"El Ritual de Jane's Addiction" - Book coming out in a few days!

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#1 Post by parklife03 » Mon Feb 18, 2019 10:37 am

Hi everyone,
I'm a journalist from Argentina. Some time ago I told you about a book that I was writing: the first Spanish-bio of Jane's Addiction, mostly based on the Ritual era.
The book is finally done and it's coming out in Argentina, Spain and several Latin American countries in the next few days. It was done after 100hs of exclusive, brand new interviews with the whole band and lots of involved characters (see below).

EL RITUAL DE JANE'S ADDICTION

Fabrizio Pedrotti
Forewords by Perry Farrell and Mike Portnoy. Photos by John Eder, Steve Speller and AJ Barratt

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Some of the interviewees: Perry Farrell, Eric Avery, Dave Navarro, Stephen Perkins, Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit), Chino Moreno (Deftones), Henry Rollins (Black Flag), Scott Ian and Charlie Benante (Anthrax), Corey Glover (Living Colour), Nick Oliveri (Queens of the Stone Age), Jimmy Chamberlin (The Smashing Pumpkins), David J. (Bauhaus/Love and Rockets), Mike Muir (Suicidal Tendencies), Angelo Moore (Fishbone), Paul Leary (Butthole Surfers), Martyn LeNoble (Porno for Pyros), Gilby Clarke (Guns N’ Roses), Neil Strauss, Casey Niccoli, Dave Jerden, Chris Cuffaro, Ted Gardner, Ronnie Champagne, Paul V., Jane Bainter, Tom Recchion, Inger Lorre, Thomas Johnson, Karyn Cantor, T. Quake Mark, John Shenale, Geoff Stradling, Brian Virtue.

Some translated info from the backcover:

"Ritual de lo Habitual", the album that Jane's Addiction published in 1990, was one of the most important of its decade. It took alternative music out of university radios and achieved its massive diffusion, but also predicted the explosion of grunge -which would happen next year with Nirvana- and was a decisive influence for groups like Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden.

This book recounts the creating process of an album full of egos wars, heroin overdoses, chaotic shows, censorship and problems with the police. It was an extreme and unusual album for the time, for its sound and its themes related to sex, suicide, racism and AIDS. "Ritual de lo Habitual" installed the group as a referent, achieved double platinum and gave birth to the festival that would change the music business: the Lollapalooza.

From more than a hundred hours of interviews, conducted over five years with the complete band (Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins), as well as managers, producers, related artists and friends; and with access to unpublished documents, the author reconstructs for the first time an exciting musical adventure. And fundamentally, it answers a key question: why did Jane's Addiction create its masterpiece while its members went through the worst moment of their lives?

"Someday I will publish my autobiography, and this book will help me refresh my memory."
-Perry Farrell (Jane's Addiction).

"Very rarely, the plot behind an album is as exciting as its songs."
-Jimmy Chamberlin (The Smashing Pumpkins).

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PS: There's a special mention to this forum at the very end! ;)

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#2 Post by SR » Mon Feb 18, 2019 10:53 am

Looks great; Congratulations and I hope it does well for you. I can't read Spanish, but hopefully I can manage a read somehow in the future. I didn't like the other book on Jane's (was it Brendan O'Brien's ?) It was anecdotal if I remember and lacked any rich context in a coherent linear fashion.

Too, I am kind of surprised Pete DeStefano wasn't interviewed. He must have been at least on the scene at the end of the RDLH era.

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#3 Post by SR » Mon Feb 18, 2019 10:56 am

Oh and love that Corey Glover was! Did you manage to speak to Vernon Reid? I know he made some comments recently about the use of the N word (by a white dude) and the choice of Don't Call Me Whitey, N****** in general in their last sets

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#4 Post by JOEinPHX » Mon Feb 18, 2019 11:04 am

That's awesome.

Congratulations!

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#5 Post by parklife03 » Mon Feb 18, 2019 11:09 am

SR wrote:
Mon Feb 18, 2019 10:53 am
Looks great; Congratulations and I hope it does well for you. I can't read Spanish, but hopefully I can manage a read somehow in the future. I didn't like the other book on Jane's (was it Brendan O'Brien's ?) It was anecdotal if I remember and lacked any rich context in a coherent linear fashion.

