever play again

The band suffered an unceremonious end after vocalist Perry Farrell punched Navarro on stage – and the guitarist has confirmed that show will go down as their last

Guitar World · May 19, 2025

“Such a rare piece”: Dave Navarro has chosen the guitar he’s using to record his first post-Jane’s Addiction material – and it’s a historic build

Navarro will be taking a milestone six-string from PRS into the studio with Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins

Guitar World · Apr 24, 2025

How Lollapalooza helped lay the foundations for a cultural revolution, via alternative rock, heroin, pierced penises, stomach bile cocktails and a shotgun

Eye-popping and wildly entertaining oral history of Perry Farrell's groundbreaking travelling circus (and freak show)

Louder · Apr 16, 2025

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Green Day announce expanded deluxe edition of 2024 LP Saviors, boasting previously unreleased tracks

Green Day have announced new songs on an expanded edition of their Grammy nominated LP 'Saviors'.

BANG Premier · Apr 10, 2025

Why Perry Farrell didn’t want Green Day on the Lollapalooza bill: “He was like, ‘They’re a boy band. I don’t want to book a boy band’”

He thought they were a record company creation

MusicRadar · Apr 9, 2025

Billie Joe Armstrong recalls 'a**hole' Perry Farrell not wanting 'boy band' Green Day to play Lollapalooza 1994

Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell thought Green Day were a manufactured boy band and didn't believe they should be playing Lollapalooza

BANG Premier · Apr 9, 2025

The blow that ended it all: How the return of Jane's Addiction was floored not by musical differences, but by a punch thrown by their singer

It was all going right until it went very, very wrong

Louder · Jan 9, 2025

Jane’s Addiction members recording music without Perry Farrell after 2024 bust-up

Band cancelled their tour last year after their singer threw a punch at guitarist Dave Navarro onstage

The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2025

Eric Avery working on new music with Jane's Addiction bandmates – but there's no mention of singer Perry Farrell

Jane's Addiction bassist says he's working with band's drummer Stephen Perkins and guitarist Dave Navarro

Metal Hammer · Jan 5, 2025

$“It proved to be short-lived”: The year Dave Navarro returned to Jane’s Addiction, got assaulted, and a fractious reunion fell apart$

“It proved to be short-lived”: The year Dave Navarro returned to Jane’s Addiction, got assaulted, and a fractious reunion fell apart

2024 Year in Review: The Jane's Addiction reunion was going so well until it wasn't, when frontman Perry Farrell lost it on a feral Friday 13th in Boston, bringing the curtain down on one of alt-rock's greatest bands

Guitar World · Dec 29, 2024

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Guitar World · Dec 28, 2024

“Anti-colonialist anguish, hope, joy and the search for connection, all through his guitar. That’s what makes a guitar hero”: Guitarists of the Year 2024 – the players who took 2024 by storm

Slash made a blues record. St. Vincent boggled our minds again. And Grace Bowers blew everyone away… Here we take a look at the players who made 2024 a banner year for the instrument

Guitar World · Nov 25, 2024

“With this band, you learn not to make plans”: Dave Navarro on his fight to beat Covid, and the Jane’s Addiction reunion that – little did he know – was about to come off the tracks

In an interview that took place just a few weeks before Jane’s Addiction’s onstage fight on September 13, Navarro explains why he reconnected with the original lineup in the first place

Guitar World · Nov 13, 2024

“Tom Morello ended up flying to Seattle and doing the vocals with Layne Staley. Tom came back and was like, ‘He’s in really bad shape. It’s scary’”: Martyn LeNoble on a career spent working with alt rock icons – and the kindness of John Entwistle

Long before perfect stranger John Entwistle lent him a Trace Elliott, the Porno For Pyros founder started out with a P-Bass knockoff and a homemade amp. Now he’s all about paying tribute to late friend Mark Lanegan

MusicRadar · Nov 12, 2024

“That guy was hitting wrong notes with such authority that I just fell in love with it!”: Devin Townsend gives a troubled singer a much-needed boost

He also reckons that one famous guitarist was always out of tune

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Guitar World · Nov 1, 2024

“The store said, ‘We can’t get an amp before your gig.’ This gentleman walked up behind me and said, ‘You can use mine.’ It was John Entwistle”: Martyn LeNoble was once in desperate need of bass gear – and The Who’s low-end legend came to his rescue

When he first moved to the US, LeNoble was unable to ship has trusty Trace Elliott over with him. When a local bass store couldn't provide a replacement in time, Entwistle stepped in…

Guitar World · Oct 24, 2024

“I tried to talk him down, and he turned on me. He goes, ‘There's nothing but feedback coming from your amp.’ I was not having it”: Martyn LeNoble on how his ill-fated stint with Jane’s Addiction came to a close after a clash with Perry Farrell

The Porno for Pyros co-founder was brought onboard to record bass for Jane's Addiction's third studio album, but was replaced at the last minute

BANG Premier · Oct 21, 2024

KISS' Paul Stanley calls out Jane's Addiction for onstage brawl

Paul Stanley says Jane's Addiction should have left their "ego" at home after their onstage bust-up in front of fans.

Guitar World · Oct 5, 2024

“I was just looking for a story to tell the grandkids. It was Flea who said that I might get the gig”: Jane’s Addiction bassist Eric Avery recalls his 2003 audition for Metallica

After surviving Jane’s Addiction and touring with Alanis Morissette, Eric Avery was granted an audition with metal giants Metallica

Louder · Sep 30, 2024

“I’ve worked with some difficult singers. All kinder, better, and more talented.” A former bandmate of Perry Farrell labels Jane's Addiction's vocalist “the worst frontman I’ve ever worked with”

Ex-Porno For Pyros bassist Martyn LeNoble pulls no punches when sharing his thoughts on his former bandleader Perry Farrell

MusicRadar · Sep 27, 2024

“Nobody knows any of this stuff, but it got pretty heated”: Jane’s Addiction guitar tech believes band “is no more” as he reveals months of tensions before onstage altercation and tour cancellation

Dan Cleary details the simmering disagreements that led to the fight at Boston, and alleges that Farrell even quit the band before their first US show in Las Vegas

Metal Hammer · Sep 27, 2024

“He looked crazed”: Jane’s Addiction tech says Perry Farrell punched Dave Navarro again backstage, that the band “is over with”

Dan Cleary, who teched for Jane’s Addiction for 17 years, has spoken about the onstage altercation that caused the rockers’ indefinite hiatus earlier this month

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