Dave Navarro Claims There's ‘No Chance' of Jane's Addiction Reunion
Navarro's comments came about in a recent interview with Guitar Player where the famed musician looked back on the best and worst gigs of his career.
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In the latter category, Navarro turned to the band's last run of shows in 2024, noting that some of those gigs were his favorite, with the group working together in perfect unison. 'If you combined Grateful Dead and Radiohead, there were moments like that — just weird, experimental jams that we'd never done before as a band,' he claimed.
However, it's Jane's Addiction's final performance, at Boston's Leader Bank Pavilion on Sept. 13, that takes the dubious honor of being his least favorite. That show made headlines last year when frontman Perry Farrell threw a punch at Navarro during a rendition of 'Ocean Size.'
Navarro walked off stage following the incident, ending the show early, and soon after, Jane's Addiction announced the cancellation of the remainder of their tour dates. The announcement included a statement signed by Navarro, bassist Eric Avery, and drummer Stephen Perkins highlighting the 'behavior and the mental health difficulties of our singer Perry Farrell'.
According to Navarro, the incident is 'still very tender and unresolved,' with the guitarist taking care not to be 'naming names and pointing fingers' while speaking to Guitar Player.
'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,' he explained. 'And there's no chance for the band to ever play together again.'
Much of the sadness around the unexpected and unfortunate end to Jane's Addiction relates to the fact that the shows prior to their final performance were some of Navarro's favorite.
'I'll just say that the experience prior to that 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,' he explained. '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 f–king crazy.
'And that gig, September 13th, in Boston, ended all of that,' he added. 'And for that reason, that is my least favorite gig that I have ever played.'
In the wake of Jane's Addiction's final gig, Navarro, Perkins and Avery have reportedly been working on new music together, though it's unclear exactly what form this will take.
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