Perry Farrell Interview 4-24-91 Part 1

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Perry Farrell Interview 4-24-91 Part 1

[@cemcfarlin]

It's really freaky to see this and to see how lucky he is to be alive, clean, and still kicking ass. I think he's one fortunate man.

[@mauramadsen1449]

I'm so happy to see these! I was a young girl (single digits!) when I first discovered Perry. I couldn't understand his lifestyle choices and he spoke about things I didn't understand. But...he just got me. Just reached out and zapped me. I've loved him ever since and it's great to go back and see the evolution.

[@Thatguy55595]

Facts girl. Dude is a legend. Easily my favorite singer

[@luislithgow899]

He’s still kicking ass, good job my dear friend.

[@Kjf2691]

If dracula were a jew he'd be perry farrell

[@BubbaZen10]

I don't even know what that means, but it made me laugh!

[@Kjf2691]

He looks like a Jewish Dracula

[@MsChris402]

he's happy.

[@Gabrielarbizazuluaga]

Jewcula?

[@IgnatiusChinaski]

as a jew, that's fucking system. how much dope did he shoot before this interview?

[@1959seeburg222]

I just noticed how much he looks like Zappa.

[@orb2150tx]

He was on that horse back then.

[@LisaODavis]

What an incredible person, I love this guy. Unique! Original!

[@trixtr95]

even if perry ferrell did enough drugs to kill a small bull, he was one, and still is one, of the most artistic, intelligent individuals the music industry has ever seen, and definitely a discredited legend, mainly because of the super drugs though i assume... perry ferrell, very badass, very deep minded, legendary...

[@attackreload2178]

Perry was so God Damn awesome back in the day. I'm glad he's happy and got his shit straight now cuz he prolly wouldn't be here if he hadn't.

[@PropositionJoe1966]

Undoubtedly smacked up!

[@beenderedonedat]

High but looking healthy doesn't he?

[@PropositionJoe1966]

Thilo Hornschild AGREED

[@setmindinmotion7728]

In Eel's biography he says Perry Farrell turned up at the front of one of his shows shouting 'I'm Batman' whilst on acid.

[@methedrineradio6858]

I miss those days. I miss this Perry. Today he became everything he hated back then. Sad...but that's life, probably.

[@BubbaZen10]

People grow up man. If he had stayed that Perry, he would not be here now.

[@BubbaZen10]

Nick McKerrell Much as i didn't care for the show, i loved seeing him with his wife and children on that rock star show. A part of me was like "Oh look, now he's rich, and has it all, and has left "the cause" behind." But the better part of me was like "Dude, i am so happy for you." Can't be easy to go through all of that and come out ok, and happy.

[@rossmcmahon7176]

John Janes addiction is fucking awesome

[@kolbykauffman4180]

I would rather be boring over empty and dopesick any day. One of the most painful and hopeless feelings ever. Even if he's my jewish grandma now, he is smiling and happy. We got our soulful clips. :)

[@friedricengravy6646]

He could have quit drugs & still not become this weird hollywood DJ guy.....He lost his edge for sure. Drugs or no drugs, he became civilized.

[@mooknick242]

Seems like a nice guy, not an ass like alot of rockstars. A little burnt but I would like to converse with him.

[@prophez23]

Wish I felt as good as he is feeling right there.. Been clean for years now but damnit I miss that feeling. Especially living in a busted broken up body that hurts like nothing I can truly describe. But fkit I’ll stay sober till the day I know is the end and then I’m going to take anything and everything I can get my hands on.

[@anthonywandowicz8084]

A relapse could be the spiritual experience you didnt know was out there. That's why you never want to waste a good relapse. Now you know the difference between those who appear as if they know and those who know who knows

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

the problem now is that even if you wanted to go cop a bag there's no heroin on the street anymore. It's all fentanyl garbage.

[@johnsharkey9143]

🙄

[@aeskewprop]

Perry is so delightful nowadays...he's so much more sprightly and charming, off drugs. He's always been brilliant- it just comes through better, now.

[@ErinGrayIsSudsy]

One of my most favorite ppl ever.

[@Kahlyopi]

I don't miss this Perry at all...glad that he's in a much better place in his heart and soul now.

[@ThePepperSunlight]

I'm pretty sure he is still alive.

