Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction are an alternative rock band from Los Angeles, United States. Formed in 1985, they remain active through 2025. The group’s best-known lineup includes Perry Farrell on vocals, Eric Avery on bass, Stephen Perkins on drums and Dave Navarro on guitar, with Chris Chaney also part of the band’s later line-ups. Their recorded output appears on Triple X Records, Warner Bros. Records and Capitol Records, and their sound spans alternative metal, alternative rock, funk metal, hard rock, psychedelic rock and rock.

Career

The band forms after Perry Farrell’s earlier group, Psi Com, breaks up, with Farrell and Eric Avery founding the new project in Los Angeles. Jane’s Addiction first draws wider attention with a self-titled live album in 1987, which leads to a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records. Their first two studio albums, Nothing’s Shocking and Ritual de lo Habitual, both released in 1988 and 1990 respectively, receive critical acclaim and help build a strong following. During this period, the band becomes closely associated with the emerging alternative rock movement and with Farrell’s idea of an “alternative nation”.

Their farewell tour in 1991 leads directly to the creation of the first Lollapalooza festival. Jane’s Addiction reunite in 1997 for a short tour with Flea replacing Avery on bass, then reunite again in 2001, first with Martyn LeNoble and later with Chris Chaney on bass. They release their third studio album, Strays, in 2003 before splitting again in 2004.

The original lineup reunites in 2008 for a world tour, but Avery leaves in early 2010 as the group begins work on new material. The band releases its fourth studio album, The Great Escape Artist, in 2011, with Chaney returning for recording and touring. Over the following decade, they perform and tour intermittently. Avery rejoins in 2022 after a 12-year absence. When Navarro is unable to tour because of long COVID, Troy Van Leeuwen and Josh Klinghoffer cover live dates in 2022 and 2023. A planned reunion tour in 2024 is cancelled after an on-stage altercation between Farrell and Navarro during a concert in Boston. In January 2025, Navarro, Avery and Perkins say they are working on new music without Farrell.

Albums

Nothing's Shocking (1988)
Ritual de lo Habitual (1990)
Strays (2003)
The Great Escape Artist (2011)