“I remember running over to Carlos Santana and asking him to bless my pick to allow me to cross through the portal of his powers”: Porno For Pyros are NOT over – but Peter DiStefano already has a lifetime of tales from the band

Peter DiStefano.

When Porno for Pyros – Perry Farrell’s mistress outside of Jane’s Addiction – regrouped in 2022, they confirmed their return with the new track Pete’s Dad. Fans of the group’s alt-meets-funk-meets-jazz mix hoped big things were ahead for vocalist Farrell, drummer Stephen Perkins, bassist Mike Watt and guitarist Peter DiStefano.

But much to everyone’s surprise, at the end of 2023 original bassist Martyn LeNoble, who’d come back into the fold, departed once again, leaving the band to announce a farewell road trip called the Horns, Thorns en Halos tour.