“Some of us were getting sober and cleaning up, others were not. It’s a recipe for disaster”: The chaotic story of Jane’s Addiction’s Ritual De Lo Habitual, the debauched masterpiece that changed music

Jane’s Addiction posing for a photograph in the late 80s.

Jane’s Addiction were one of the most influential bands of the late 80s and early 90s – and the most combustible. In 2009, during one of their periodic reunions, singer Perry Farrell looked back on the turbulent making of 1990’s Ritual De Lo Habitual, the landmark album that opened the floodgates for the alternative rock boom that followed.