Other People
From Jane's Addiction Wiki
These are artists, groups and other people that members of Jane's Addiction, or any related band, have played/worked with or otherwise interacted with that don't require their own page.
Fiona Apple
Dave Navarro wrote "Fiona, have fun. Love DN" in his own blood on Fiona's dressing room wall at the December 5, 1997 KROQ Almost Acoustic Xmas show in Los Angeles that both Jane's Addiction and Fiona Apple performed at. Dave is a big fan of Fiona Apple's music.
Daniel Ash
Guitarist and vocalist of Love & Rockets and guitarist for Bauhaus. Performed with Porno For Pyros on the track Porpoise Head.
Kimberly Austin
San Francisco, CA artist. Basis of the Porno For Pyros song Kimberly Austin.
Rebecca Avery
Sister of Eric Avery, former girlfriend of both Dave Navarro and Steve Perkins. She introduced Steve to Eric, and remained Steve's girlfriend for most of the initial run of the band.
Bianca
Alleged prostitute and original manager of Jane's Addiction. Put up her own money for some early Jane's shows, which were a financial disaster.
Charlie Bisharat
Performed violin on the Jane's Addiction song Three Days.
Carla Bozulich
Lead singer of the Geraldine Fibbers, introduced Eric Avery and Perry Farrell.
Ted Bundy
Convicted and executed serial killer. Subject matter in the song Ted, Just Admit It..., in which a recorded quote of his appears.
Christine Cagel
Mother of Perry's son Jobel. Christine is featured on the cover of the Good God's Urge album.
Ronnie S. Champagne
Co-engineered the Nothing's Shocking album with Dave Jerden and engineer on Ritual de lo Habitual and co-produced the Deconstruction album. Performed bass on the track Of Course, the only Jane's Addiction track from the original albums that Eric Avery did not perform on. Ronnie's wife Kim Champagne is credited as "Art Hostess" on both Nothing's Shocking and Ritual de lo Habitual.
Diddy
Musician, real name Sean Combs, formerly know as Puff Daddy and P. Diddy. Dave appears in the the music video for his Bad Boy 4 Life. Dave also appeared with Diddy during a live performance of the song on television in 2001.
Vito DiStefano
Father of Peter DiStefano and the subject of the Porno For Pyros song Pete's Dad. Vito passed away in March of 2001.
Christopher Dowd
Member of Fishbone. Performed trombone on the Jane's Addiction song Idiots Rule on the Nothing's Shocking album. Was the one to inform Perry Farrell about the death of their mutual friend Xiola.
Bob Dylan
Jane's Addiction covered the Dylan song Like A Rolling Stone as part of their medley Bobhaus.
E-Rok
E-Rok performs with Peter DiStefano as E-Rok & Pete.
Carmen Electra
Dave's third wife, real name Tara Leigh Patrick, musician, dancer, model and former Playboy playmate. Dave and Carmen were married on November 22, 2003. Their wedding preparation and ceremony were the subject of the MTV reality television series 'Til Death Do Us Part. On July 17, 2006, Dave and Carmen announced they were separated, Carmen filed for divorce on August 8, 2006. The divorce was finalized in early 2007.
Aaron Embry
Also known as Aaron Randall. Brother of Hollywood actor Ethan Embry and Los Angeles based musician. Performed keyboards on the Strays album and toured with the band during the subsequent tour. Has writing credits on the Jane's Addiction songs Superhero, Strays and The Riches.
Bob Ezrin
Co-producer of the Strays album with Perry Farrell. Blamed by many fans of ruining the classic sound of Jane's Addiction, and encouraging Perry Farrell to fire Martyn LeNoble.
Hezron Wolfgang Farrell
Born in 2002, Hezron is Perry Farrell and Etty Lau Farrell's oldest son. He is Etty's first son and Perry's second. He is the older brother of Izzadore Bravo Farrell and younger half-brother of Jobel Ari Farrell. Hezron's middle name is in honor of Bill Graham, whose real name is Wolfgang.
Izzadore Bravo Farrell
Born on October 9, 2004, Izzadore is Perry Farrell and Etty Lau Farrell's youngest son. He is Etty's second son and Perry's third. He is the younger brother of Hezron Wolfgang Farrell and younger half-brother of Jobel Ari Farrell.