[@Kahlyopi]

Oops...never said he was dead, just that his heart and soul are in better shape. Although, I guess I should have written that better...lol.

[@PropositionJoe1966]

Lol

[@BubbaZen10]

I miss those times. It all mattered so much more back then, and was for real. But, yes, i'm glad he made it through all of that. He was one of those that i was pretty sure wouldn't. He's a beautiful person, and i am so glad he's still here.

[@thedudeinthemoon]

Spot on man. So True.

[@gregoreverb]

He's so doped up here.

[@Noir138]

He's sooo loaded of smack in this interview

[@andrewferguson8032]

Loaded with Loder

[@coycoberly4162]

He's admitted multiple times he was a junkie with Casey Nicolli during this time frame...unfortunately

[@coycoberly4162]

At Least that BOTH Perry ANF AND Casey got clean FINANCES for Good! Thank God!

[@timschneider6898]

So high on heroin

[@billbailey1511]

@@coycoberly4162 well yeah it's kinda of obvious....you don't need to admit it. Pin pricked eyes, lazy eyes and speaking with a drawl. All that's missing is the itching and full on nodding out.

[@avedic]

Nothing tops that Frusciante interview. That was insane. Shocking that he didn't die. Glad he didn't though...he's a truly cool human being with immense talent.

[@emptysresponse]

J Fru seems to me to be a person whose main purpose in life is to express himself and he so happens to be incredibly gifted at it via music, mainly.

[@BushyHairedStranger]

‘Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt’ is the best work Frusciantes ever done. Why? because while making that album he wasn’t corrupted, polluted by the juvenile idiocy of the RHCP. John was alchemically using the right amount of dope-Speedballs-(Heroin&Cocaine)for the proper length of time to evoke an amazing body of sound, all pulled from the Aethyrs.

[@Nomad-yn7pv]

@@BushyHairedStranger Juvenile idiocy of the Rhcp? And you call yourself a Fruciante fan?

[@Nomad-yn7pv]

@Acererak Who made you God? I don't judge RHCP by their behavior. I'm actually a fan of the music. You should try it.. They had actually had good music before Scar Tissue. You should check it out.

[@imsliquor23]

oh my god! toward the end if part one... "Do I look like the devil?" too funny! i love Jane's Addiction!

[@roseault6335]

Incredibly intelligent man

[@jessechase6576]

Having been around that 'scene' in my past, actually attracted to it because of this man and his band alone (ahh, impressionable youth...), it's actually remarkable he managed to come through it alive. He's obviously completely under Morpheus' spell during this interview and I almost prefer this subdued Perry versus the space-agey, schizophrenic man of every interview since. If you listen to any of Eric Avery's interviews, there was an obvious clash between Perry and Eric, the bass-player accusing him of being egocentric and ultra-sensitive, as most great artists seem to be; but the power-plays between the two created some of the most original and most exciting music of the late 80's/early 90's. I was a young boy then, received my first 'Ritual' album (the censored white CD) from my first Columbia '10 CDs for 1 Penny' subscription...may have even used my real name on that particular order. I never did get to see them live at that point, though I did have tickets to the first Lollapalooza at the Irvine Spectrum, but my best friend's sister couldn't end up giving us a ride. I did have concert shirts, however, purchased at some Hot Topic predecessor called 'WindJammer', and often wore them every day of the week during the early months of my freshman year of junior high. I never went for any of the reunion tours, went so far as to buy tickets for an Oakland show in maybe '96, but ultimately just gave it away to a buddy...somehow just didn't seem right to see them humping along for a payday, minus Eric. I do remember being ecstatic when Porno for Pyros first made their appearance; staying up late to tape-record their first single off K-ROQ, maybe it was 'Cursed Female?', but they were no Jane's...especially after that 'Aliens....?' song became so popular. Don't know why I'm rambling so much about Perry and Jane's Addiction, but that band meant so much to me during my early/mid-teens. Unfortunately, to such an extremely impressionable youth as myself, they seemed to glorify drug and alcohol-use as a mostly positive route to enhance one's creativity. I'm actually surprised they, and especially Perry, were permitted to so openly glorify heroin, (watch 'The Gift' for reference). Even during this interview, he's got such an opiate-laced warble to his voice I'm surprised he didn't nod off right in front of Kurt. Anyhow, somehow he and all the other members of the band lived through their years of debauchery, can't say the same for some of those in my inner circle, back when my circle revolved around a bit of debauchery itself. It's sad to hear news of Jane's playing the local circuit these days, I can't imagine it being anywhere near the experience one would've witnessed back before their 'first' demise. See kids, Jane's reunions are just like drug addiction itself: you're always chasing that elusive, initial high (the original lineup), but all you end up with some sorry state of affair with the bassist for Guns'n'Roses and a willingness to play live at some Goddamn tribal casino in San Bernardino. Just say no!

