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“I heard some criticism that I didn’t play the parts enough like Criss, but I didn’t want to just go in there and try to be a clone of him”: When Alex Skolnick quit Testament – and was recruited to replace the late Criss Oliva in Tampa metallers Savatage

In 1994, following the death of the brilliant Criss Oliva, reeling Tampa metallers Savatage enlisted then-ex-Testament man Alex Skolnick. The experience left a lasting impression on both

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“I didn’t know Corgan, but I knew he wasn’t the easiest person to work with. I thought, ‘This isn’t going to last but it’ll be interesting’”: Jane’s Addiction’s Eric Avery on his brief stint with the Smashing Pumpkins and what he learned from Billy Corgan

Avery briefly worked with Corgan on what would later become the Pumpkins’ seventh album, Zeitgeist

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“We have a completed, mastered album, but this might be a little soon.”: Dave Navarro talks unreleased material from NHC featuring Taylor Hawkins and Chris Chaney

The Jane's Addiction guitarist is hopeful that the songs will see a full release eventually

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“They were all about Joy Division. They weren’t about Limelight.” Dave Navarro admits that he's been sneaking his love of Rush into Jane's Addiction songs for years without his bandmates ever realising

“Rush were my earliest childhood influences.” Dave Navarro comes clean on his life-long love of Rush

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“Three songs in, we got into a physical altercation and I decided, ‘I’m done playing this show.’ I took all my Ibanez guitars and threw them into the audience”: Dave Navarro on why he switched to PRS – and Jane’s Addiction’s unlikely rebirth

Navarro stopped playing guitar after his battle with long Covid was compounded by grief following the passing of his friend and bandmate Taylor Hawkins. He reveals how he came back from the brink to join a once-more reunited Jane’s Addiction for new music and a new sonic approach

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“Let's make some good trouble!” Jane's Addiction share new single Imminent Redemption, the first single from the original line-up in 34 years.

“Welcome to the next chapter of Jane’s Addiction”

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“I called John immediately and said, ‘Dude, you have to join us for a song. I’m not going to let you not play with us’”: Dave Navarro on how he and John Frusciante finally played together for the first time after decades of friendship

The former Red Hot Chili Peppers and current Jane’s Addiction guitarist has long had a close relationship with Frusciante, but they didn’t play together until 2020

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“We mixed and mastered it, and then we lost Taylor. It was actually very painful for me to pick up the guitar after that.” Jane's Addiction's Dave Navarro on the 'lost' album he recorded with Taylor Hawkins and a member of AC/DC

Dave Navarro mourns the loss of his dear friend Taylor Hawkins

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“When we lost Taylor, it was very painful for me… I'll be honest, I didn’t pick up the guitar for about a year”: Dave Navarro finished an album with Taylor Hawkins – then he lost his friend, his band and his love of guitar playing

The returning Jane's Addiction guitarist opens up on his struggles to play guitar after the tragic passing of his collaborator in supergroup NHC

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Rage Against The Machine icon Tom Morello collaborates with son Roman on new solo song, Soldier In The Army Of Love

The track is the first taste of Morello’s “first-ever full-length solo rock album”

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"It just so happens that we've run across a very, very dear old friend of ours." Watch Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello join Jane's Addiction onstage in Germany

Tom Morello reunites with old pals from the "world of oddballs" which changed his life in the 1980s

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“Look what the cat dragged in!” Tom Morello shreds Dave Navarro’s PRS – with his teeth –as he joins Jane’s Addiction to tear through Mountain Song

Morello swapped his Soul Power Stratocaster for Navarro's signature Custom 24, and wasted no time getting to grips with the unfamiliar terrain

Guitar World

Jane's Addiction's original line-up announce co-headlining tour of North America with Love And Rockets

Following their first shows together in 14 years, Jane's Addiction's original line-up unveil dates in the US and Canada

Louder

Jane’s Addiction review – original lineup, same thrilling riff-driven thrashers

A feral Perry Farrell, a prowling Eric Avery and Dave Navarro making his guitar sound like a chainsaw – the alt-rock band flex their rediscovered mojo

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“I hear there’s an election coming. Don’t vote for that Conservative p****!” In praise of Jane’s Addiction, the band who invented the 90s

Topics covered: Jane's Vs Guns, some of the greatest lyrics ever written, the birth of the "Alternative Nation" and other Gen X angst…

Guitar World

“Dave was peak-Navarro”: Dave Navarro plays with Jane’s Addiction for the first time in 3 years following his long Covid battle – and the band debuted new material

The band's classic lineup have reunited for their first show together since 2010 – and they marked the occasion with a brand-new song

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“We're back.” Watch Jane's Addiction's classic line-up debut new song Imminent Redemption at tiny London club show

With Dave Navarro recovered from his long Covid illness, Jane's Addiction premiered a new song for 400 fans in London last night, May 23

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Jane's Addiction announce intimate London show

The rock legends will play London's Bush Hall ahead of a full UK tour

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New on Paramount Plus in May 2024 — all the new shows and movies to watch

Everything coming to Paramount Plus in May, plus our recommendations of what to watch.

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“It’s about a beautiful ménage à trois and you can’t beat that, can you?” Perry Farrell on what he thinks is Jane’s Addiction's most underrated song

Look away now if you get awkward about rock stars talking about their threesomes...

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“Taylor wanted to write a song for a friend of ours who was going through a bad time”: Perry Farrell on the time him and Taylor Hawkins teamed up to record a track for a pal

The Jane’s Addiction singer and late Foo Fighters drummer released Mend back in 2021

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"There was a two-minute pause, then everybody broke out laughing. They thought I was doing a joke": What happened the night Jethro Tull beat Metallica to a Grammy Award

Prog rockers Jethro Tull pipped Metallica to win Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Recording award in 1989, and people are still talking about it

Guitar World

AC/DC announce new bass player “to carry the torch for Cliff” ahead of long-awaited Power Up tour

Nearly four years after its release, the band are finally hitting the road in support of 2020’s Power Up album, with a new bassist lined up to replace Cliff Williams

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"I have on my rider that I need two bottles of fine red wine. I won't accept anything that costs less than 100 dollars!": Jane's Addiction on breaking up, getting back together, tour life and the lure of Beyoncé

Jane's Addiction's Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro on the things they did so that you didn't have to

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“Us and them doesn’t exist any more”: How The Cult's Ian Astbury tried to break down genre barriers with his pre-Lollapalooza festival Gathering Of The Tribes, and claimed he got “ripped off” for his trouble

Don't tell Ian Astbury that Perry Farrell invented the concept of the genre-fluid alt. rock festival in the US

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