Dave Navarro said in a new interview that there is “no chance” Jane’s Addiction will ever reunite again following a viral onstage confrontation that abruptly ended the band.
Speaking to Guitar Player, Navarro was asked what was the least favorite gig in his lengthy career. The guitarist easily pinpointed, “It would be a gig last September, on Friday the 13th, in Boston.”
On that night, in an incident that spread across social media, Jane’s Addiction’s “Core Four” reunion quickly came to an end after singer Perry Farrell attacked Navarro onstage; the band canceled the remainder of the tour soon after, citing a “continuing pattern of behavior and the mental health difficulties of our singer Perry Farrell.”
Navarro told Guitar Player that the band’s European reunion shows with returning bassist Eric Avery “were some of my favorite Jane’s Addiction gigs of all-time.”
“There was no bullshit: No props. No nothing onstage. No dancing, no pyro, and no gimmicks,” Navarro said.
“I’ll just say that the experience prior to that [Boston] gig, when we were in Europe and gelling, really, for the first time — because at our ages, in our 50s and 60s, everybody’s done what they’re gonna do, and we weren’t competitive with each other — we were getting along. There was no ego issue; it was just four guys making great music, just like we did in the beginning. I was just us on a stage, with people going fucking crazy,” the guitarist said.
However, all that changed in Boston. While Navarro didn’t want to start “naming names and pointing fingers,” he said of the gig, “There was an altercation onstage, and all the hard work and dedication and writing and hours in the studio, and picking up and leaving home and crisscrossing the country and Europe and trying to overcome my illness — it all came to a screeching halt and forever destroyed the band’s life. And there’s no chance for the band to ever play together again.”
He added. “And that gig, September 13th, in Boston, ended all of that. And for that reason, that is my least favorite gig that I have ever played.”
In the months since the demise of Jane’s Addiction, Navarro has continued to work with his band mates Avery and drummer Stephen Perkins, but the now-trio has not released any new music as of yet.