Whores: An Oral Biography of Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction

Whores: An Oral Biography of Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction
by Brendan Mullen

Whores: An Oral Biography of Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction
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Author: Brendan Mullen
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-03-13
ISBN: 0306814781
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Da Capo Press

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Book Review: awesome addition
Summary: 4 Stars

If you read the 16 page Jane's Addiction expose that appeared in Spin magazine just a few years ago, and said to yourself "I want to know more" (which I did, probably audibly), then I would highly recommend this book. It is different from many biographies because of the structure of interviews. It is more intimate than a general biography, and the information feels more accurate because it is coming from primary sources.

Summary of Whores: An Oral Biography of Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction

"[Whores] masterfully recaptures the manic energy and ruined glory of a brilliant, bombastic era fueled by sex, drugs, and groundbreaking rock 'n' roll." (Boston Globe)

"Whores acts as a fine alt-rock companion to Motley Crue's similarly narco-fueled, quote-based The Dirt." (Blender)

Jane's Addiction's 1988 breakthrough album, Nothing's Shocking, had a seismic impact. With a bracing combination of metal, punk, and psychedelia, coupled with lead singer Perry Farrell's banshee-ina- wind-tunnel vocals, Jane's Addiction helped put alternative music on the map. The band helped pave the way for the mainstream success of bands like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Nirvana. Along the way, Jane's Addiction released another classic album, Ritual de lo Habitual (with the hit "Been Caught Stealing"), founded the Lollapalooza festival, and openly celebrated a bacchanalian lifestyle that blurred all lines of gender and sexuality.

Drawn from original interviews with the band, their friends, and their musical colleagues, Whores takes readers through Farrell's early sonic experiments with Psi-Com and the formative days of Jane's Addiction to their drug-addled break-up and controversial reunion with 2003's Strays. Along the way it provides a candid, often disturbing glimpse into the dynamic alternative rock scene of Los Angeles in the '80s and '90s.

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