History Music / JanesAddiction

->''Ain't no wrong now, ain't no right''
->''There's only pleasure and pain''
--> -- '''Jane's Addiction''', "Ain't No Right".

* YouHaveToHaveJews: Perry Farrell's real name is Perry Bernstein and on the side he has worked as a DJ under his Hebrew name, DJ Peretz.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Their heavier songs were typically in the 5-7 range, but they have numerous songs ("Jane Says" and "Classic Girl", to name the two most prominent) that fall at various points below this.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: The inevitable result of throwing a vocalist influenced by 70s hard rock and funk, a guitarist into hard rock and gothic rock, a post-punk bassist, and a punk drummer into the same band. One critic referred to their style as "Music/LedZeppelin [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] Music/TheCure"

* MoralGuardians: Not the band themselves ([[CaptainObvious obviously]]) but they did regularly get in trouble with them, especially as a result of their album art (see ContemptibleCover above).

The band members went on to various side projects - Farrell and Perkins to Porno for Pyros, Navarro joined the Music/RedHotChiliPeppers for their [[FanonDiscontinuity derided album]] ''One Hot Minute'', and Avery formed Banyan - and periodic reunions, one of which resulted in an album of all-new material, ''Strays''. However, none of these reunions included Eric Avery and were generally short-lived. The band finally reunited for good with Avery in 2008, embarking on a tour with Music/NineInchNails. Then Avery left and was replaced on tour with Duff McKagan, of Guns 'N Roses and Velvet Revolver fame. Then [=McKagan=] left before they could enter the studio. Dave Sitek of TV On The Radio plays bass on their upcoming album.

* GratuitousSpanish: The title of ''Ritual de lo habitual'', plus the opening narration of the album. The pronunciation is pretty good, but the grammar has some mistakes (in particular, the conjugation of "tener" for "tú" should be "tienes", and the correct translation of the band name is "La adicción de Juana", or simply "Adicción de Juana". A more correct form of the album title itself would probably be ''Ritual del habitual''; "lo" is mostly used as an object and wouldn't generally be used preceding a noun. The translation of the opening narration, minus grammar mistakes, is something along the lines of "Gentlemen and ladies, we have more influence over your children than you do, but we love them. Created and nurtured in Los Angeles, Jane's Addiction!" The album title, of course, means "Ritual of the habitual".)

* IntercourseWithYou: "Irresistible Force" is about how the big bang was a sexual act, or, in other words, a [[IncrediblyLamePun big bang.]]

* ClusterFBomb[=/=]PrecisionFStrike: Farrell alternates between the two in their songs.

* ConceptAlbum: side 2 of ''Ritual de lo Habitual''

* GriefSong: Side two of ''Ritual de lo habitual''[[note]]Actually sides three and four on more recent vinyl pressings, since the original configuration had thirty-one minutes of music on a single LP side[[/note]] is dedicated to Farrell's deceased friend whom he referred to as Xiola Blue. "Then She Did..." is the only one that directly addresses her death (apart from the intro to "Three Days"); "Three Days" was actually written before she died (again, apart from the intro), while "Of Course" is simply about his grief itself. "Classic Girl" is placed at the end as a sort of EarnYourHappyEnding in music form. "Then She Did..." also addresses the death of Farrell's mother at age four; he explicitly compares her to Blue and appears to encourage the two of them to meet in the afterlife.

* GriefSong: Side two of ''Ritual de lo habitual'' is dedicated to Farrell's deceased friend whom he referred to as Xiola Blue. "Then She Did..." is the only one that directly addresses her death (apart from the intro to "Three Days"); "Three Days" was actually written before she died (again, apart from the intro), while "Of Course" is simply about his grief itself. "Classic Girl" is placed at the end as a sort of EarnYourHappyEnding in music form. "Then She Did..." also addresses the death of Farrell's mother at age four; he explicitly compares her to Blue and appears to encourage the two of them to meet in the afterlife.

[[caption-width-right:358:Left to right: Farrell, Perkins, Avery, Navarro]]

** "Ted, Just Admit It..." tends to get called "Nothing's Shocking" - it has a NonAppearingTitle, but repeatedly does an AlbumTitleDrop of ''Nothing's Shocking''. "Sex Is Violent" is another common guess, and confusingly enough the edited version on the ''NaturalBornKillers'' soundtrack album ''is'' called "Sex Is Violent".

