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Farrell says Jane’s reunion is “awkward”

By | Published on Thursday 26 March 2009

The fact that none of the members of Jane’s Addiction really like each other is apparently threatening their previously reported reunion.

The main problem seems to be the relationship between frontman Perry Farrell and bassist Eric Avery. Although the band have reformed before, for their not very good 2001 album, ‘Strays’, Avery played no part in that reunion, instead being replaced by Porno For Pyros’ Martin LeNoble and The Panic Channel’s Chris Chaney.

Avery was only welcomed back into the fold last year when the band received a lifetime achievement award and performed at the first NME Awards USA. Subsequently the band decided to begin working together again, resulting in that co-headline tour with Nine Inch Nails this summer and recording sessions with NIN’s Trent Reznor.

However, Farrell says that thing are still a little tense and could hinder any long-term reunion plans. He told Rolling Stone: “It’s very awkward. I have seen Eric maybe two times in 18 years very briefly, one time we almost got into a fist fight. We’re all getting to know each other now to see if we’ve all changed for the better, if we can like each other and find common ground and ways to do things that will be successful together”.



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