Jane's Addiction - November 28, 1990 - Latin Quarter, Detroit, MI

Date: November 28, 1990
Location: Latin Quarter, Detroit, MI
Recorded: Audio (audience)
Status: Confirmed
Type: Concert
Lineup: Perry Farrell
Dave Navarro
Stephen Perkins
Eric Avery
Artwork:
 

Setlist:

Up The Beach
Whores
Standing In The Shower... Thinking
No One's Leaving
Ain't No Right
Then She Did...
Trip Away
Pigs In Zen
Been Caught Stealing
Thank You Boys
Three Days
Mountain Song
Stop!
Jane Says

Show Information:

Rollins Band and The Buck Pets opened. The venue is sometimes misspelled as the Latan Quarter.

The known recording of this show is an analog audio source.

Thanks go out to 'kc' for the multi-date ad.

Detroit Free Press (MI)
November 28, 1990
JANE'S ADDICTION STIRS IT UP
Author: TOM MOON Knight-Ridder Newspapers

For Perry Farrell, the steel-voiced singer/songwriter and conceptualist of the inventive hard-rock band Jane's Addiction, music is about overcoming inhibitions -- both his and the audience's.

"Whatever I do, I try to make it feel like it's the first time I've ever done it," he said recently.

"I imagine that nobody knows me, so I do what I like. No reservations. This is a very different philosophy from the stardom thing, where once you start getting known, you somehow have this moral and social obligation to act a certain way," he said. "That's why I don't pay attention to the people who want to censor things."

As a result, Farrell, 31, has been able to remain focused on his music. Jane's Addiction's third album, "Ritual De Lo Habitual," the follow-up to 1988's major-label debut "Nothing's Shocking," is an ambitious marriage of high- energy grunge and impeccably clean -- even thoughtful -- composition.

And though the psychedelic "Ritual" has again brought the band controversy -- a poster of its cover, depicting nude models of a man and two women, resulted in the ticketing of a Royal Oak store owner this summer -- its makers resolve that they will never alter their message or its presentation.

"I'm going out of my way to turn your head," Farrell stated bluntly, saying that he is "extremely" proud of "Ritual." "I don't feel I should be persecuted because I like to give people a rise. That's the whole point of art, to create or highlight some kind of confrontation."

As long as there's a Jane's Addiction, Farrell doesn't have to worry about anonymity. Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins and bassist Eric Avery have developed a following that is much larger than its current tour of theaters indicates. With virtually no radio play beyond college and alternative outlets, "Ritual" reached No. 25 on Billboard's top-album chart and has sold more than 500,000 copies in 11 weeks.

"The promoters were telling us to take it to an arena, but that's not where we're coming from. We want our fans to have the intimate theater experience, and we work hard to set a certain vibe that will probably not work past a certain size venue," Farrell said.

Earlier this month, during a suburban Philadelphia concert, the band walked out because, according to the show's promoter, it didn't like the audience. When the four refused to return, fans rushed outside and began throwing bottles and stones and blocking traffic. Others rocked the band's bus in an unsuccessful attempt to turn it over. It took more than 100 police and 23 arrests to end the disturbance.

Farrell won't discuss rumors that there might not be a Jane's Addiction after the tour. His disdain for the music business is well-known -- "the closest thing to it is World Federation wrestling," he jokes -- and though he wants to continue making music, Farrell says when the tour ends he'll consider some creative options.

These could be with or without the band, he volunteered.

ON STAGE: Jane's Addiction and the Buck Pets perform Wednesday at the Latin Quarter, 3067 E. Grand Blvd. Doors open at 7 p.m. Call 873-3777 anytime.