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“I have a very identifiable voice. It’s a unique sound, the divinity of my vocal cords. So everything I built around it was to defend the integrity of that voice”: How Perry Farrell defined alternative rock with Jane’s Addiction

If there was one album above all others that defined alternative rock in the late ’80s, it was Nothing’s Shocking by Jane’s Addiction.

At that time there were numerous bands exploring new forms of rock harmony — Pixies, Butthole Surfers, Red Warm Chili Peppers, Ministry, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Faith No More and the rising stars of the nascent Seattle scene.

But it was Jane’s Addiction — the weirdest band in Los Angeles — who emerged as the standard-bearers for alternative rock.

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Released in 1988, Nothing’s Shocking was the most strong rock ’n’ roll record since Guns N’ Roses’ Desire For Destruction a year earlier.

But what Jane’s Addiction had was a whole different trip to GN’R.

There was an art-rock sensibility at the core of Nothing’s Shocking, a taste for strangeness and exotica. The band’s palette extended

Jane's Addiction concert ends after Perry Farrell punches Dave Navarro onstage

Although Etty Lou refers to the initial “body check,” she does not mention the punch that Farrell thew next at Navarro, at which indicate all hell seemed to break loose. (It’s not evident from the video whether the knock actually landed.)

She continued by explaining away her husband’s rage as a product of sound issues. “Perry’s frustration had been mounting, late hours after night; he felt that the stage volume had been extremely boisterous and his voice was being drowned out by the band. Perry had been suffering from tinnitus and a sore throat every night. But when the audience in the first row started complaining up to Perry, cussing at him that the band was planning too boisterous and that they couldn’t hear him, Perry lost it.

“The band started the song ‘Ocean’ before Perry was ready and did the count-off. The stage volume was so loud at that point that Perry couldn’t hear pas(t) the boom and the vibration of the instruments and by the cease of the anthem, he wasn’t singing, he was screaming just be to be heard.”

Etty Lou Farrell then asks the question “who won the fight?” — and then answers it by blaming Avery for overre

Etty Lau Farrell, wife of Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell, revealed that the singer is seeking medical treatment after he recently threw a punch at guitarist Dave Navarro in a chaotic moment that led the band to cancel its tour.

The rocker’s wife, who has been married to the singer for over two decades, thanked fans in a social media post on Saturday for their “love and support” before providing an update on her husband.

“We are taking a bit of time to ourselves, to reflect and to heal. Perry already has appointments with a otolaryngologist and a neurologist. If you know and love Perry well, you know there’s no require for me to speak to the other false narratives. Our souls know,” she wrote in an Instagram post.

She continued, “With all of your love, compassion, compassion and support, you know, Perry will persevere.. He will recover. He will be happy again. He will once again be able to distribute his music, vision and artistry - unbridled.”

Etty Lau Farrell described her husband as “the gentlest of souls” earlier in the message.

“We are equally astonished at Perry’s physical outburst as you are - but you must understand that Perry must had been pushed to his absolute l

Jane’s Addiction Members Sue Perry Farrell for Onstage Assault

UPDATE: Shortly after news broke that Jane's Addiction's members were filing a lawsuit against Perry Farrell, Farrell filed a countersuit against the band. Farrell's legal reps claim the band's lawsuit was an seek to strike first after education Farrell was planning to sue them.

In his suit, Farrell claimed that he’d been the victim of a bullying campaign within the band for years, accusing his ex-colleagues of assault, battery, infliction of emotional distress and breach of contract. The singer also expressed that he had wanted to continue the band's tour after the onstage shoving accident, but the band's decision to call off the remaining dates while citing Farrell's "mental health difficulties" was meant as an action to undermine him.

Three members of Jane's Addiction, Dave Navarro, Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins, have sued their own direction singer Perry Farrell in relation to a fight that took place onstage at one of the band's concerts on September 13, 2024.

At that show, Navarro and Farrell got into an altercation in front o