Members of Jane’s Addiction have hinted at the band’s continuation without frontman Perry Farrell following last year’s heated on-stage fight.
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Over the last week, Dave Navarro, Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins have shared posts on social media teasing that they’re working on new music without Farrell. The posts kicked off with Navarro sharing that he was in the studio with Robert Adam Stevenson.
Later, Navarro and Avery shared a video of a computer screen in the studio, captioned “the boys…”, suggesting that the band were getting back together. This was further confirmed in a post on August 20, when Navarro shared a picture of himself, Avery and Perkins posting in the studio with Stevenson.
The post was captioned “Back at it”. Farrell isn’t captured in any of the posts. Check them out below.
Notably, Navarro and Avery formed the band Deconstruction in 1993 after the initial dissolution of Jane’s Addiction, while Navarro, Perkins and then-bassist Chris Chaney formed The Panic Channel with Steve Isaacs in 2006, so it’s not entirely clear if the music that the remaining Jane’s Addiction members are working on currently will be released under a new name.
The posts come after a bitter and public break-up for the rock stalwarts. During a show in Boston on their North American tour last September, Farrell punched Navarro in the face, leading to the immediate cancellation of the tour and the band’s hiatus due to “a continuing pattern of behaviour and the mental health difficulties” of Farrell.
Following the fight, Farrell apologised to his fans and bandmates, “especially Dave Navarro”. He added: “Unfortunately, my breaking point resulted in inexcusable behaviour, and I take full accountability for how I chose to handle the situation.” Farrell’s wife Etty has also said he was taking time to “reflect and to heal”, and would be seeking help from an otolaryngologist and a neurologist.
In July, Navarro, Eric Avery, and Stephen Perkins filed a complaint against Farrell for “assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract”.
In the complaint against Farrell, Jane’s Addiction alleged that the singer lost them over $10million (£7.4million) thanks to the tour’s cancellation, along with axing plans for their first album by the original-lineup since 1990. It also claimed that Navarro terminated his “$25,000 a month” health insurance, which he had obtained since long COVID forced him to refrain from touring in 2022.
Farrell retaliated with his own lawsuit, accusing the remaining members of “a years-long bullying campaign” against him. Farrell claimed the band would harass him onstage by playing their instruments at such a “high volume” that Farrell couldn’t hear himself sing – unless he began “blasting his own in-ear monitors at an unsafe level”.
In a separate statement, Farrell’s attorney Miles Cooley claimed Farrell was used as a “scapegoat”, alleging he was “blindsided” by the tour’s cancellation. Cooley went on to accuse Navarro of “intentionally and publicly” blaming Perry for the tour’s end, “destroying Perry’s reputation and causing him irreparable harm.
