BAND’S UPCOMING INTIMATE AND “IMMERSIVE” THEATRE
TOUR
"THEATRE OF THE ESCAPISTS" IS PROVING TO BE
A HOT TICKET
As JANE’S ADDICTION gear up for
their much-anticipated "Theatre of the Escapists" tour
launching February 22 in classic theatres, they will premiere
their new video for “Underground” today, January
25, on VEVO.com at 9:00 AM PST (http://vevo.ly/xBHpbv). The
song, which is the opener of their acclaimed album THE GREAT ESCAPE
ARTIST (Capitol Records), takes on an alluringly dark dimension in
the video, for which the band joined forces with esteemed director Robert
Hales. An explicit version of the video will debut at Playboy.com this Friday,
January 27 at 10:00 AM EST.
Shot in Los Angeles at the club Fais
Do-Do, originally a speakeasy from the 1920's with a New Orleans
ambience, the video shows frontman Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave
Navarro and drummer Stephen Perkins, along with Chris
Chaney on bass performing while a cast of vaudevillian characters lurk
around the dark, smoky setting.
As Farrell described the video to AOL’s Spinner: "There
are Siamese Gargoyles, séances, card games and a man in a white fedora who was
also on the cover of In Through the Out Door (a Led Zeppelin
album). People get made love to and murdered in the backrooms while the
band plays on.” Director Robert Hales (Nine Inch Nails) said
he set out to create “a video that really immerses itself in what the band is
all about–that off-kilter vibe, kinky imagery, and ‘lust for life’ spirit
that’s embedded in their music.”
The now-buzzing-at-radio track “Underground” surges
and soars, with Farrell singing the provocative lines “I try
and get some love from up high/There just ain't enough to go around” as the
band lifts the song into the stratosphere. As Jim Fusilli wrote about the album
and “Underground” in the Wall Street Journal: “Dave
Navarro issues several searing guitar solos, but some of his best work is in
his flat-picking, giving the sound its high, glittery tones. In the opening
track, "Underground," he excels with terse fills long before he solos
at the song's fade. As always, Stephen Perkins proves to be one of rock's great
drummers, and his interplay with Mr. Navarro, his high-school marching-band
buddy, is one of the disc's savory treats” (October 11, 2011).
Meanwhile, JANE'S ADDICTION’s upcoming North
American tour of classic theatres has instantly become a hot
ticket, with several shows already sold out in anticipation of a chance to see
the pioneering alternative rockers in intimate venues. JANE'S ADDICTION are
poised to deliver an “immersive” theatrical experience as only they can. “We
chose to play as many of the great theatres that we could find because we
wanted to immerse the audience in a unique experience unlike any they have ever
seen at a rock show,” says FARRELL. “Expect an orgy of
musical and visual delights. We like orgies, and hope you do too.”
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