[@smkxodnwbwkdns8369]

Their 96”/97” relapse tour was incredible, probably their best tour with Flea on bass. I thought Perry was very inconsistent early on but by then he has learn to sing, was consistent, and could still sing them in the original keys they were written unlike today.

[@spooner113]

I have no idea why, but Perry Ferrel always reminded me of Pewee Herman.

[@brianwarner308]

this is the second kurt loader interview that the microphone was distorted, wtf mtv?!?!

[@Biltospill]

"that wasnt me.. that was john...'Classic

[@whojim13]

right on.

[@kevinnoble6320]

Hes all smacked out here...still fixin on the horse in 91

[@h2bizzle]

I totally agree.

[@DARRINCONNOR1]

"Back to being wasted feels great" All the shit Perry talks about the "system" and selling out and the powers that be, is the exact way he turned out.That rock star wives reality show is a disgrace.Does anyone no wat happened to Casey???

[@Arykperry]

Amazing how fucked up Perry really was and yet so intelligent !!!

[@xgoutx]

I worked on this interview and wish to clarify two things: A) Kurt Loder is a lovely, brilliant man (in other words: shut yer dirty little mouths, Little Men) and B) it was indeed either the 'done or the horse, I promise you.

[@DARRINCONNOR1]

Thats very insightful. I completely agree. I came up in the 90s in Detroit, rite in the middle of crack and H. And by 93 was completely strung out. And now that Im clean, I live everyday in regret, and Im paying the consequences of a wasted youth. Yeah you can really see how Kurt is just fascinated by "Perry the addict, Wow hes so cool" 2 months ago I listened to a radio interview with Loder, I never realized what a huge star Kurt THINKS he is, I was not impressed by him at all.

[@JohnBock-nq9lr]

Newport and Jefferson Chalmers and 94/ KFC-Harpos area Outer dr and 96( BP) Telegraph and 94... 9 mile and Coolidge..... My cop spots

[@DrummerDave77]

"you might be rich some day too" - What a prophecy!

[@kimowasabe]

Who says you can't function on heroin?

[@sandobrownski]

i agree past where i read not to ever get on methadone. i second this notion.

[@MISTERMOODYHYADD]

I remember this era. Perry looked that was often around this time..especially when he cut his hair..like this period. This was also the time the HIV rumors about him began to circulate.

[@benbrice9343]

Perry Ferrell was born Peretz Bernstein. Not sure when he changed it but its one of those thing's few people know about. I just thought it was an interesting little tid bit.

[@McFlurryMachineIsDown]

Yeah his name is a play on "peripheral" Very odd when people change their names.

[@sarahemikula]

Read that in "Whores", Brendan Mullen's bio of them plus it's mentioned in many early interviews

[@chrisuresti3898]

It's like a play on punk rock name perry feral like being a feral person and also perpherial

[@Tigerbabysob]

Look for a VHS on Ebay...

[@palabraspalabras]

what movie is he talking about? GIFT?

[@memalley]

def on the 'ron.

[@zepDzen]

Always amazed how some can say they would rather see a person self distruct then sell out to the "Machine".....what exaxtly do you think the machine (and or) system is and why is it so bad?

[@scottyblog]

In orbit, he is in this video. Floaty.

[@goranmario1648]

fucking legend!

[@jlp58mjp]

i love his hat......

[@LeshaAnn]

Why are they all pretending he was the auteur here? Casey was the actual creative force.

[@ThirstyEye]

? She inspired, but to my knowledge she did not write anything.

[@ThirstyEye]

But yeah, the band wasn't all Perry. Dave and especially Eric played a big role.

