[kj] A Different Sort of "Gathering" (OT)

[Christof hamille]

I saw Jane's Addiction a handful of times up until their first break-up.  
First time was opening for Iggy Pop and it made me go out the next day and 
buy the album.  Second time was Nothing Shocking and they were out right 
brilliant.  Maybe it was the drugs, desperation to make it..I don't know.
Ritual tour was so so.  Everybody was trying to clean up and it was their 
first time at having a big stage all to themselves
By the time they got to calling it a day at Lollapallooza (sp?) they figured 
out how to work to gether and to work a big stage and they weree good.  It 
was a nice swan song.

The reunion stuff I could smelll from day one was going to suck.  They are 
one of those bands that had a brief moment and burned really hot and bright.

I can't vouch what made them suck on the reunion.  Maybe Eric Avery had a 
clue and that is why he vows not to be in it.

Chris

>From: Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>,"A list about all things 
>Killing Joke (the band!)"<gathering at misera.net>
>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
><gathering at misera.net>, "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
><gathering at misera.net>
>Subject: RE: [kj] A Different Sort of "Gathering" (OT)
>Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 11:19:53 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
>
>
>I saw Jane's Addiction several times circa RITUAL and they were always 
>amazing. I saw Porno for Pyros and they were dire. I thought the last 
>Jane's record, STRAYS, was deathly dull. But once upon a time -- they were 
>great.
>
>I never got to see VH, but everything up through 1984 is fantastic. If you 
>can't appreciate the bruising genius of the FAIR WARNING album, maybe you 
>should go buy yourself a Blow Monkeys best-of and open a tea salon.
>
>Alex in NYC
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
> >From: "Schofield, David" <DavidSchofield at liberata.com>
> >Sent: Oct 5, 2006 4:50 AM
> >To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
><gathering at misera.net>
> >Subject: RE: [kj] A Different Sort of "Gathering" (OT)
> >
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> >> Is there really any difference between Van Halen and
> >> Jane's Addiction? What's the one thing one has that
> >> the other doesn't? Dreadlocks. That's it. Jane's
> >> Addiction were LA Glam rock with dreads.
> >
> >Never seen (or want to) Van Halen, but was unlucky enough to pay good
> >money to see Jane's Addiction on the reunion tour a couple of years ago.
> >It was probably the most disappointing concert I have ever been to. I
> >also saw Porno for Pyros at some festival or other and they were crap.
> >
> >Did Perry Farrell lose it overnight in 1992 or so, or was he just
> >overhyped from the start?
> >
> >Discuss.
> >
> >Dave
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