Janes addiction biography of abraham

ByKelly Kuehn

When it comes to essential alternative bands, you've got your staples: Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, The Pixies, Nine Inch Nails, etc.

These bands are often seen as the ones who didn't only put alternative on mainstream's map, but solidified it as a complex yet beautiful genre that had some serious rock chops. There was one band, though, that brought alternative out of L.A.'s underground and onto the world's stage, leading the way for future alternative bands: Jane's Addiction.

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Singer Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins, and bassist Eric Avery were the four original members of Jane's Addiction, a talented but tumultuous band that rose to prominence in L.A.'s alternative scene in the late '80s (via All Music.) Young and creative, with a love of music and, at times, the urge to throw punches at one another on stage (via Vanity