{"id":3728,"date":"2013-10-31T19:39:19","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T19:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2013\/10\/31\/janes-addiction-to-receive-star-on-the-walk-of-fame\/"},"modified":"2013-10-31T19:39:19","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T19:39:19","slug":"janes-addiction-to-receive-star-on-the-walk-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2013\/10\/31\/janes-addiction-to-receive-star-on-the-walk-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane\u2019s Addiction to Receive Star on the Walk of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"


Jane\u2019s Addiction has seen its fair share of shakeups since the group\u2019s inception in 1985. Yet despite the history of backstage brawls, the breakups, the multiple reunions, and the revolving bassist position that has seen Guns n\u2019 Roses\u2019 Duff McKagan, the Red Hot Chili Peppers\u2019 Flea and TV on the Radio\u2019s Dave Sitek all wield the four string for spells, core members Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro and Stephen Perkins have found their way back to each other time and time again. The group\u2019s current reunion has been ongoing since 2008, with Chris Chaney recently replacing original bassist Eric Avery. <\/p>\n

Because the band has now been together for the longest period of time since its creation, guitarist Navarro says the stability of its union is a non-issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that I\u2019m in great hands with Perry, Chris and Stephen, and because of that, I don\u2019t have nerves anymore,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m absolutely certain that I\u2019m with the strongest three guys that I could be with, and if anything is to happen, those guys will catch me and vice versa.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Jane\u2019s Addiction\u2019s lineup may be subject to change, its reputation as godparents of the alternative nation has remained rock solid. First emerging on the Sunset Strip scene when Los Angeles was tangled in hair metal, Jane\u2019s Addiction\u2019s precedent-setting early albums \u201cNothing\u2019s Shocking\u201d and \u201cRitual de lo Habitual\u201d paved the way for the alt-rock takeover of the 1990s. Its biggest hits, like \u201cBeen Caught Stealing,\u201d \u201cJane Says\u201d and \u201cStop!\u201d still receive regular play on modern rock radio alongside rockers who were toddlers during the band\u2019s heyday, and the group\u2019s polymorphous sexuality and arty influences went a long way toward puncturing the showbiz careerism of the 1980s rock scene.<\/p>\n

Yet Navarro certainly holds a soft spot for Hollywood Boulevard and all it represents, and the Walk of Fame honor holds emotional ties to his upbringing and Jane\u2019s early days. At age 7, Navarro would spend Saturdays walking down Hollywood Boulevard with his father. As a teen, he would visit its souvenir shops and collect Lucille Ball and Vampira artifacts, and early Jane\u2019s shows saw the group hit stages all along the street. Navarro now lives on the boulevard.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Hollywood Boulevard) is a celebration of entertainment, a celebration of celebrity, yet there is a darkness to it, and almost a haunted nature about the whole thing,\u201d he says. \u201cFor millions of people to tread upon the names of faces that have come and gone and walk over them on a daily basis and get washed over by the rain on the street in this celebration of celebrity is a strange (juxtaposition).\u201d<\/p>\n

After releasing studio album \u201cThe Great Escape Artist\u201d in late 2011, the band dropped \u201cLive in NYC\u201d in July of this year \u2014 its first fully live album in more than 25 years \u2014 followed by a new single, \u201cAnother Soulmate,\u201d the next month.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of making a live album when you\u2019re in the middle of a tour \u2026 you\u2019re on auto pilot at that point,\u201d Navarro says. \u201cIn fact, I\u2019ll go so far as to say that I wasn\u2019t even aware that it was being recorded for release, nor was I aware that it even came out.\u201d<\/p>\n

The band just completed the last leg of a long tour, and Navarro says the band is more than likely to record another studio album, but its \u201cplate is certainly full at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

To say that Jane\u2019s Addiction is active in the music festival scene would be an understatement. Farrell co-created alternative rock haven Lollapalooza in the early 1990s and it became a farewell tour for the fest headliners when they disbanded for the first time that year. Farrell first reunited Jane\u2019s at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2001, reviving the desert fest after its bleak 1999 debut. And the band\u2019s current iteration went on to re-debut at SXSW in 2009.<\/p>\n

Although he says the band loves eclectic audiences and thrives in the festival environment \u2014 aka \u201ca touring musical version of the Warhol factory\u201d \u2014 Navarro says the concert venue is insignificant.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll play the Roxy and I\u2019ll play Lollapalooza; I don\u2019t care,\u201d he says. \u201cIf I\u2019m playing guitar for people who want to hear our band, I\u2019m happy. It\u2019s not about cities, it\u2019s not about festivals, it\u2019s not about name branding. It\u2019s about the music and the people that are there seeing it.<\/p>\n

Source: Variety<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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