Jane's Addiction Live in 4K FULL CONCERT 2022 PLUS Concert Review, Dave Navarro's Guitar

Jane's Addiction Live in 4K FULL CONCERT 2022 PLUS VIP Concert Review in Anaheim California

I hope everyone likes my Dave Navarro Guitar!

Jane’s Addiction won the evening with an exceptional hourlong set marred only by lead singer Perry Farrell’s insane between-song patter talking to the crowd about some LA memories including surfing the wedge in Newport Beach.

Queens of the Stone Age’s Troy Van Leeuwen lacked Navarro’s over-the-top rock persona, but he did a great job replicating Navarro’s memorable solos and added his own flourishes here and there. I really wish Dave was there but Troy was rocking it! I was secretly hoping he'd show up.

The real secret weapon, though, was bassist Eric Avery, who has declined to participate in most reunited Jane’s Addiction activities, beyond a brief spell in the late ’10s. His distinctive, bass-as-lead-guitar approach is what made Jane’s Addiction’s early work so compelling, particularly on 1988’s “Nothing’s Shocking,” songs from which made up about half of Friday’s set list, and I was not complaining.

The band opened with the slow-burning “Kettle Whistle,” a track from Jane’s Addiction’s first, short-lived reunion in 1997. And while it was clear there were some effects being utilized, Farrell’s voice was shockingly on point. Perry is 63, has not led the healthiest lifestyle and, you know, the vocals on a lot of Jane’s Addiction songs are really weird and tough to sing in the best of circumstances but he powered through

Farrell and Avery soared on a huge “Ocean Size,” an even huger “Mountain Song” and an extended “Ted, Just Admit It …” Yes, Farrell did kind of mess up here and there but who cares. Once they get Navarro back in the fold, these guys will be unstoppable, which no one was expecting from Jane’s Addiction in 2022.

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