Three months after a Jane’s Addiction reunion tour suddenly ended following an onstage argument, the band now appear to be back in the studio together. However, without singer Perry Farrell.
Eric Avery shared a video from a recent recording session where he added bass to Stephen Perkins’ drumming. “I’m writing a few new lines about Stephen’s drumming. I look forward to hearing something from Mr. [Dave] To get Navarro to do it. 2025!” Avery wrote in the caption. Perkins also shared Avery’s video on his Instagram account.
Eric Avery on Instagram:
It’s not the first time that the trio after a breakup with Jane’s tried to make music together without Farrell. After the group’s initial breakup in 1991, Navarro and Avery teamed up for a project that would later be called Deconstruction. Although Perkins’ participation was reportedly rejected by Jane’s Addiction’s record label, fearing confusion with another band in which the drummer played. Farrell’s Porno for Pyros.
Deconstruction released a self-titled album in 1994 before Navarro joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Perhaps not entirely coincidentally, Navarro reminisced on Instagram last week. To the only Deconstruction LP recently re-released on streaming services.
Deconstruction 2.0?
“I think some of the magic between Eric and I musically definitely comes through in this project,” Navarro wrote. “I would say it’s more cinematic and sonic than traditionally song-oriented. Maybe that’s why it was hard for some to hear. Listening to it again after all these years, I think this record contains some of my favorite recordings and the interplay between E-bass and my guitar.”
It’s unclear whether Navarro, Perkins and Avery’s renewed collaboration marks the beginning of Deconstruction 2.0 or a different project entirely. At the time of Jane’s Addiction’s sudden split in September, the band had been working on new music. Including an unfortunate new single.
Dave Navarro on Instagram:
Jane’s Addiction’s already tumultuous Core Four reunion tour was canceled after Farrell attacked Navarro during the band’s concert in Boston. The band justified this with a “persistent pattern of behavior and the mental health problems of our singer Perry Farrell”.
They continued. “Our concern for his personal health and safety, as well as our own, leaves us no other choice. We hope he finds the help he needs. And we deeply regret that we are unable to accommodate all of our fans who have already purchased tickets. We don’t see a solution that would either ensure a safe environment on stage or reliably allow us to deliver a great performance every night.”
Soon after the sudden split, Farrell’s wife said the singer “already had appointments with an ENT doctor and a neurologist.” And he will take time “to think” after the confrontation.