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I saw Jane's Addiction a few days ago

High Points: Perry Ferrell still has a voice like an air raid siren, Dave Navarro is better than ever and apparently works out whenever he isn't feeling 100% awesome, a rhythm section that went in search of the brown note and almost found it and a light and stage show that included BDSM videos, two 20 foot tall naked chicks in the background, a mock hanging...

Well, you get the idea. It was FUCKING AWESOME.

Some idiot music critic here in Rochester wrote that the show started off slow. Only in the sense that it started great and just got better can you say that.

Most Pleasant Surprise: How seamlessly they were able to work their material off their new album "The Great Escape Artist" with their classic crowd favorites from 20+ years ago. At no point in this show did they ever have that "here's where we tire the audience with our new shit moment" that more than a few older bands are guilty of. The old material felt fresh and the new songs felt like classics.

Low Point: Some idiot decided to bury Perry Farrell's vocals in the mix way too often

Lower Point: The opening band, Black Box Revelation, was tiresome and apparently chosen only because their two person setup could be torn down quickly. They couldn't finish fast enough for me.

Lowest Point: Being nearly smothered by a 350 lb chick sitting next to me who couldn't fit in her own seat and decided to cascade her ASS into mine. Seriously, I felt like Ice T, that bitch tried to kill me. And she kinda looked like Rumplewife with shorter hair. I'm still scarred.

Here's the set list:

Jane's Addiction
2012-02-29
Rochester, NY
Auditorium Center

01) Underground
02) Mountain Song
03) Just Because
04) Been Caught Stealing
05) Ain't No Right
06) Ted, Just Admit It...
07) Twisted Tales
08) Classic Girl
09) Jane Says
10) Chip Away
11) End To The Lies
12) Three Days
13) Stop!

Encore:
14) Words Right Out Of My Mouth
15) Ocean Size

And here's a link to a decent audience recording of the show.

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... rtcomments

PS: And best of all, they did NOT play "Back In The High Life."

That new album is too mainstream in production.

Totally ruins those vocals JA is known for.

Ferrell's vocal chords aren't getting any younger, may be the reason.

AWESOME!!

sincerely
1990




jane's is one of those bands I can't hang with anymore. started when navarro was with rhcp and porno for pyros was flailing about. then i didn't look at jane's the same.

porno for pyros was an awful band. almost as bad as Cracker. two real shit bands.

i liked the Jane's live LP inna day quite a bit. on Triple XXX records where Peripheral blows the lyrics on Sympathy for the Devil. but, that version of Jane Says is much better than the one with syth steel drums. Ritual was pretty average. that's when i checked out. and when Navarro when pretty boy instead of metal hair guy.

anyway, i saw them (Jane's) in Denver in 89 maybe....it was a really good show. Nothing Shocking tour...Soundgarden opened. good night. i wouldn't pay money to see them now, though. the whole LA workout warrior former heroin thing feels weird to me.

Saw them on the NIN/JA tour when Eric Avery was briefly back in the fold. That was a great show (caveat: never saw 'em back inna day), mainly because they didn't play anything from Strays. The latest album is better than Strays, I guess, but that's not saying much. Jane's w/o Avery just isn't Jane's...

Strays is the only JA album I don't have. I think I will will issue and return to that subject in a few days.

I never saw them when Avery was in the band. But what I personally saw on 2/29 was pretty fucking good. I'm not sure what Porno for Pyros or swapping out bass players has to do with what I saw and heard.

After further review, Strays sucks hard. The songs are meh. But what really drags Strays down to the sewer is the horrible production. I am amazed that Bob Ezrin was capable of putting that shit out.