JANE'S ADDICTION Frontman Talks Next Album, Departure Of DUFF MCKAGAN

January 13, 2011

Andy Greene of RollingStone.com recently conducted an interview with JANE'S ADDICTION frontman Perry Farrell. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

On the next JANE'S ADDICTION LP, tentatively titled "The Great Escape":

"It's a strange mixture of that post-punk goth darkness that JANE'S had with what's going on today with groups like MUSE and RADIOHEAD. As much as I want to appease fans and make old JANE'S fans love me, I just can't help myself from moving forward."

"It's conceptual. It could be escaping to the outdoors, or the great escape could be in your mind. We might even be able to escape the expectations of the old JANE'S fans and come out with another great record."

On TV ON THE RADIO's Dave Sitek, who plays bass on the new JANE'S ADDICTION album and is co-writing songs with the band:

"The first time we got together with Dave Sitek was in my garage. played him music and explained to him how I've been working the last few years on music. He was so for it. He was a proponent of my message and I was a proponent of the way he works, so we just decided to get together. Now he's a real important person on my life."

On the early 2010 departure of original bassist Eric Avery:

"Eric did not want to record. So we took him out of the equation. We couldn't live with not recording."

On JANE'S ADDICTION's short-lived collaboration with VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan:

"I couldn't really tell you what his problem was. You can ask him. He's calling it 'creative differences.' I know he didn't like the idea of electronics at all. That was his complaint. We've got our gripes too, but what's the point?"

On how the bandmembers are getting along with each other now after previously breaking up three different times:

"Dave [Navarro, guitar] and Steve [drummer Stephen Perkins] and I are like brothers. I've got children and my kid smacked my other kid in the head this morning, but at the same time they hate being separated. On a plan one will say, 'I wanna sit with my brother.' That's how I feel about Dave and Steve. I hope they'd tell you the same thing."

Read the entire article from RollingStone.com.

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