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Whores: An Oral Biography of Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction

by Brendan Mullen

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Publisher Comments:

Jane's Addiction's 1988 breakthrough album, Nothing's Shocking, had a seismic impact. With a bracing combination of metal, punk, and psychedelia, coupled with lead singer Perry Farrell's banshee-ina- wind-tunnel vocals, Jane's Addiction helped put alternative music on the map. The band helped pave the way for the mainstream success of bands like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Nirvana. Along the way, Jane's Addiction released another classic album, Ritual de lo Habitual (with the hit "Been Caught Stealing"), founded the Lollapalooza festival, and openly celebrated a bacchanalian lifestyle that blurred all lines of gender and sexuality. Drawn from original interviews with the band, their friends, and their musical colleagues, Whores takes readers through Farrell's early sonic experiments with Psi-Com and the formative days of Jane's Addiction to their drug-addled break-up and controversial reunion with 2003's Strays. Along the way it provides a candid, often disturbing glimpse into the dynamic alternative rock scene of Los Angeles in the '80s and '90s.

Synopsis:

Takes readers through the formative days of Jane's Addiction to their drug-addled break-up and controversial reunion in 2003

Synopsis:

Mullen penned this oral biography of seminal alternative rock band Jane's Addiction who originated the Lollapalooza festival and captured the spirit of Los Angeles at its most decadent.

About the Author

Brendan Mullen is the co-author of We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of LA Punk and Lexicon Devil, a biography of the Germs' Darby Crash. He lives in Los Angeles.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780306814785
Subtitle:
An Oral Biography of Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction
Author:
Mullen, Brendan
Publisher:
Da Capo Press
Subject:
Composers & Musicians - Rock
Subject:
Alternative
Subject:
Genres & Styles - Rock
Subject:
Alternative & Indie
Subject:
General Music
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
20060314
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
9.00 x 6.00 in 15.00 oz

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