Porno For Pyro's Agua coming soon....

[nausearockpig]

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/08/19 ... 81678.html

Jane's Addiction leader Perry Farrell has been on the vanguard for almost every important musical movement in the last three decades — alternative music, Lollapalooza, the rise of EDM, and Coachella, to name a few. Nowadays, though, it would seem the 54-year-old singer has different priorities — hanging with friends.

One of those friends would be Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell. The Chains have experienced a revival since hiring William DuVall to replace the late Lane Staley in 2007. That comeback trail has led to the also-reactivated Jane's Addiction and Alice In Chains teaming up to cross North America under the Rockstar Uproar touring festival banner.

Farrell couldn't be happier about reconnecting with Cantrell.

"I performed with Jerry at Sing Sing prison [for a benefit documented by MC5's Wayne Kramer] probably two years ago. That was the last time we hung out," says Farrell about Alice In Chains' central figure. "But other than that we had really lost touch and it's been great reacquainting and hanging out."

Having been been through the trenches in the late '80s and '90s together, the two bands share similar histories. Farrell says that's an experience you can't duplicate.

"It's great because when you grow up and come up in similar circumstances there's just an understanding and a relationship you have that you just don't have with other people," he says. "So it's been really fun being on the tour and hanging with my pal again."

The pair's reunion has also yielded some potential marketing opportunities. Or at least some chances for witty wordplay.

"Jerry was just on the bus here and we were just kidding around and we had this idea to come up with two t-shirts, one would say 'Alice 'n' Jane's' and the other would say 'Jane's In Chains.' And one would have the image of Alice in the front and Jane's in back and the other would have Jane's in the front and Alice in back... We're having a very good time catching up."

There's also another meaningful musical reunion in Farrell's life. Farrell has teamed up with Peter DiStefano once again to revive the band Porno For Pyros. Except for a brief get-together at Farrell's 50th birthday party in 2009, the Pyros have been inactive since 1998.

Farrell's excited to have DiStefano back in his life.

"Well the first thing I do know is I'm in love with Peter DiStefano, I love him so much," he says of the man he recorded two Pyros albums with. "We remain friends over the years and we get together to go surf and laugh about the old days and every time we do get together we always start to to talk about 'let's do a run,' a run of dates."

That "run" is apparently going to happen. Likewise, there'll be some new Porno For Pyros music coming out as well.

"We went into the studio and recorded a couple tracks," says Farrell. "I wouldn't mind even recording a couple more. We've already gotten offers to go out and tour and play people's festivals and I'm entertaining the idea. It would be like a five week run or something like that."

Although Porno For Pyros were Farrell's main gig at the height of the alternative revolution between '92-'98, he doesn't intend to bank too much on nostalgia in this return. There's going to be some relevance to what they're doing.

"I don't mind being a group that was from past times and people can get really sentimental about it and really want to hear those songs," says Farrell. "I love that. But what I really insist on though is if we're gonna do something like that we want to be current and contemporary, we want to bring musical currency. That's what I call it.

"We have a beautiful song song called 'Agua' that's coming out in the next few months, but I want to get finished with this Jane's tour first and clear the desk of Jane's for a little while and we'll put Porno on the desk and see how to make it a good time."

Jane's Addiction, Alice In Chains along with Danko Jones and a number of other acts will be performing at the Rockstar Uproar festival in Toronto on August 20.

[creep]

if we're gonna do something like that we want to be current and contemporary, we want to bring musical currency.

oh shit. this can't be good. please perry...forget about being "current". it doesn't work for you.

also...i really didn't like agua. hopefully they can do something interesting with it.

[Matz]

right, that sounds dangerous....well, at least we still have a couple of months to enjoy the untarnished Porno for pyros

[Juana]

if we're gonna do something like that we want to be current and contemporary, we want to bring musical currency.

oh shit. this can't be good. please perry...forget about being "current". it doesn't work for you.

also...i really didn't like agua. hopefully they can do something interesting with it.

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK (repeat) please Pete do not let him ruin the songs you all had previously written.

[Larry B.]

So, which deaf epileptic will be behind the synth this time?

