[kj] KJ in LA --

[T.B.]

"sade1" wrote:

(snip)


>    The HoBs-Anaheim on the other hand, the prob' is the people who go 

> there. I always

>  compare on other lists (LiveJournal, Craigslist, MySpace, etc.) shows 

> that play both

>  Sunset and Anaheim by people who've gone to both (Cure, Murphy, Ministry, 

> Siouxsie,

>  etc.), and the 'feel', that crowd 'vibe', is just frustratingly missing, 

> big time. And i see

>  that every time.


Yeah, I have to agree the majority of shows have more of a "vibe" at the 
Hollywood HOB.


>  P.S.

>   What's Jane's Addiction like live? I've only seen 'em at Amoeba and i 

> loved them.


I've been lucky enough to see Jane's Addiction over half a dozen times 
dating back to their "Nothings Shocking" album in '88.  IMO, drummer Stephen 
Perkins is one of the top 10 greatest rock drummers on the planet.

I've never really seen a bad show by them although a couple shows have been 
barely average.  However, a few shows have been out of the ballpark home 
runs including a Hollywood Palladium show early in the Ritual de Lo Habitual 
tour in '91 that was professionally recorded and filmed by the band (several 
songs from this show showed up on the "Kettle Whistle" album).  Probably the 
best show I've caught and certainly my favorite was the ENIT festival show 
in San Francisco in '97 with Flea on bass.

Unlike a lot of Jane's fans, I liked the last studio album "Strays" in '03 a 
lot although the bass player they had that album and tour was not even close 
to Eric Avery or Flea.

There's going to be a pretty nice live cd/dvd box set of several key Jane's 
shows probably all from the original lineup coming out near the end of '08.

T.B.