Ep387: Perry Farrell and Eric Avery - Jane's Addiction
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Jane's Addiction co-founders Perry Farrell & Eric Avery share a studio update, discuss the band's legacy, the making of the live "Jane's Addiction" debut LP, the censorship of "Nothing's Shocking" and "Ritual de lo Habitual" album covers, the upcoming Australian tour and more.
Topics include:
- Interview start
- The animals of Australia
- Playing new material in the Australian tour
- New material/record update
- Listening to music sets up the day
- Australian music that inspired them
- Influences of Velvet Underground and Joy Division
- Their view of the band's legacy
- Not being accepted by the establishment
- Janes Addiction is a band that can't be copied
- The formula & ease of the original 4 members
- Love for Amyl & The Sniffers
- Recognizing the cultural impact of Lollapalooza
- The story of the Janes Addiction debut on Triple X Records
- The record label discussions and free meals
- The debut album is a document of the time
- "Nothing's Shocking" and "Ritual De Lo Habitual" album cover controversies
- Record label reactions and censorship
- Making the sculpture for "Nothing's Shocking"
- The fate of the sculptures for the two albums
- Any demos or recordings in the Janes Addiction vaults
- Interview wrap-up
Tickets for "The World Is a Vampire Tour"
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Perry from Gene's Addiction with my man. |
| 0:04.0 | Eric Avery. |
| 0:05.0 | And it's been a pleasure to be hanging out with and speaking to the Vinyl Guide. |
| 0:12.1 | This episode is brought to you by Groove Washer, the best record cleaners and protective |
| 0:16.0 | sleeves for your vinyl collection. |
| 0:17.6 | Ask for the Groove washer from your local shop or go to groove washer.com. |
| 0:21.8 | Discount code, Vinyl Guide 10. And now, on with the show. |
| 0:28.4 | Hey there, everyone. It's Nate. Welcome to episode 387 of the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record |
| 0:34.5 | collectors and music nerds. And today, we've got some incredible guests on the show. |
| 0:39.3 | Two of the founders of Jane's Addiction, Perry Farrell and Eric Avery, |
| 0:44.3 | who are here to share lots of information and updates from the Jane's Addiction Music Workshop in Southern California. |
| 0:51.3 | You'll hear updates on the latest recordings and the new material from |
| 0:54.8 | the band, the music and influences of Jane's Addiction, the early albums, the censorship |
| 1:00.3 | of nothing shocking and Ritual DeLo Habitual album covers. We talk about what else is in the |
| 1:06.2 | Jane's Addiction vaults and much more. Plus, we discuss the upcoming tour of Australia. The World is a vampire |
| 1:12.6 | tour featuring Jane's Addiction, Smashing Pumpkins, Amel and the Sniffers, Red Hook and Battlesnake |
| 1:18.1 | playing up and down the east coast of Australia, oneworldentertainment.com.com.a.u for dates and tickets, |
| 1:25.4 | and make sure you get to the show early to see the opening bands. |
| 1:29.6 | They are absolutely stellar, and we hope to see you soon. |
| 1:33.4 | Oh, and by the way, I need a favor from each and every one of you. |
| 1:37.3 | Please leave us a positive review. |
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