JANE'S ADDICTION - Bassist Eric Avery Leaves Band; DUFF MCKAGAN To Step In
March 2, 2010, 14 years ago
Guardian.co.uk has issued the following report from Sean Michaels:
Founding member Eric Avery has quit JANE'S ADDICTION, saying the "experiment is at an end". The rockers will reportedly soldier on, writing a new album with former GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan.
"That's it," Avery wrote on Twitter yesterday, announcing his departure "with equal parts regret and relief". It's a move that the band anticipated: Avery has been absent from several group photos, and previously revealed that he was not writing new material with them.Jane's Addiction have recently completed an Australian tour, playing their last concert in Perth on Sunday. Avery had been using Twitter to count down the dates, and it's clear now that he wasn't just keen to get home: he was eager to check out of the band he helped form 25 years ago.
Frontman Perry Farrell's response was more opaque. "Slipping out of that shell of a past," he wrote. "Wow we're on to something faster now. And so worth the wait."
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