Jobel Ari Farrell
Born in 2000, Jobel is the son of Perry Farrell and Christine Cagel. He is Perry's oldest son and is the older half-brother of Hezron Wolfgang Farrell and Izzadore Bravo Farrell. Jobel's name is pronounced yah-bel.
Morgan Fichter
Performed violin on Of Course, Then She Did... and Classic Girl with Jane's Addiction during the Ritual de lo Habitual tour.
Diamanda Galas
Musician who's song I Put A Spell On You was mixed with Ted, Just Admit It... for the medley Sex is Violent by Trent Reznor.
Ted Gardner
Former manager of Jane's Addiction and Tool. Recommended Eric Avery to Maynard Keenan as a replacement bass player.
Rhian Gittins
Dave's second wife. Dave and Rhian were married in Las Vegas, NV on October 15, 1994 and divorced less than six months later. Dave wrote the Rhimorse album in response to this painful, failed marriage.
Tania Goddard
Dave's first wife. Dave and Tania were married in a non-legal pagan hand-fasting ceremony in 1990. The couple also got matching palm tattoos of a marriage symbol. They split up a short time later.
Linda Good
Keyboardist who toured with Jane's Addiction during the 2001 tour.
Harry Gregson-Williams
Member, with Peter DiStefano of Rambient. Does extensive work in movie scores, and frequently employs Peter DiStefano to work with him.
Gibby Haynes
Lead singer of the Butthole Surfers. Sang lead on Deconstruction's song Fire In The Hole and remixed Jane's Addiction's song Ocean Size.
Constance Colleen Hopkins
See Connie Navarro
David J
Bassist and vocalist of Love & Rockets and bassist for Bauhaus. Performed with Porno For Pyros on the track Porpoise Head.
Michael Jackson
Dave Navarro performed during part of Michael Jackson's set at a Democratic Party fundraiser at Harlem's Apollo Theatre in New York on April 24, 2002.
David Jerden
Co-producer of both the Nothing's Shocking and Ritual de lo Habitual albums with Perry Farrell. Co-engineerer of the Nothing's Shocking album with Ronnie S. Champagne. Co-founder of Lollapalooza.
Maynard Keenan
Lead singer of the band Tool. Once invited Eric Avery to join his band after Avery was recommended to Maynard by Ted Gardner.
Gary Kurfirst
Former manager of Jane's Addiction.
Gary Kurfirst became Jane's Addiction's manager while they were recording the Nothing's Shocking album. Kurfirst wanted the band to use traditional promotion ideas to give the band exposure, which was something Perry was not interested in. Disagreements on the direction of the band continued and Kurfirst was ultimately fired before recording of Ritual de lo Habitual began.
In 1990, after being fired, Kurfirst sued the band for breach of contract, claiming the drug problems in the band "clouded their judgment", and won. According to Steve Perkins and Dave Navarro, Kurfirst continued to collect monies from the band members until sometime in 1995. [1]
Kurfirst went on to found Radioactive Records.
Cindy Lair
Performed the Spanish introduction, and appeared in the video for Stop!.
Tommy Lee
Drummer from Motly Crüe, solo artist and lead singer of Methods of Mayhem. Lee is a friend and co-owner of the Hollywood, CA nightclub Rokbar Hollywood with Dave Navarro. Steve Perkins and Chris Cheney played with Lee in MoM. There was some talk of Navarro playing with MoM, but it never happened.
Lippman Kahane Entertainment
Former management of Jane's Addiction. Fired shortly after being hired for asking Perry to take a urine test. Perry's rant at the beginning of the Ritual de lo Habitual version of Ain't No Right is directed at them.
Marilyn Manson
Musician, real name Brian Warner, a good friend of Dave Navarro. Dave performed the outro guitar solo on his song I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me). In Manson's autobiography, he claimed Dave once offered to give him a blowjob, while Dave claimed it was Manson who tried to seduce him. Supposedly their friendship had wanned during this time, but many feel the whole thing was a ruse.
Shirley Manson
Lead singer of the band Garbage. Eric Avery will be appearing on her upcoming solo debut; Shirley performs vocals on the song Maybe from Eric's solo debut Help Wanted. Eric first performed with Shirley as the band's touring bassist on Garbage's 2005 Bleed Like Me tour.
Monet Mazur
Supermodel, former girlfriend of Dave Navarro. A sample of her scream appears on the Trust No One version of Not For Nothing.
Moby
Musician. Dave Navarro appeared in the music video for his We Are All Made Of Stars.
