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Jane's Addiction... they're back and they rock harder than your mother!

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

10:06 / 25.08.02

Jane's Addiction. Oh my God. Never saw 'em back in the old days, and, to be honest, was expecting the newly reformed version to be, well, a bit poo. But no! They were fucking excellent- they played a version of "Three Days" that went on for, like, actually about Three Literal Days! And it was good.

Only thing is, a friend of mine saw 'em on Monday night at the Forum, and said they were terrible and Perry couldn't hit the high notes anymore- something certainly not true at Reading.

So my question is this- did anyone else see 'em recently? Which of us is wrong, or was Monday just an off-night (or, indeed, Friday just a good day)?

20:01 / 26.08.02

it's not that hard to rock harder than my mother, she doesn't rock at all.

Monkeyzilla Vs Tokyo

03:04 / 27.08.02

*sigh* I so wanted to see Janes Addiction when they were touring the u.s. I anticipated it for two years. When they came to my area, I was unemployed and flat broke. *sigh* Same with Tool. The good bands I've been wanting to see forever, only come when I have no job.

at the scarwash

03:36 / 27.08.02

Could somebody explain why Jane's Addiction are good? I've honestly forgotten. When I was 15, I was amazed. Now they sound long-winded and pretentious. Perry Farrel's lyrics give the me impression that he wsa dropped as a small child. "Sister and her boyfriend living in a park/Had to leave home 'cause he was dark/Now they have a baby boy and he's go-oh-orgeous." Yes, Mr. Farrel, racism is bad. Now write a good song about it.

And please, I mean no offense. There's a lot I listen to that people consider pretentious and just plain bad. I like Momus for chrissake. I'm just curious what their strengths are