Jane's Addiction - Pigs In Zen - Mt. Baldy, CA 7-7-90

Jane's Addiction - Pigs In Zen - Mt. Baldy, CA 7-7-90

[@dailyflash]

I was at this awesome show. As someone else said, it was to get footage for the Stop video. There were fliers in record stores promoting a special, secret Jane's show, with a phone number you had to call on a Saturday morning for instructions on how to get free tickets. My friends and I called first thing and all scored tickets. They didn't tell us where we were going. First we met at a parking lot, then got on a bus, after awhile were brought up the mountain, then transferred to shuttles for the last leg. I brought my deck and recorded the first 5 or 6 songs, which came out great, but then my batteries died! That freed me and my friend go around behind the band, standing literally two feet behind Stephen Perkins. We're both drummers and couldn't have asked for a better view. Afterwards, Perkins signed one of the sticks he used for the gig for me. I almost got Perry to sign something for me too, but I held off for too long, because I didn't want to bug him. When I finally screwed up the nerve to ask for an autograph, he said, "I'd rather not." Ouch! I distinctly remember seeing what looked like track marks on his arms while he was singing, but they were so obvious, I wondered if they were fake and just meant to be provocative. Living in L.A., I saw Jane's as much as I could in those days, because I really believed I was seeing a band that would one day be one of those legendary groups like the Velvet Underground or Led Zeppelin, who you could proudly say you got to see live, in their prime. They never got as big I expected.

[@jpearson311]

dailyflash I'm going to see them tonight in Columbus, OH. They're playing Nothing's Shocking in it's entirety.

[@starkicker5623]

Dave Navarro is a big name and Perry started lollapalooza

[@DJChasEttari]

dialyflash,, please PM me. Thank you!

[@noeltheshemale]

Wow. Awesome how you scored tickets and how they set the show up.

[@interstellar618]

Same here. At 2:28, Im standing there with my buddy.

[@wattsun7946]

Damn Stephen was laying that shit down!

[@mihag7774]

Respect to Eric

[@jmartinez3107]

This was my very first Jane's show. It was the videoshoot for "Stop." It was an amazing but short show. I was watching from the pool's diviing board until I remembered I don't know how to swim so I headed into the pit. Great show! This was the day after the wedding scene was shot for "The Gift" and the "Classic Girl" music video.

[@chaparralslim9744]

Just climbed Baldy today and thought about this show. Badass.

[@VictorRochaGaming]

My favorite part is watching Kevin Lyman pull the crowd surfers down. Yeah, I was there too.

[@MatthewReiser123]

videographer: "Let's slam two 40oz, and mic only the drums+vocals"

[@thejrmajor3]

Just watched this show the other night. Totally rocking

[@wytewrabbit]

Yes ..You wonderful hunk of a man...more please :)

[@fubmw]

That was when rock n roll was real , awesome fuck.

[@gabrielharter]

for the record, i was there! my friend was walking down Melrose and spotted a girl with a Jane's flyer that just had a religious image and phone # saying call to be put on a list for a special concert. tickets were $10 each or 2 for $15. later instructions were mailed along with a map to a location in LA somewhere. from there, they loaded us on a bus and rolled to the "secret location" which happened to be a ski lodge on Mt. Baldy. there were hundreds of people hanging around trying to get in..

[@batteem]

and i thought i invented that syncopated groove....Damn it Perkins!!! This is about as raw as it gets. I'll bet it was a helluva party.

[@ynotfalco]

please, please post more from this show. thank you...

[@TripleJdrum]

Hell yes! Thanks for posting that!!!

[@mude.mcmudskipper8907]

I got a copy of this whole gig on Vhs (terrible quality) in 1994.

[@uniquemonique8463]

F*ck yes!! Stephen pounds it out!! heh heh heh heeheehee EXCELLENT BRILLIANT band!!!! Love me some Janes!!

[@fubmw]

Wow, never seen such an un-desearving crowd for such a great act! fuck i wish i was there. Id jump in the pool~~~~~!

[@Leftyslim]

Could you put the whole show up??? PLEASE...

[@guerreroconeltierra3521]

Lefty Slim I have 500 gigabytes of GIFT outtakes, alt takes, etc with this whole show. Soundboard audio... I'll see if I can put it up.

[@itsMrNoble]

It’s weird seeing Eric sitting down behind his amp during the breakdown part of the song whilst Perry peacocks around like a bit of a dick. That seems like an indicator to me that being in a band with Perry possibly wasn’t a lot of fun

[@santanaincubus]

Yes I think this is where they shot the video :)

[@martinbe5111]

is there a full vid of this show?

[@jmzbnd724]

effin A!

[@veerchasm1]

Human League’s “Being Boiled”

[@lyonslaforet]

Wasn't it a private show?

[@fubmw]

learn from this

[@purplemascara99]

nice dancer at 2:29 lmao

[@interstellar618]

My buddy and I are standing right behind her.

[@purplemascara99]

looks like a blind melon concert instead haha

[@salty2667]

The bigger you get the wider you spread you gotta depend on me now Your vision is dead!

[@brianrapp2883]

1977 Brian rapp 17 no surf to rough no murf to tough KROQ the poorman rules Mt baldy trust me canyonlocalfilmscom

[@tylerdurden3625]

um no? I was kidding....A toaster makes toast, a toaster is not a camcorder......

[@jonaslafonte9070]

Does anyone else get the sense that Avery was fundamentally distant from the rest of the band throught his time with J.A.? just always seemed to be the odd guy out to me

[@PaulV513]

This was the height of the drug use in the band - or not, as Eric was going in and out of being clean. It was also the height of the drama and tension going on between Eric, Perry, and Casey. So you're kind of intuitive here.

[@jamescotner2459]

No, he wrote the bulk of the music and maybe a bit shyer than Perry. Him and Perry started Jane’s

[@rayburn6222]

Seriously? Who cares about their drug use or abuse that's what makes them the band and people they are ,ask any one of them if you ever get the chance if they would change any thing and I bet they wouldn't ,all of the panel drug analysis is hilarious