[@LeshaAnn]

@@ThirstyEye I meant that she was instrumental in the album cover art design.

[@MrDiscordinated]

so cool ,so smart , and the best dressed man in show biz . i could go on . love him .x

[@spaceleaf2]

what was the film called--not sure if ive seen it --cheers

[@kangasangasmetaquest2gamin405]

Don't know bro

[@AtacamaHumanoid]

The Gift disinfo.com/2013/06/perry-farrells-gift/

[@permaveg]

Might have been 'Gift' an experimental docudrama filmed by Perry and then girlfriend Casey Niccoli , it was made in 1990 with the making of Jane's album " Ritual de lo Habitual', it got delayed however and Warner never released it till 93.

[@BubbaZen10]

Great movie. Best part? Trying to score some crack, and he's dressed in a dress, and floppy hat. Asks the guy for 15 dollars worth, and the dude goes 50? And Perry goes "No, FIFTEEN!!!" Who the fuck asks for FIFTEEN??? I'm surprised the dude didn't tell him to fuck off!

[@DARRINCONNOR1]

@ahuhm1 Yeah , no shit you can so tell hes still using at this time.I think at this point he stated he was clean though??

[@burningxdimx]

Hard to believe he was 33 here.

[@Thatguy55595]

32 but yeah

[@GESTALT187]

He's soooo loaded.

[@hopelesserik13]

its true they do.

[@marcosgomez1446]

Radar love.

[@dannunya959]

anybody know what movie farrell is talking about?

[@pedrolarranaga6987]

Gift

[@harlemw651]

Kurt Loder!! I miss him!!

[@markchristopher2signal2]

Hey world, I saw a clip or a movie or a doc with Perry Farrell trying to score cocaine.. In this film he even saw a doctor to prescribe him valium... And he was with a girl in this film or doc? What was it that I watched?

[@peteagassi]

the interviewer is Kurt Loder of MTV.

[@mauranessan3204]

"they appear to be real"

[@gimmeshelter72]

HA HA Perry on the H!!! bigtime ha ha !whatever makes the killer tunes

[@keysersoze6854]

what film r they on about??

[@christopherwalker6056]

'Gift'.

[@keysersoze6854]

Christopher Walker ty for answer :)

[@h2bizzle]

Perry's such a cutie! He really is

[@lisaclifton4871]

h2bizzle I know right!

[@ryconle]

This was before he got a nose job

[@Kerousmac]

I don't know what it is with Jewish guys (perhaps some Freudian concept, as my grandfather who was very much my fatherly figure was a Jew) but most of my celeb crushes are lanky guys (Adrian Brody) who happen to be Jewish. Perry is just an incredible hottie in my opinion.

[@giuliostrammiello]

Its addiction was hidden

[@letmetellyalilstory9122]

4:14 Wow, is he foreseeing his present self?!

[@DIYTFY]

Ouch. Where's your life tho??

[@letmetellyalilstory9122]

@@DIYTFY Hahah!

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

it's called getting old. Old people do whatever is necessary to get by.

[@jwichmann1306]

loaded with Loader

[@NickODU2015]

he sounds like John Frusciante in that scary 94 interview he did

[@andrewmarino5441]

He looks several times better and more functional than Frusciante in the interview.

[@johnsharkey9143]

I miss hearing Kurt Loder.

[@UKNOWIT88]

@slekanjefirma yea, tell me about. Can't believe he sold out so hard. I prefer to remember him this way :D

[@darthdurkelthewise320]

A bonafide rock star that probably shouldn’t have hit 30, much less 60!! He’s always been a space cadet and he’ll always be that and god bless him.

[@wisterV]

peretz is loaded !

[@lisaclifton4871]

wisterV lol......yep

[@Meclesky07]

lol, he sounds like travis barker!

[@martinsantur9384]

this interview Kurt Loder does it?