Too, I am kind of surprised Pete DeStefano wasn't interviewed. He must have been at least on the scene at the end of the RDLH era.
Thank you. You mean the Brendan Mullen's one, that book was written in an "oral" format.
This one has a different approach: it's linear, but it also has some cliffhangers that implies that if you don't read the full book, you won't get the story. That's why you have Pedro (the rooster) on the cover, for example. He appears a lot of times along with Graciela!

This is a rock biography with exclusive and new material, and it's not written in the oral-story style.

Sadly, Peter wasn't available for interviews, but Martyn gives a good insight on PFP at the end of the book.

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#6 Post by parklife03 » Mon Feb 18, 2019 11:13 am

SR wrote:
Mon Feb 18, 2019 10:56 am
Oh and love that Corey Glover was! Did you manage to speak to Vernon Reid? I know he made some comments recently about the use of the N word (by a white dude) and the choice of Don't Call Me Whitey, N****** in general in their last sets
Vernon was another of the options, but I tried to have only one musician from each related band (the only exception being Anthrax).
I went with Corey because he had some great memories from the first Lollapalooza and gave some cool info about Perry's voice.

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#7 Post by Larry B. » Mon Feb 18, 2019 11:18 am

Felicitaciones, ché!

I hope to get the book soon and give it a read. Thank you for your work!

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#8 Post by Artemis » Mon Feb 18, 2019 12:48 pm

Conratulations! Sounds like it will be a good read.
Will it be sold in Canada or on Amazon?
I'm interested to read it. I hope that my three years of high school Spanish will be enough to understand it. :lol:

I really like the cover illustration. :cool:

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#9 Post by Matz » Mon Feb 18, 2019 1:23 pm

what!? It's in spanish only? Please tell me the English version will be out in may...

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#10 Post by panicparty » Tue Feb 19, 2019 1:55 am

Love the picture.

I don't have any Spanish, really hope there's an English translation in the pipeline...

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#11 Post by bman » Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:03 am

Congratulations! Hope it does well for you. And yes, please get an English translation in the pipeline!

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#12 Post by JOEinPHX » Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:43 am

Surely the interviews were translated FROM English since all the interviewees are American. :noclue:

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#13 Post by parklife03 » Tue Feb 19, 2019 10:53 am

Yes, be sure I'm looking forward to an English release. I would love to have it translated to all languages, even if it's only for Kindle. The thing with interviews is that it's not just a copy/paste of what the interviewees told me. Their words are embebbed in the narration, let's say.

It really depends on the publishers. I'm sure that if they get requests, they will consider that even more. But it's my main objective, so I will be pushing that. You will be the first to know.

Having a Jane's book released in Spanish (and with a major publisher) is something that seemed impossible, so I'm going to party all night long :drink:

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#14 Post by JOEinPHX » Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:05 pm

parklife03 wrote:
Tue Feb 19, 2019 10:53 am
Yes, be sure I'm looking forward to an English release. I would love to have it translated to all languages, even if it's only for Kindle. The thing with interviews is that it's not just a copy/paste of what the interviewees told me. Their words are embebbed in the narration, let's say.

It really depends on the publishers. I'm sure that if they get requests, they will consider that even more. But it's my main objective, so I will be pushing that. You will be the first to know.

Having a Jane's book released in Spanish (and with a major publisher) is something that seemed impossible, so I'm going to party all night long :drink:
Alternative Nation: "Famous author who partied with Perry Farrell says new Autobiography coming from Jane's Addiction, featuring interviews by members of bands with ties to Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns n Roses, Motley Crue, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Beatles, and Metallica"

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#15 Post by someguy » Tue Feb 19, 2019 3:24 pm

Six7Six7 wrote:
Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:05 pm
parklife03 wrote:
Tue Feb 19, 2019 10:53 am
Yes, be sure I'm looking forward to an English release. I would love to have it translated to all languages, even if it's only for Kindle. The thing with interviews is that it's not just a copy/paste of what the interviewees told me. Their words are embebbed in the narration, let's say.

It really depends on the publishers. I'm sure that if they get requests, they will consider that even more. But it's my main objective, so I will be pushing that. You will be the first to know.

