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— January 2008

Core/Other Members

Not sure I agree with the definition of "Core" and "Other" members of the bans in respect of the bass players - yes, Chaney was the most recent, but Avery was the player during the period they were mostly active, and plays on all but the last record. Also considered core creative part of the songwriting on all their iconic output.

Not sure Chaney was ever a full-blown partner, he may have been a hired-hand?

Bit like Lennon being "Other" to the Beatles 'cos he wasn't present for the "Anthology" project??!?

chaney wrote and recorded with them and was credited as part of the band in the credits to strays.

he also played in the follow up projects to this band with dave and eric. he was full blown.

Maybe wait and see who plays bass on the forthcoming reunion? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.50.186.227 (talk) 10:25, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps something should be mentioned about martyn lenoble feeling very hard done by and the band owing him money following his departure in 2002? he says it himself in the 'Whores' biography.

Eric Avery's return

Hello - me again - now I'm really confused - the reference link doesn't mention the detail lineup for the awards show in April - where has the info that Avery will be playing come from? Navarro's blog (www.6767.com) names the other three, implying that, so far at least, Avery isn;t confirmed as on board for this show???

I note that Avery is now listed as a "core" member though LOL —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.50.186.227 (talk) 12:48, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have now added a citation that details Avery's return to the band. Tarc (talk) 12:58, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just came across it on Reuters and was coming back to correct myself - see you beat me to it! Nice one —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.50.186.227 (talk) 13:01, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why was the information on the October and November shows removed?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.171.177.64 (talk) 00:18, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Genre sources

Can anyone cite a reiable source on the band's genres, especially the "alternative metal" tag, which I dispute. The band just doesn't really fit. A published source (Essi Berelian's "Rough Guide to Heavy Metal") calls them "alternative rock" and "art-rock", explicitly stating they are the very definition of those genres. It never mentions alternative metal though. Prophaniti (talk) 00:02, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They are called alternative metal on AllMusicGuide...

http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll

VolvonDoom (talk) 08:44, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

why does allmusicguide get to decide what genre this band is. let's send them a message on their site and ask or something. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.191.120.158 (talk) 12:07, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In the section on Deconstruction, I don't know what a " one-off album" is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.138.210.150 (talk) 19:33, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

why does allmusicguide get to decide what genre this band is. I saw Nine Inch Nails labeled with the "Teen Pop" (WTF-ingF) category and Wham! with the "Punk/New Wave" category on that website, so for the record, that's a hell of a good question. JA is not remotely metal to me, but I guess there isn't much I can do when a site that labels NIN as Teen Pop is used as a reliable Wikipedia source. 74.69.64.52 (talk) 10:11, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Funk metal

I think this is band's style is largely funk metal, and thus it should be added. Two that come to mind are "Been Caught Stealing" and "Suffer Some" but that's beside the point. Anyone agree with me that it should be added?

I think the genre section should say: Alternative rock
Alternative metal
Funk metal
because they aren't really a "hard rock" band. ^Tezkag₇₂ 22:50, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

you may think that, but that doesn't make it so. no way are jane's addiction a funk rock band.

psychedelic alternative rock/alternative hard rock with punk influences. sometimes its hard to nail genres done. they may not fit the regular hard rock genre's image, but they do rock very hard indeed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.191.120.158 (talk) 12:03, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Name origin

Does anyone have a reference for the origin of the band's name? Bongomatic 02:23, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Genres

Shouldn't the genre list also include alternative metal? They were one of the pioneers, after all. --LordNecronus (talk) 14:58, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I personally don't see Jane's Addiction as a metal band, I think they are alternative period and shouldn't be listed as a metal band. But if you have a source to back up them being a metal band I guess that's fine because Source>opinion. I still don't get why we can't GNR a metal when they are, yet we can call Jane's Addiction an alt band one.Rockgenre (talk)Rockgenre 19:15, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

They're mentioned several times as an alternative metal band on the alternative metal article. --86.0.183.95 (talk) 12:00, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Here's what Allmusic lists Jane's Addiction under styles:

-Alternative Pop/ Rock

-Alternative Metal

-College Rock

-Dance-Rock

And here's what Rolling Stone says on their artist page on their site, "Jane's Addiction blended elements of art rock, punk, metal, funk and glamour into an ambitious musical". VH1 mentioned them Mountain Song on their "100 greatest hard rock songs" list where they refered to them as something like "in the '80s LA was mainly known for metal, but it also gave us one of the alt rock greats in Jane's Addiction" or something like that.

Jane's genre is debatable, but we do know for a fact that they mixed a lot of styles into their music. I personally just don't see anything metal about them, but again "source>opinion". Though it is already mentioned the article that they had some influences from gothic rock and metal and I think that's good enough.Rockgenre (talk)Rockgenre 00:25, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with "Rockgenre". I don't see anything metal about Jane's Addiction. They're a little on the heavier side of Alternative Rock and maybe drew some influences from an old metal band or two (although more from psychedelia in my view), but I don't see that as incentive for actually labeling them metal. To me they represent simple Alternative Rock in it's formative years (which is a fusion of rock sounds anyway). Then again, neither do I see anything really metal about Red Hot Chili Peppers and they also get the tag quite often. Go figure. I guess individual opinions don't count though. 74.69.64.52 (talk) 10:05, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]