[kj] (OT) Jane's Addiction New Bass Player Is..........
Karen Weil
karen.weil at sddt.com
Tue Jan 26 14:57:32 EST 2010
Thank you, Alex, for an interesting perspective.
Perhaps McKagan would have helped the band back when I saw them in 1987, and was singularly unimpressed. A truly terrible, unprofessional gig.
I've since come to appreciate the band -- so time does make a difference.
Best,
K.W.
The Left Coast
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From: Alex Smith
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Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Jane's Addiction New Bass Player Is..........
Not sure why everyone's so shocked about this. For a start, Jane's & GN'R have purportedly known each other for eons (Dave Navarro, I believe, was approached by Axl to join one incarnation of GN'R or another). Secondly, Duff is (arguably) the most enlightened member of the Guns N' Roses (having grown up in Seattle and playing in punk bands like the Fartz). They're really all from the same gene pool. It's really not that far afield of a choice.
Alex in NYC
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From: sade1
Sent: Jan 26, 2010 2:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Jane's Addiction New Bass Player Is..........
> ..these days, especially the LA area rock veterens, they'll team up with
> anyone they can to have a paying gig, no matter how far apart...
Can you think of any (results-wise) good examples of this "embracing" of rock "synergy", or maybe a few bad examples of that?
... ... ... ... ... ...
[looking at the current state of things..]
'Who has the fun..
..is it always a man with a gun...?
Someone must have told him if you work too hard... you can sweat"
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From: The Mighty TB <planetary at socal.rr.com>
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Mon, January 25, 2010 8:09:58 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Jane's Addiction New Bass Player Is..........
"Leigh Newton" wrote:
> This doesn't do much to negate my "Jane's Addiction were LA Glam Metal with dreadlocks" theory.
Back in the late 80's Janes was a great fusion of The Doors, Bauhaus, Grateful Dead and Led Zeppelin. Most late 80's "glam" hair metal bands took their influences from The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, AC/DC and Hanoi Rocks. Jane's was pretty far away from "glam metal" tag, especially as Gun's n' Roses came together around the same time and played the LA area club scene directly competing with each other. I saw both bands during their club days and they attracted vastly different crowds - GnR brought the jack n' coke, cocaine fueled boneheads, Jane's brought the heroin and LSD stoners. I will say back in that time, I preferred bands like Guns n' Roses and most of the other Hollywood sleaze bands straight ahead rock n' roll over Janes who often struck me as a bit pretentuous usually when Perry started going on about some hippy stoner bullshit.
I think these days, especially the LA area rock veterens, they'll team up with anyone they can to have a paying gig, no matter how far apart their respective genres once were.
T.B.
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