[@martinsantur9384]

@@rply69 I think that it's the gift movie... That movie he made with Nicole... Has to be

[@martinsantur9384]

@@rply69 is this one.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHqtZauJl7Fmp9k is the only movie with the support of Warner Bros entertainment.. ENJOY IT 😉👌

[@martinsantur9384]

@@rply69 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_(1993_film)

[@martinsantur9384]

@@rply69 Has to Be... That Movie 😉

[@martinsantur9384]

yeah ,,its the gift ,the movie that they talking about

[@Lydianon]

This is I think 2 days before I saw Jane's Addiction at EWU Cheney (outside Spokane, WA) good size show, not huge luckily like Lollapalooza. I like being close enough to the band to really watch them. The guy who took me was in Everclear which was pretty big for a while...

[@zenpaganwarrior]

Wow, I'm from Spokane and lived there at this time and never knew they played out in Cheney at Eastern WA. Dang! Missed 'em.

[@basedsouljah]

Did you go with Art Alexakis or one of the other two? rad story haha

[@Lydianon]

@@basedsouljah Craig Montoya, the bass player. Long long ago. Lol He was a real sweetheart.

[@Lydianon]

@@basedsouljah Just remembered his bands' name, one he was in Spokane, Soul Hammer. I should dig thru my stuff and see if I can find a cassette tape. Do they even make cassette players anymore? Lol I'm so old I remember 8tracks...

[@sydbarrett5]

@smedley He does sound a lot like Ray Manzarek.

[@BubbaZen10]

Apparently, that "rehab" had not quite taken hold at this point, eh Per ?

[@ram29jackson]

4-24 is my birthday

[@hershysquirts187]

Kurt Loader rules.

[@Frooshmeister]

it's Kurt Loder

[@avedic]

I'm not sure what you're really saying...your comment is pretty confusing. Personally, all I want out of life is to create the most creative art possible. If that kills me at 40, so be it. It's worth it. Life without art, is not life worth living, imo.

[@sandobrownski]

i do, i live in ct, i have it on VHS, too. wish ya lived next door. you dont look like the devil, man :)

[@cocainebuffet]

8:04

[@cltrick]

I still have "The Gift" on VHS...too bad I don't have a machine to play it on.

[@BORNTORUNANDALIVEMAN]

0:00 to 0:08 cameraman is saying "wtf is wrong with the camera"!!

[@sandobrownski]

Hi, Perry. Do you think I look like the devil man? Peretz, I am saying hello, for the first time.

[@white6delta]

He's on the perfect amount of heroin here lol

[@matthewrobinson5158]

A rock legend! Watch his band Porno for Pyros rock Glastonbury in "Glastonbury:In Flashback"

[@cadilacdesert]

Definitely Mr. Brown going on.

[@sandobrownski]

he is still bizarre, and in his personal life, it shows, too. he nuzzled the neck of one of his back up dancers (the ones he modeled to look like his ex-girlfriend, Casey Niccoli), and when he does perform as JA, or PfP, he uses her, and these other dancing girls.. "the asthetic of it all", he says it, himself... _.- the man is a lucky kid from queens, new york city, first generation immigrant. total business man. -____________________-

[@gummo1011]

can u say herion

[@yellodread]

Perry Farrell is a deadringer for Andrew Garfield. Or vice versa. Perry is sooooooo high in this interview.

[@pboggs73]

Ahh yeah those are my buds from ..venice What happend to this movie? Gift? That was the orig title but may have changed if it was released.

[@K3vinK]

The Gift yes. You can find it on here.

[@neo8802]

I like sober Perry Better...He is a beacon of love!

[@avedic]

I have to imagine it must be fun to be super creative and famous and give interviews to people just hanging on every word you say while you're high out of your mind. Drugs, certain ones anyway, give that edge...that sense that every word you say and move you make is the definition of 'cool.' It doesn't last and unless you get past that, you die...but youth + drugs + creativity are a potent mix. We're all fascinated by it...let's be honest.

[@cabangbangq]

he says kurt, i take it is kurt lohder

[@loserbabysowhydontyo]

i miss kurt loder

[@saintmiller3584]

Need to know that exact type/style of hat.

[@maydewilde9692]

It's called a porkpie hat

[@saintmiller3584]

@@maydewilde9692 No it's not

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

I believe it's a Montecristi Panama hat.

[@71freerider]

Out his box...so far that he can't see the edges..

[@DARRINCONNOR1]

Ummmmm what? Did I miss something??

[@catparkmor]

When anyone gets on heroin they grow a chip on their shoulder ~ ...awe.... time.... shows real wounds.