But over the weekend his invective was turned directly on Navarro.
Well, the dynamite was lit.
Perry got up in Daves face and body checked him.
Jane’s Addiction singer Perry Farrell (L) and guitarist Dave Navarro (R)Astrida Valigorsky / Jeff Hahne / Getty Images
That magic and drug issues has long bedeviled the influential band.
After releasingtwo epoch-defining albumsNothings ShockingandRitual de lo Habitualin 1988 and 1990, the band split up in 1991.
Navarro and Avery formed the group Deconstruction with drummer Michael Murphy, releasing one 1994 studio album.
Navarro joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers for one album before being fired after a drug relapse.
He later rejoined Janes.
Avery was more reticent.
His own battle with drugs and a reported aversion to re-entering the Janes fray kept him away for years.
He played with the group for a bit in the 2000s before leaving again in 2010.
The catalyst for tat reunion was a call from Farrell.
Now, it seems, the band faces a rift once again.
A social media post said the band was going to take some time apart following the public brawl.
As such, they will be cancelling the remainder of the tour.
Our concern for his personal health and safety as well as our own has left us no alternative.
We hope that he will find the help he needs.
Our hearts are broken.