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Mixing together AlternativeRock, {{Funk}}, PsychedelicRock and goth rock. One critic referred to their style as "Music/LedZeppelin [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] Music/TheCure"

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Mixing together AlternativeRock, {{Funk}}, PsychedelicRock and goth rock. One critic referred to their style as "Music/LedZeppelin [[XMeetsY meets]] Music/TheCure"

* XMeetsY: Music/LedZeppelin meets Music/SlyAndTheFamilyStone meets Music/TheDoors meets Music/TheCure meets Christian Death.

The band went into the studio some time afterwards to record their first album, with Dave Jerden behind the mixing boards. The recording process was difficult, with Farrell quarreling with everybody else over wanting more royalties, and the album's [[ContemptibleCover cover depicting two naked statues of women]] [[IncendiaryExponent on fire]] got them attention from MoralGuardians. Still, ''Nothing's Shocking'' was released in 1988 to critical acclaim and commercial success, showcasing the band's [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly fusion of numerous genres into a specific style]] (AlternativeMetal with {{Funk}} and PsychedelicRock influences), energetic performances and Farrell's unorthodox vocals. Heavy touring followed, solidifying their "rising star" status.

* GriefSong: Side two of ''Ritual de lo habitual'' is dedicated to Farrell's deceased friend whom he referred to as Xiola Blue. "Then She Did..." is the only one that directly addresses her death; "Three Days" was actually written before she died, while "Of Course" is simply about his grief itself. "Classic Girl" is placed at the end as a sort of EarnYourHappyEnding in music form. "Then She Did..." also addresses the death of Farrell's mother at age four; he explicitly compares her to Blue and appears to encourage the two of them to meet in the afterlife.

* TheAntiNihilist[=/=]ForHappiness: "Ain't No Right" arguably qualifies as this. With the repeated line "Ain't no wrong, now, ain't no right", one might expect a StrawNihilist view, but another possible interpretation of the song is that the only useful basis of ethics is centred around doing what makes people happy. (One of the things that makes the singer happy is masochism, but that's another story...)

* GratuitousSpanish: The title of ''Ritual de lo habitual'', plus the opening narration of the album. The pronunciation is pretty good, but the grammar has some mistakes (in particular, the conjugation of "tener" for "tú" should be "tienes", and the correct translation of the band name is "La adicción de Juana", or simply "Adicción de Juana". The translation is "Gentlemen and ladies, we have more influence over your children than you do, but we love them. Created and nurtured in Los Angeles, Jane's Addiction!")

* GratuitousSpanish: The title of ''Ritual de lo habitual'', plus the opening narration of the album. The pronunciation is pretty good, but the grammar has some mistakes. (The opening narration translates as "Ladies and gentlemen, we have more influence over your children than you do, but we love them. Created and watered in Los Angeles, Jane's Addiction!")

* ThreeWaySex: "Three Days" and "Then She Did..." are about an experience Farrell and his girlfriend at the time had with a friend of theirs who died young.

* MissingMom: "Then She Did..." is mostly about the death of Farrell's friend Xiola Blue at age nineteen, but it also addresses the death of his mother when he was four years old.

* InTheStyleOf - "Jane Says" is a chilled-out faux-Caribbean song, "Of Course" imitates Led Zeppelin's Mideastern phase, and so on.

* ContemptibleCover: ''Nothing's Shocking'' shows flaming nude statues. ''Ritual de lo Habitual'' arguably does this as well, depicting Farrell, his girlfriend and another female friend (who had died of an overdose) embracing, with one's breasts and Farrell's penis visible.

* DisappearedDad: "Had A Dad".

* EpicRocking: "Ted, Just Admit It...", "Three Days", "Then She Did...", "Of Course". ''Ritual de lo habitual'' has so much of this it practically qualifies as a ProgressiveRock album (and if it consisted of just the last four songs, it probably would).

* EpicRocking: "Ted, Just Admit It...", "Three Days", "Then She Did...", "Of Course"

* DisappearedDad: "Had A Dad".

* TheSomethingSong: "Mountain Song"