Jane's Addiction

Long-suffering Jane's fans are rejoicing everywhere with the advent of this album of all new material from the alt metal godfathers. Dave Navarro's guitar playing is as funky, freaked out and downright mean as ever, and Perry Farrell sounds like he's communicating with the space aliens again. That's very, very good news.

Jane's Addiction return with three quarters of their old lineup and every bit of their old
zing on Strays, their first studio album since 1990. At a time when most hard rock has
devolved into bluster, spite and tattooed self-pity, the revived Jane's Addiction rock for
something that shouldn't have become unfashionable: joy. The band isn't offering just
mindless, feelin'-groovy joy. There's also the pleasure of making noise and stayi... More >