Jane's Addiction Talk Reunion

Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor may have leaked the news earlier this week about the original Jane's Addiction lineup getting back together, but the band have finally had their say about the reunion.

Bassist Eric Avery posted a note on the band's blog on Thursday about how the whole thing came together. It all started with a brief email from an old friend of the band asking to get together with Avery to talk about Jane's Addiction's possible future.

"we spoke of not wanting to go do a bloated version of something we had done a long time ago," wrote Avery. "that the only way to go forward was to take it back. way back. to the beautiful dark spirit that got the whole story started. get in fighting shape. play some small clubs. try to write some new material.

"there was even talk of trent at that point. someone with skill, cred, and a creative opinion that would garner respect from all of us. someone that might be able to wrangle the unruly clash of personalities if we tried to do some more recording."

Avery said he was excited about the possibility of Jane's Addiction reuniting.

"what would a new song sound like? i started putting down some ideas," he wrote. "felt some good creative momentum. tried to get the ball rolling. but history being the precedent, interpersonal band relations immediately soured and we almost fucked it all away without getting it off the ground.

"they convinced me to put away the idea of new songs and just play some shows let everyone get some good mojo going before trying to record anything again... but janes manages to almost implode again. so again, the answer is hit the road play some shows and see if we can keep it together and get some good mojo going."

Avery said that reuniting the original Lollapalooza lineup of Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails made perfect sense.

"nine inch nails will challenge us nightly to bring out our best. i consider it a challenge of the best kind. we will finish on our feet or die trying."

No dates for the Jane's/NIN tour have yet been announced aside from their back-to-back performances at the Sasquatch! Music Festival in Quincy, Wash. on May 24.