Wow! Siamese twins! Naked! With their hair on fire! Rocking the wrong way!
The only thing I don’t like about this effort is the rather give-away title. This would have been so much more jarring if the title had been something like “Had A Dad,” “Standing in the Shower … Thinking,” or “Ted, Just Admit It …” (all songs on the album).
It was actually put together by front man Perry Farrell, with a little help from his friends (including girlfriend Casey Niccoli, who posed for the plaster cast).
The image had appeared to Farrell in a dream. Most major record stores put it in a brown paper wrapper.
Jane’s Addiction was one of those alt rock bands (with an emphasis on the rock) that came out of California in the 1990s. Think the Red Hot Chili Peppers, tattoos, no shirts, heroin … I’m afraid it was never a genre that I was really into.
Perry Farrell’s an interesting fellow though. Born Peretz Bernstein in Queens, he would move to Florida as a teen, then California as a young adult. There, he would live out of his car, surf, wait tables, and do construction work before hitting the big time. A bit of an impresario, he created Lollapalooza (as well as Kidzapalooza and PurimPalooza) as well as starting the bands Porno for Pyros and Satellite Party.
Dave Navarro’s the other well-known member of the band. A former member of the Peppers, he’s also known for his guitar skills, fedora, and tattoos (and is in fact a judge on the reality show Master Ink).
A couple of other album covers I like:
The band is Dave, Perry, drummer Stephen Perkins, and some other guy:
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