Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction
British postcard by Damaged Goods, no. DG 140.
American singer-songwriter and musician Perry Farrell (1959) is best known as the frontman for the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction. Farrell created the touring festival Lollapalooza as a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction in 1991; it has since evolved into an annual destination festival, which Farrell continues to produce Lollapalooza with partners.
Jane's Addiction made its name in mid-1980s LA by building up a fan base with high-energy shows in small LA rock clubs. Jane's Addiction, prior to their first break-up, released three albums 'Jane's Addiction' (1987), 'Nothing's Shocking' (1988) and 'Ritual de lo Habitual' (1990). A B-sides album from the Ritual sessions, titled 'Live and Rare' was released in Japan. Late in 1991, Jane's Addiction broke up due to internal tensions over differing ideologies mostly centering on drug use, notably Farrell's severe addiction to heroin. In 1993 Farrell and his ex-girlfriend Casey Niccoli made a film called Gift (Perry Farrell, Casey Niccoli, 1993) that featured Jane's Addiction and also explored their own relationship. It was released by Warner Bros. In 1997, Jane's Addiction reformed for a brief reunion tour with Flea replacing Avery on bass. The Relapse Tour was supported with the release of 'Kettle Whistle', a rarities album featuring four new songs.
Perry Farrell has been credited with changing the fortunes of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Following the festival's disastrous first year in 1999, the event was not held in 2000. In 2001, a decision was made to organise the festival again, but just a few months before the festival was set to occur, there was still no headlining group. Farrell, who was friends with the festival's organisers, decided to reunite Jane's Addiction for the 2001 event, which helped draw large crowds and allowed the festival to yield a profit. This began a Coachella tradition of reuniting at least one major artist each year. Farrell again toured with Jane's Addiction in 2001 and 2003. In 2003, Jane's Addiction released an album, 'Strays'. It quickly became one of their best selling records and was certified gold in the USA and silver in UK. They toured extensively in North America and Europe, brought back Lollapalooza for the first time since 1997, as well as performing at the Big Day Out festivals in Australia and New Zealand. Internal struggles saw the band split up again in early 2004. A 'Best of' release following the breakup of this incarnation of the band was released in 2006, titled 'Up from the Catacombs'. The four original members of Jane's Addiction played their first show together in 17 years at the first United States edition of the NME Awards in 2008, and played two small shows in Los Angeles during Winter 2008. The reunited Jane's Addiction re-debuted at SXSW in 2009 and kicked off a summer tour with Nine Inch Nails. Eric Avery again left the band in late 2009, leaving Farrell, Navarro and Perkins as the remaining members of Jane's Addiction. The band with Dave Sitek on bass released 'The Great Escape Artist' in 2011 and have continued to tour.
Source: Wikipedia and IMDb.
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Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction
British postcard by Damaged Goods, no. DG 140.
American singer-songwriter and musician Perry Farrell (1959) is best known as the frontman for the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction. Farrell created the touring festival Lollapalooza as a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction in 1991; it has since evolved into an annual destination festival, which Farrell continues to produce Lollapalooza with partners.
Jane's Addiction made its name in mid-1980s LA by building up a fan base with high-energy shows in small LA rock clubs. Jane's Addiction, prior to their first break-up, released three albums 'Jane's Addiction' (1987), 'Nothing's Shocking' (1988) and 'Ritual de lo Habitual' (1990). A B-sides album from the Ritual sessions, titled 'Live and Rare' was released in Japan. Late in 1991, Jane's Addiction broke up due to internal tensions over differing ideologies mostly centering on drug use, notably Farrell's severe addiction to heroin. In 1993 Farrell and his ex-girlfriend Casey Niccoli made a film called Gift (Perry Farrell, Casey Niccoli, 1993) that featured Jane's Addiction and also explored their own relationship. It was released by Warner Bros. In 1997, Jane's Addiction reformed for a brief reunion tour with Flea replacing Avery on bass. The Relapse Tour was supported with the release of 'Kettle Whistle', a rarities album featuring four new songs.
Perry Farrell has been credited with changing the fortunes of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Following the festival's disastrous first year in 1999, the event was not held in 2000. In 2001, a decision was made to organise the festival again, but just a few months before the festival was set to occur, there was still no headlining group. Farrell, who was friends with the festival's organisers, decided to reunite Jane's Addiction for the 2001 event, which helped draw large crowds and allowed the festival to yield a profit. This began a Coachella tradition of reuniting at least one major artist each year. Farrell again toured with Jane's Addiction in 2001 and 2003. In 2003, Jane's Addiction released an album, 'Strays'. It quickly became one of their best selling records and was certified gold in the USA and silver in UK. They toured extensively in North America and Europe, brought back Lollapalooza for the first time since 1997, as well as performing at the Big Day Out festivals in Australia and New Zealand. Internal struggles saw the band split up again in early 2004. A 'Best of' release following the breakup of this incarnation of the band was released in 2006, titled 'Up from the Catacombs'. The four original members of Jane's Addiction played their first show together in 17 years at the first United States edition of the NME Awards in 2008, and played two small shows in Los Angeles during Winter 2008. The reunited Jane's Addiction re-debuted at SXSW in 2009 and kicked off a summer tour with Nine Inch Nails. Eric Avery again left the band in late 2009, leaving Farrell, Navarro and Perkins as the remaining members of Jane's Addiction. The band with Dave Sitek on bass released 'The Great Escape Artist' in 2011 and have continued to tour.
Source: Wikipedia and IMDb.
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