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Eric Avery Quits Jane's Addiction After Australian Show

History has a habit of repeating itself and not for the first time, founding member Eric Avery has walked out on Jane's Addiction. Claiming the "experiment is at an end," the remaining members of the band have vowed to continue and have drafted in the bottom-end services of erstwhile Guns N'Roses and Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan.

Having completed an Australian tour in Perth on Monday (Mar. 1), Avery announced on Twitter that his days with Jane's Addiction were over.

"That's it with equal parts regret and relief," he wrote.

It's been clear that all hasn't been well within the band. In addition to using his Twitter account to count down the days of the Australian tour, the bassist had been absent from recent group shots as well as revealing that he wasn't a part of the writing process.

The response from Jane's Addiction has been cryptic to say the least, with singer Perry Farrell writing, "Slipping out of that shell of a past. Wow we're on to something faster now. And so worth the wait." No, we're not sure what that means either.

Avery previously quit Jane's Addiction in 1991 and he refused to take part in their first reunion of 1999-2004. His place was then taken by a succession of bassists including Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea.

Jane's Addiction are reported to be writing new material with Duff McKagan which is likely to form the basis of the follow-up o 2003's 'Strays'. Avery is thought to be pursuing a solo career.

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Denny

WHO GIVES A CRAP!?! AOL THAT'S YOUR HEADLINE? YOUR NEWS SUCKS LATELY, GEEZ!

March 05 2010 at 11:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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lita

Lately?

March 06 2010 at 10:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mike N\' Heidi

Good for JA, Duff is cool and he can bring some of his good tunes to the gigs.

March 05 2010 at 10:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
WBO

yeh-who cares? Didn't know or care that they were together and/or on tour. Give AC/DC some respect for touring for over A YEAR OVER THE ENTIRE GLOBE after what? 30 something years after all THEY have been thru?

March 05 2010 at 9:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mark turner

...and I almost forgot, congrats to Duff on landing that ingrate's job. Duff has been thru a lot but it would appear he's gotten a handle on his life and appreciates the chance to play in front of crowds. That's someting a LOT of us musicians would LOVE to do do and if given the chance would rather lose an arm than diss a prime gig like that. Life is too short. Enjoy it!

March 05 2010 at 8:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Miguel

righteous.

March 06 2010 at 5:23 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mark turner


Personally I like Jane's Addiction but I really don't appreciate the prima-donna attitude there. Sorry, would he rather be bagging groceries at some store or maybe unemployed? Shut the hell up, play or don't even bother filing unemployment.

March 05 2010 at 7:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Miguel

what did they have two known songs or what? go back to the 90's with all those cheese ball rap "stars" ha.

March 05 2010 at 6:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nadia

Jane's Addiction was done a LONG time ago. Eric was smart and left at a good time. Jane's is just a band trying to hang on and still try to live in the past (the glory days) and it shows. I'm a fan and will be always but you can't just keep on going based off of 2 songs that put you in the limelight during the 'grunge' era which released them in to the mainstream of music. Us 'alternative people' had our own little world and then it was invaded and desrtroyed by the corp music industry. Sadly a lot of bands got caught up and sold out and music has never been the same since. Jane's included.

March 05 2010 at 6:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Shane

Nice spelling retard! Its hard to imagine you own or run a toilet let alone an Entertainment company! I will let you know if any "Pirate Skools" need "promoating". Until then try to obtain a 2nd grade education! Moron!

March 05 2010 at 6:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Shane

@omaree "entertainment" LLC. You cant even spell or put a sentence together and you own an entertainment company? "Promoat" is one of the things in your job description and you cant even spell it. Your like sub-retarded. Pirate skool? Your clearly not educated or even functioning.

March 05 2010 at 6:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Doug

Who the hell cares. What do they have to contribute to society? Is he the one pictured who peed his jeans?

March 05 2010 at 5:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply