Jane's Addiction

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Jane's Addiction

Jane's_Addiction is an American alternative rock band who came to life on 1985. The band were formed in Los Angeles, California. They are one of the first alternative rock group to gain media attention and success in the United States.

[edit] About

Jane's_Addiction was a brainchild of Perry Farrell. It was during a summer in 1985 that Farrell would look for a bassist for his previous band, but as time came, he met Eric Avery. Both created a perfect tandem and began practicing and recording pieces together. Again, both met on to meet Dave Navarro through a common friend suggesting that he might be suitable for the guitarist position. Farrell was having doubts at first because Navarro was into metal. But during a session it proved to be an even more powerful partnership. Now the trio came to be Jane's_Addiction. It was so to honor a friend, Jane Bainter who was addicted into illegal drugs.

Soon they are playing in the Los Angeles club scene and gained a lot of interest from major record labels. Warner Bros. wanted them but decided to pursue independent release on their first live album.

When they recorded their first debut studio album there was a riff among members about the royalties. Farrell wanted 50% leaving the group with only a few shares. They almost broke up but music proved to be stronger and soon they saw themselves releasing Nothing's Shocking on 1988, their debut album. They toured extensively and soon they were headlining all clubs and theaters across the country.

A year after, they went back to the record room and began recording for their second album. The second album was entitled Ritual de lo Habitual. Due to the existing tensions, the band decided to go to the studio at separate times. And the result was prevalent, only one song of the album was recorded all together. Again, they went on to tour extensively in North America with slots from Pixies, Primus and Smashing Pumpkins.

As the tensions continue to arose, it was time to bid farewell for Jane's Addiction during the Lollapalooza festival created by Perry Farrell and Marc Geiger. They bid farewell as on the show, Navarro and Farrell are engaged on a fight on stage. It resulted Navarroo on throwing his guitar to the crowd and walk out the stage together. But because of contractual obligations they continued to stay put for a couple months more playing in Australia's club scene and playing their last two shows at Aloha Tower in Honolulu, Hawaii.

They released their third album on for the last time on 2003 entitled Strays. They split and came to be reunited after five years of breaking up performing at the first-ever NME Awards USA on April 23, 2008, with the proper reunited line-up of Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Eric Avery, and Stephen Perkins. This was the first performance with bassist Eric Avery since 1991.

[edit] Awards & Certifications

Certifications

Year	Album	Certification
1988	Nothing's Shocking	Certified 2x Platinum - US
		Certified Silver - UK
1990	Ritual de lo Habitual	Certified 3x Platinum - US
		Certified Gold - UK
1997	Kettle Whistle	Certified Gold - US
2003	Strays	Certified Gold - US
		Certified Silver - UK
2006	Up From the Catacombs	Certified Gold - US

[edit] Chart Toppers

Year	Title	US Mains.	US Modern	Hot 100	UK Singles	Album
1988	Jane Says	-	6	-	-	Nothing's Shocking
1990	Stop!	-	1	-	-	Ritual de lo Habitual
1991	Been Caught Stealing	29	1	-	34	Ritual de lo Habitual
1991	Classic Girl	-	15	-	60	Ritual de lo Habitual
1991	Ripple	-	13	-	-	Deadicated: A Tribute to the Grateful Dead
1997	Jane Says	-	25	-	-	Kettle Whistle
1997	So What!	37	22	-	-	Kettle Whistle
2003	Just Because	4	1	72	14	Strays
2003	True Nature	35	30	-	41	Strays

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[edit] Tours & Concerts

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[edit] Discography

Comprehensive list of the recordings made.

[edit] Albums

Nothing's Shocking
August 23, 1988
Warner Bros.

Ritual de lo Habitual
August 21, 1990
Warner Bros.

Strays
July 22, 2003
Capitol

[edit] Singles

Date	Title	Label
August, 05, 2003	Just Because	Capitol
December, 02, 2003	True Nature	EMI
September, 07, 1999	So What!	Warner Bros.
July, 17, 1991	Then She Did	Warner Bros.
1990	Been Caught Stealing	Warner Bros.
1990	Three Days/Stop	Atlantic
1991	Classic Girl	-

[edit] Compilations & Live Releases

Jane's Addiction (album) 1987 Triple X	Live and Rare (Jane's Addiction) December 1991	Strays November 4, 1997 Warner Bros.	Up from the Catacombs - The Best of Jane's Addiction September 19, 2006 Rhino
A Cabinet of Curiosities April 6, 2009 Rhino