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Alt-rock legends Jane's Addiction killed it the other night, performing an eight-song, forty-two minute after-hours set at, of all places, Google's annual I/O developer conference in San Francisco. The original lineup was on stage, minus bassist Eric Avery, replaced by Strays-era low-ender Chris Chaney. Jane's is keeping in fighting trim, while grabbing some of that corporate money, as they prepare to tour in support of their forthcoming album, The Great Escape Artist.

Lead singer Perry Farrell brought his nasally defiance to the tech-heads, gently teasing the crowd about "Googlepalooza" as he intermittently swigged from a bottle of wine. Stephen Perkins hasn't missed a beat with his tribal thump on drums, and Dave Navarro remains the guy who's no longer with Carmen Electra. (Just kidding.) It's funny to see how smartphones and tablets have usurped the place of lighters at rock concerts, especially at "Google shows." Overall, it was a nice mix of classics plus new tune, "End to the Lies," off Escape Artist, which drops in August. It's always cool to hear those steel drums on set-closer, "Jane Says."

 

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Comments ( 4 )

May 12 11 at 1:22 pm
fishstix

never seen so many bald white guys in one place before...

May 12 11 at 1:23 pm
fishstix

they could have at least imported some hotties...for the band anyway.

May 13 11 at 9:54 am
gyp the blood

Why is this band still relevant? There may have been a brief time when a mostly acoustic ode to a junkie hooker featuring steel drums was zeitgeist-defining, but seriously, who gives a shit about aging druggie-rock C-listers? Consign these assholes to the dustbin, where they can fight Vince Neil for eyeliner and hookers.

May 14 11 at 5:20 pm
Jinna

Must be a sight for Perry et al with all the folks who stand with cameras in hand rather than rocking out.

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