Having a Jane's book released in Spanish (and with a major publisher) is something that seemed impossible, so I'm going to party all night long :drink:
Alternative Nation: "Famous author who partied with Perry Farrell says new Autobiography coming from Jane's Addiction, featuring interviews by members of bands with ties to Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns n Roses, Motley Crue, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Beatles, and Metallica"
"Author Who Partied with Jane's Addiction Legend Makes Surprising Announcement: Is It In English?"

Congrats! Hard work pays off- would love to get my hands on a copy!

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#16 Post by kevin » Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:05 pm

Congratulations! Seems like a fresh take on a tired band. I’d definitely purchase an English version. Hope it sells well.

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#17 Post by parklife03 » Wed Feb 20, 2019 6:03 pm

someguy wrote:
Tue Feb 19, 2019 3:24 pm
Six7Six7 wrote:
Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:05 pm
parklife03 wrote:
Tue Feb 19, 2019 10:53 am
Yes, be sure I'm looking forward to an English release. I would love to have it translated to all languages, even if it's only for Kindle. The thing with interviews is that it's not just a copy/paste of what the interviewees told me. Their words are embebbed in the narration, let's say.

It really depends on the publishers. I'm sure that if they get requests, they will consider that even more. But it's my main objective, so I will be pushing that. You will be the first to know.

Having a Jane's book released in Spanish (and with a major publisher) is something that seemed impossible, so I'm going to party all night long :drink:
Alternative Nation: "Famous author who partied with Perry Farrell says new Autobiography coming from Jane's Addiction, featuring interviews by members of bands with ties to Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns n Roses, Motley Crue, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Beatles, and Metallica"
"Author Who Partied with Jane's Addiction Legend Makes Surprising Announcement: Is It In English?"

Congrats! Hard work pays off- would love to get my hands on a copy!
I'm laughing so hard with this, thank you guys :tiphat:

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#18 Post by parklife03 » Wed Feb 20, 2019 6:10 pm

kevin wrote:
Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:05 pm
Congratulations! Seems like a fresh take on a tired band. I’d definitely purchase an English version. Hope it sells well.
Thank you. Yes, I was looking to do a fresh take. There's a lot of info that wasn't clear about that era and some interesting facts that I think were not addressed before. I had the opportunity to ask the band about several rumours that were floating around for so long about the songs and things like that.

I also obtained access to a strictly limited document that Warner released at the time for their employees in 1990, with 100% accurate information about sales, rankings and performances of the album, as it was for internal communication. It has more than 30 pages, and that info appears on the book publicly for the first time (with the blessing of the person who wrote the document, of course).

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#19 Post by JOEinPHX » Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:27 am

Did Perry say when the 3 Days poem would be released? :lol:

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#20 Post by parklife03 » Thu Feb 21, 2019 11:52 am

Six7Six7 wrote:
Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:27 am
Did Perry say when the 3 Days poem would be released? :lol:
In fact he speaks about the poem, the process of writing it and where that manuscript is now.

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#21 Post by clickie » Thu Feb 21, 2019 1:10 pm

lol did you guys see the cover

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#22 Post by trevor ayer » Thu Feb 21, 2019 3:18 pm

parklife03 wrote:
Thu Feb 21, 2019 11:52 am
Six7Six7 wrote:
Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:27 am
Did Perry say when the 3 Days poem would be released? :lol:
In fact he speaks about the poem, the process of writing it and where that manuscript is now.
So paerry confirmed that feek has the poem? Glad we finally cleared that up


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#24 Post by Hokahey » Thu Feb 21, 2019 7:48 pm

parklife03 wrote:
Thu Feb 21, 2019 11:52 am
Six7Six7 wrote:
Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:27 am
Did Perry say when the 3 Days poem would be released? :lol:
In fact he speaks about the poem, the process of writing it and where that manuscript is now.
Enlighten us.

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#25 Post by parklife03 » Fri Feb 22, 2019 4:14 pm

Hokahey wrote:
Thu Feb 21, 2019 7:48 pm
parklife03 wrote:
Thu Feb 21, 2019 11:52 am
Six7Six7 wrote:
Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:27 am
Did Perry say when the 3 Days poem would be released? :lol:
In fact he speaks about the poem, the process of writing it and where that manuscript is now.
Enlighten us.
Quoting Perry, the manuscript is one page long and Etty has it, "because she likes to conserve those things".

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