[CaseyContrarian]

But... but... but... what about those 60 Jane's songs, the TGEA followup in 2012 continuing the "theme," and the Vegas show? And the TV variety program, and whatever else?

[perkana]

the hemorrhoids commercials?

[Matz]

But... but... but... what about those 60 Jane's songs, the TGEA followup in 2012 continuing the "theme," and the Vegas show? And the TV variety program, and whatever else?

if we're lucky he forgets all about it

[Hokahey]

Ohhh. So they only recorded two songs.

Yeah I guess I'd have to see P4P if they came around here. Still the best show I ever saw.

[JOEinPHX]

"I don't mind being a group that was from past times and people can get really sentimental about it and really want to hear those songs," says Farrell. "I love that. But what I really insist on though is if we're gonna do something like that we want to be current and contemporary, we want to bring musical currency. That's what I call it.

Musical Currency.

MUSICAL CURRENCY.

MUSICAL FUCKING CURRENCY

He's can't just call it a song. Noooooooo, Perry Farrell is in the Beatles musical league now. (By the way, it's a musical league, he doesn't call it "bands")

[Noonesshocking]

I wonder if watt would do the tour with them. If not, they're gonna have to hold some dance auditions.

[JOEinPHX]

I'm just wondering why they haven't recorded a new song.

I heard Agua at Lollapalooza back in 2005. It wasn't very good.

How damn long does it take for a professional musician to write and record one new song? Surely not 8 years.

[creep]

just to remind everyone...



so the two now songs perry has recorded are two throw away songs that he says are new? weird

[Pandemonium]

Well, at least the P4P equivalent of "City Song" will finally get an official release.

Will be interesting to see how this reunion/tour pans out but I have sad faith in Perry (and the Mighty Etty) to soil this thing like a dirty diaper.

[creep]

did perry's son write the lyrics?

de de de de de
de de de de de
de de de
smile and i swim away
the dolphin's favorite song
i had a good day but now my day is gone
i'm going to agua
agua
i smile and swim away
dolphin style
smile and swim away
i smile and i swim away
dolphin's favorite song
smile and swim away
de de de de de
de de de de de
de de de
when the sun is gone
will i be on my way
i had a good ? baby
when i had one everyday
i'm going to agua
i'm going to agua
agua
i smile and swim away
dophin style
smile and swim away
i smile and swim away
dophin style
smile and swim away
hey hey hey

[bman]

So Winter 14 will be some P4P, then PF will be 55 in the spring. He'll be busy will Lolla. Looks like this really could be the final run of Janes for a long time, at least till Summer 15.

[trevor ayer]

i'm not too impressed with the Agua song but there lyrics are fine in my book .. reminds me of Cook the Rice .. which is just a fun lil song .. "how much butter .. how much spice .. help me cook the rice" .. i would definitely check out a PFP reunion tour .. Hardcharger never got a proper live airing .. they played it like 2 times live .. I bet now it would be a centerpiece of the set .. which would kick my ass .. .. plus it would probably be smaller shows .. headlining some small club .. maybe they would stretch out a bit and make it interesting

[Larry B.]

And the award for unnecessary Spanish goes to...

[perkana]

reminds me of those SNL sketches when they exagerate the words in Spanish
Also I found this more tolerable than Another Soulmate, not great but definitely not as shitty

[clickie]

This was a song written for kidsapalooza... theres nothing ambiguous about it. Its Perry doing nursery rymes.

[Hokahey]

This was a song written for kidsapalooza... theres nothing ambiguous about it. Its Perry doing nursery rymes.

I hope you don't mean that literally, just because they performed it there.

This is an old, old P4P track written during the GGU era.

I like it fine. It's reminiscent of the GGU era.

It was a left over for a reason, but it's a nice, simple song.

[trevor ayer]

i will always prefer perry doing nursery rhymes over metallica doing nursery rhymes (hush little baby growl growl growl .. yeee ee eeah!)

[bman]

This song was done in like 97/98. I remember Perkins talking about it. I can't believe the negative nancys on this site! Perry has written goofy lyrics his whole life. He's not Faulkner here.

[kv]

I can't believe the negative nancys on this site!

This band is lame.

[bman]

I can't believe the negative nancys on this site!

This band is lame.

LOL! But not every post!