Angelo Moore
Member of Fishbone. Performed saxophone on the Jane's Addiction song Idiots Rule on the Nothing's Shocking album. Dated Xiola.
Alanis Morissette
Dave Navarro and Flea worked on her You Oughta Know. Chris Cheney was her traveling bassist for a number of years. Oddly enough, he was replaced by Eric Avery, who also appeared in the music video for her song Hands Clean.
Peter Murphy
Lead singer of Bauhaus and solo artist. Eric Avery, Steve Perkins and Peter DiStefano all performed on his album Unshattered. Peter DiStefano toured with Peter Murphy and appears on the live album aLive Just For Love.
Connie Navarro
Dave's mother, born Constance Colleen Hopkins. She, along with Susan Joy, one of Dave's aunts, was murdered by John Riccardi, an ex-boyfriend on March 3, 1983. Connie was a model and once appeared on the TV game shows Lets Make A Deal and The Price Is Right. Dave has his mother's name Constance tattooed on his back.
Dan Navarro
Cousin of Dave Navarro, member of the band Lowen & Navarro. Dave appeared on Lowen & Navarro's Walking on a Wire and Broken Moon. Dan taught Dave his first guitar chords.
James Navarro
Dave's father, frequently called Mike Navarro.
Johnny Navarro
Brother of Dan Navarro and cousin of Dave Navarro. Johnny co-wrote a movie review column with Dave called Movies & Crap for Bikini Magazine. In their column, Dave and Johnny refer to each other as brothers, however they are actually cousins. The two Navarros also conducted a handful of interviews for the magazine.
Gabriel Navarro
Half-brother of Dave Navarro. His cry as an infant appears on the Red Hot Chili Pepper's song One Big Mob.
Maceo Parker
Jazz trumpeter, used to perform with James Brown. Perry named a cat after him, and wrote the song My Cat's Name is Maceo about it. Maceo Parker performed on the 1997 release of the song that appears on the Kettle Whistle album.
Twiggy Ramirez
real name Jeordie White, is the guitarist for A Perfect Circle and Marylin Manson. He is good friends with Dave Navarro. An answering machine message he left Dave was used for the Spread song Message From Twiggy. Twiggy also appears on the song Everything.
Aaron Randall
see Aaron Embry.
Lou Reed
Former lead singer of The Velvet Underground and solo artist. Porno For Pyros covered his song Satellite of Love for the Cable Guy soundtrack, and Dave Navarro covered his song The Bed.
Jon Reiss
Director of the music video for L.A. Song.
Trent Reznor
Lead singer and founder of Nine Inch Nails and longtime fan of Jane's Addiction. He mixed Jane's Addictions Ted, Just Admit It... with Diamanda Galas' I Put A Spell On You to create the medley Sex is Violent that appeared on the Natural Born Killers soundtrack.
Henry Rollins
Lead singer of the Rollins Band. Penned the essay in the liner notes of the Kettle Whistle album.
Axl Rose
Lead singer of Guns N' Roses, real name William Rose, Jr.. Axl invited Dave to join his band after the departure of founding guitarist Izzy Stradlin. Dave declined the invitation, but performed with the band on the track Oh My God! for the soundtrack of the movie End of Days.
John Phillip Shenale
Performed strings on the Jane's Addiction song Three Days.
Geoff Stadling
Performed piano on the Jane's Addiction song Three Days.
Paul V
Former manager of Porno For Pyros. Also managed the band Extra Fancy who toured with Porno For Pyros in 1996. He appears in the music video for A Little Sadness and on the cover of the Sadness single. He is also thanked in the liner notes of Ritual de lo Habitual.
Voltaire
Fetish model. Dave Navarro did a celebrity shoot of her titled Scene from a Movie for Suicide Girls [NSFW] which was released on February 8, 2005. The following is a posted quote from her about the photo shoot:
"This set was so much fun even though I was really nervous at first.... to work with Mr. Dave Navarro. After about half an hour, I realized there was nothing to be nervous about, since both of us had alot [sic.] of the same ideas... He is really a great guy, and we had fun shooting in Hollywood's fabulous Burgundy Room... I hope you enjoy this set of me, shot by Guitar monster Dave Navarro... Check out The Panic Channel right now! You won't reget [sic.] it. MEOW!" [2]
References
- ^ Shaw, William. "Hooked Again". Details. November 1997.
- ^ "Scene from a Movie (NSFW)". Suicide Grils. February 8, 2005.
