Eric Avery's role in Jane's Addiction found him at the forefront of what became known as alternative rock in the late '80s, but for all his bandmates' exhibitionism, the self-taught bass player knew early on that he wasn't built that way.
"It makes perfect sense that I was drawn to the bass," he told ABC News. "Because I sort of wanted to be involved in the world but was shy, and no one ever cares about the bass player – especially back then anyway. So I could sort of be involved, I could even be onstage, but not be the focus."
