Perry Farrell

Lollapalooza 2009 Was For The Kids

Festivals like last weekend's Lollapalooza are supposed to be irresistible to music fiends. You know, like Yogi Bear can't say no to a picnic basket. I attended the first seven Lollas back when it was a) a traveling carnival and b) more culturally relevant, so I've struggled the last few years between wanting to go to the new "destination...
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Perry Farrell Makes Raves In Toronto

Tight white jeans, waist size around 30. A bottle of red wine in one hand; a sexy, exotic wife in the other. One-armed push-ups on the guitar monitors. This is what 50 looks like if you're Perry Farrell. The lead singer of Jane's Addiction, Porno For Pyros and Satellite Party turned 50 on March 29. He zipped in to Toronto on April 9 to for a...
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Perry Farrell

I Read The News Today... For Dec. 13, 2010

Dallas Green has announced his first ever Australian tour with his City And Colour project. He'll head down under in April. —cityandcolour.ca A Place To Bury Strangers have remixed Holy Fuck's "Red Lights." Hear a whole bunch of screaming, distorted guitars overtop of it below: Julie Doiron's announced a brief tour of the Maritimes, Ontario...
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City And Colour's Dallas Green (File photo by Chris Ramey)

The Cult's Ian Astbury Calls Eddie Vedder, Trent Reznor, Dave Grohl "Fakes"

Cult lead singer Ian Astbury spent five years pretending to be Jim Morrison (you could actually argue he's spent almost all of his career doing that) as a member of The Doors Of The 21st Century. That's the previous moniker of the reunited Doors featuring original members Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger, who've since renamed themselves to...
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Perry Farrell Injures Leg On Tour

Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell tore his calf muscle during the first song of the group's performance at the Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta on Sunday night. Farrell finished the show, which was only the third date of their early summer jaunt with Nine Inch Nails, and was taken by ambulance to the Atlanta Medical Center afterward. Doctors...
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Perry Farrell

Perry Farrell Plays For Shoes

VANCOUVER — Ah, Sunday. A day for rest, worship and hanging out in high-end shoe stores with aging rockers. At least that was the way 70 Vancouverites spent the afternoon of Sept. 23 when former Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell and his new band Satellite Party played a surprise show at Fluevog, a shoe store across the street from the...
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Perry Farrell

Perry Farrell: From Festivals To (Satellite) Parties

Perry Farrell has made a two-decade career out of fronting Jane's Addiction and Porno For Pyros. The godfather of alternative rock took the time to chat with ChartAttack about his new party in space, rock 'n' roll's "members only" mentality and Lollapalooza's staying power. ChartAttack: So you're starting a new...
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Satellite Party

Perry Farrell Leaves Kinky Threesomes In The Past And Embraces A New Party

After 20 years in the music business, Perry Farrell hasn't lost his passion for pure rock 'n' roll. "I like to make music," the 48-year-old singer said last week from the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. "I love to create things. I love to put together projects." The former Jane's Addiction and Porno For Pyros...
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Satellite Party

Lollapalooza 2006 Day Two

Photographer: 
Noah Love
Venue: 
Grant Park
City: 
Chicago, IL
Date: 
August 5, 2006

Perry Farrell Invites Guests To Satellite Party

Former Jane's Addiction and Porno For Pyros frontman Perry Farrell is putting the final touches on the debut album from his latest project, Satellite Party. The self-titled album, which could be out by the end of the summer, has an all-star lineup of contributors. "Hard Life" features the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea on bass and John...
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Satellite Party's Perry Farrell <FONT SIZE=-2>Photo By Noah Love</FONT>

Perry Farrell Explains His Long Absence

If God is a DJ, what is Perry Farrell? The lead singer of Jane's Addiction/Porno For Pyros and founder of Lollapalooza is a deity to rock freaks everywhere, but he's spent the last few years behind the decks with the club kids. Fans of the man unable to catch his DJ sets have had little to do for the last three years than wait for his new solo...
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Does Anyone know this man? - Perry Farrell

NMW: Farrell Cancels And Other Line-up Switches

Vancouver's NewMusicWest festival kicks off today and keeping in tradition with the unpredictable world of music, there have been some disappointing ch-ch-ch-changes. Los Angeleno Perry Farrell will not be in attendance as he is putting the finishing touches on his long-awaited solo project. His highly anticipated DJ set scheduled for Sonar...
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Perry Farrell Has Cancelled His Appearances (photo by Nicolas Valenzuela)
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