jane's addiction: name your reasons they are so bad and hated

also, i'd be quick to concede that Bret Michaels is probably a bigger homophobe than Perry Farrell, given some evidence, but quick, tell me who got called 'fags' more - Jane's Addiction or Poison?

You can like it, shrug it off, love it, or hate it.. but Jane's were hardly a surprise to anyone when they became big.. at least to L.A. folks. It had been brewing for quite a while.

(the whole attempt at a "gay" angle is more distracting from the qualities of the band, in retrospect... what's more interesting is how they became the token L.A. rock band for L.A. anglophiles to like, instead of the Chili Peppers, Fishbone, Lock Down, or whoever else was around then..)

KROQ just had a way of making everything they played on the radio sound like they came from either of two planets: a) Hollywood, or b) England. Somehow, Jane's were able to get fans of both sides of the listener fanbase to like them. The latter is more interesting to explore, IMHO.

That was great.

Atmosphere aside they were absolutely ferocious live, and they knew it. I won't forget how shit hot they were at those Lollapalooza shows, and how every night they were dropping jaws on the opening acts crowded to the side of the stage — Siouxsie and Rollins and the Buttholes, etc. — all craning their necks for a better look, to be closer to whatever it was those guys managed to tap into for a very brief period.

http://www.rscotthorn.com/Test%20Rock/images/Perry%20Ferrell.jpg

http://www.karenmasonblair.com/images/gallery/Perry%20Ferral.jpg

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no, and I'm not much for them because of it. to the extent I do like them, it's despite the fact that they're not kidding. Zep is the only one that really does it for me, though, and the stuff I like best is when they tone down the bullshit (Rock 'n Roll) or knock it the fuck over (Levee)

we aren't really mentioning the fact that janes was a goddamned buzz clip and was on almost every morning right before i left for middle school. and as i was only just then getting to know about contemporary music that wasn't complete rubish, they were mind blowing. everything about them was. i see it differently now, mind, but at the time the seemed to present exactly what i wanted from a rock band. and i could find their records in the mall.

how they got there is, of course (sorry), a good question. that album on XXX is far enough away from GNR to let me think record co.'s thought they could market to the same audience. maybe it was the KROQ...i never understood how LA works.

btw, Ian..i think i still have a couple old bootlegs on tape under my couch...one form lollapalooza in Atlanta...perry pretends to talk to moses...and they do the "don't call me nigger, whitey" cover with ice-t...classic (sonds kinda crappy, but...)...ill try and get it to you

xpost: hah...see the teenage me thought that was an amazing thing to say (re: the sandle)

I get my "magic" from, well, beauty. Not an "air of danger and possibility" (which was certainly better-purveyed by, you know, W. Axl Rose etc.). I'm sure there was a strong communal element to Janes shows, and I might well have gotten off on that if I had been there. But I prefer my community to be composed more of people who are seeking things they weren't offering.

This is the reaction that I had, too. I think if the Pixies had made it to my town, it woulda been them. But listening to Jane's Addiction now is akin to looking at photos of my old hair-dos.

How many Charisma points do you have?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%27s_Addiction

Fuck the haters.

Pashmina OTM.

frosting, beaters...oh, i best go outside

For me this is the most OTM thing on this thread. I'd like to add that I also feel sorry for people who can't seem to like a band unless the frontman is idol worship material. Who cares if he was a cracked-out asshole? I'll never understand people who let that figure into the equation.

the cracked out downfall only matters if yr looking for an idol rather than a soundtrack. most people, esp when they're young, like their bands to be idols. so figuring that in is only as stupid as the worship itself.