I'm doing that right now and for exactly the reasons you stated or you're implying. Eric seems to be a good source or ambassador for the fans to get a peek at how things have come to where they are now. He comes across as earnest, articulate, and level headed - hardly unusual for a bass player.

Me too! And I was very surprised that he came back to the band. Cause once I saw this interview and heard what he said about what went down. I knew the likelihood of him being in the band again was slim but I’m glad he’s back in the fold and Mended fences with Perry

…it didn’t last.

She absolutely did...I say this as someone with some inside connection to the band. A very close friend was heavily involved with them in the late 80s and into the 90s and he told me flat out that Perry was already increasingly becoming a legend in his own mind and once Etty came onto the scene...she played a huge role in influencing Perry's choices. I mean...just look at his career....he has her involved in literally everything. He created that awful Kind Heaven orchestra as a vehicle for the 2 of them to sing etc...and no offense...it is unlistenable....then he had her as a backing singer for Porno For Pyros...and she did not make things sound better....AT ALL...and of course...she always has to be part of the Jane's live show...which to me is completely unnecessary. No offense..but I domt need to see a woman pushing 50 in a G string dancing around behind one of the greatest bands ever. He finds some way to insert her into every single thing he does. I get it..its his wife and he loves her...but he has no objectivity when it comes to his decision making at this point. Etty may be the nicest person on earth...I do not know her...but she is an Ornament that does not belong in any Jane's project....or really any of the other ones Perry has attempted. Have you seen "I like Em Big"? From what I was told...that idea was an idea the two of them came up with and it is one of the stupidest songs I have heard. That was a massive low point for a guy who at one point I considered the greatest frontman of a generation

@@warborn_inc. I agree with everything you wrote. I saw I Like Em Big and it's bizarrely awful. As for Etty, she and any other dancer has ZERO place on a Jane's stage. It cheapens the band and makes it come across like a cheesy, fourth rate production. I don't know how Eric Avery is able to tolerate it now but he is. Also, I've seen pictures of Etty and Perry at their home in magazine stories on them and he's holding a tiny dog. Etty has literally turned him into a weak version of himself and he comes across like a Beverly Hills house wife. It's absolutely ridiculous the power and influence she has over him. I had front row to his Kind Heaven Orchestra when they played in LA and I couldn't stay there, choosing to hang out in an attached cafe instead.

@@warborn_inc. Luckily I saw Jane's on the Ritual tour in small clubs in Germany in the early 90s when it was just the 4 of them onstage. THAT was incredible. Long before Etty changed everything.

Perry hasn’t been focused since the first Porno for Pyros album

Yeah Etty is like Yoko Ono...😆 Nobody gives a crap about a back up dancer. She feels like she is part of the band. Cannot stand her.

I saw them with Troy from Qotsa and Eric on bass and I actually rlly liked it. Strippers were only out for like two three songs out of the whole set.

Welp

I think it's the boxer

@Sharks Right, it's definitely nit picking as you can't go wrong with Flea as good as he is. I guess I am just a Jane's purist who enjoys the original line up, like when I saw them at the first Lollapalooza. Anyways, Cheers.

Flea was great on the replace tour. Different but still great. Perry sang better than ever that year.