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Dave Navarro in a new interview said that “no chance” would be that Jane’s Addiction will ever come back together after A viral confrontation on stage had sealed the end of the band abruptly.
Background: The decay of Jane’s Addiction
In conversation with Guitar Player Was asked Navarro which appearance he had the least liked in his long career. The guitarist answered without hesitation. “That was an appearance last September, on Friday, the 13th, in Boston.”
That evening there was an incident that spread on social media. And the comeback of the “Core Four” by Jane’s Addiction quickly after singer Perry Farrell Navarro on stage had attacked. The band said the rest of the tour Shortly afterwards. And justified this with “persistent misconduct and the psychological problems of our singer Perry Farrell”.
Navarro about the end: “destroyed the band’s life forever”
Navarro told Guitar Playerthat the band’s European Runion shows with the returned bass player Eric Avery “were one of my favorite appearances by Jane’s Addiction at all”.
“There was no nonsense. No props. Nothing on stage. No dancing, no pyrotechnics and no gimmicks,” said Navarro.
European reunion: a ray of hope before the crash
“I just want to say that experience before this appearance [in Boston]when we were in Europe and really grew together for the first time – because at our age, in our 50s and 60s, everyone has already achieved everything they wanted to achieve, and we were not in competition with each other – that we got on well. There were no first-person problems. It was just four guys who made great music. Just like at the beginning. We were simply on stage ourselves. And the people are totally freaked out, ”said the guitarist.
However, everything changed in Boston. Navarro did not want to “name names and show their fingers”, but said about the appearance: “There was a dispute on the stage. And all the hard work and dedication and the hours and the hours in the studio, the breaking and leaving my homeland, crossing the country and Europe and trying to overcome my illness – all of this came to an abrupt end. And there was no chance. And there is no chance. will ever play together again. “
Conclusion: a painful but final chapter
He added: “And this appearance on September 13th in Boston ended all of this. For this reason, this is the appearance that I liked the least that I have ever played.”
In the months since the end of Jane’s Addiction, Navarro has continued with worked together his bandmate Avery and drummer Stephen Perkins. But the trio has not yet published a new music.