Jane's Addiction
Led by flamboyant front man Perry Farrell, Jane's Addiction set alight a growing
Los Angeles rock scene in the mid-1980s that included Red Hot Chili, Guns N'
Roses and Thelonious Monster. Pumped up on psyched-out, hard-edged, alternative
rock, a record industry bidding war soon erupted, but the band insisted on
releasing debut album Nothing's Shocking (1988) on independent label Triple X
Records, before signing to Warner Bros. It received acclaimed reviews and won
them support slots with Iggy Pop and The Ramones, but MTV banned the video to
single Mountain Song because of nudity,...
