Stories from the Road | Eric Avery | Fender
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- čas přidán 18. 08. 2011
- Eric Avery recalls a memorable Jane's Addiction gig in New Orleans when he and his P Bass suffered a bit of a mishap.
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Stories from the Road | Eric Avery | Fender
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Eric is the real soul of Jane's Addiction! I love him.
Bro why did you quit Janes. I heard it was over a girl. So petty. So petty. Quitting a full blown rock band over a groupie. Damn.
I saw Janes live a couple times back in 1990 and I remember Eric's bass playing really standing out. If you listen to the albums Nothing Shocking and Ritual his bass playing was the foundation to their sound. JA was never the same without Eric his sound is irreplaceable.
This is so true, I saw Janes many times in their heyday and in recent times also, and while the band carried on and did well, they have become a pop band relying on 3/4 minute songs, which is no bad thing. But whether it was drugs or not, Janes in the late 80's early 90's was a completly different beast. It was dark, brooding, and incredibly expressive. All the band's music personalities hinged and flew around Eric A's basslines, and he gave them so much room to breath and swell in and out and around him and his melodies. Credit to Chris, Flea and Martyn, but they don't play like Eric. Not even close..
We need another Deconstruction album asap
Eric WAS 1/2 of Janes. Janes very first show was two members. Eric playing bass on stage, while Perry did his poetry. 1985 right after Psi-Com
Most underrated bassist ever in my own opinion. Reflecting above comments but Eric was the soul of Janes. Many people don’t realize his influence. Tool for example seems to have been largely inspired by Eric Avery’s bass lines. Great musician
If you truly love Jane’s Addiction, if their music honestly changed how you see the world, then you know this man is largely the reason for that love. His musical tastes and directions and feel made the band what it was, and his loss meant it never again reached those messianic heady levels again. It’s not an overstatement to suggest that his tastes unearthed ‘90s alternative music.
I love Eric's presence and playing. Glad he survived himself.
Eric Avery was a very important piece of the band. Jane's was and is not the same without Eric!
This guy is the reason I started playing bass at 15.
AWESOME!!!
same here, he's a legend
LOL! You’re the reason I’ve been playing Bass for 30+ Years. Thanks for your inspiration and introducing me to the P-Bass Eric and of course Jane’s Addiction.
Eric probably wrote some of the most recognizable bass parts of any bass player in any band. Just think about how many Jane’s songs you first think of the bass line. Every part he wrote seemed to be a “white rabbit”.
AGREED WHOLEHEARTEDLY!!!
played on Alanis Morissettes big album too . I always noticed the cool bass lines and then looked to see who played the majority of the bass, and lo and behold it was Eric.
@@michaelfrazia4569 Very cool, Michael. I wasn’t aware of that. I’ll definitely have to check that out. Thanks! ✌️🎶🌝
My band in H.S. played tons of Jane's Addiction covers. Love Eric Avery's bass lines! My favorite to play had to be Ain't No Right. He really put down some brick and mortar for Jane's Addiction's sound!
"I sprung a leak" !!! hahaha
He is the entire reason I started playing Bass so many years ago. Immeasurable talent and definitely the catalyst.
New Orleans is one of the best places in the U.S. to see a show, whether big or small.
My buddy was their tour manager. He has a lot of stories about them. They were nuts on the road and had a lot of "close calls."
He should write a book. I would buy it.
@@lemurdream, I have offered to help him write it, but he just never seems to get around to it.
lmao the way he tells stories is awesome
Ah man, that;s the best ad for a bass...feckin ever!
Damn, he really is my favorite bass player
If I did a stage dive at any of our gigs it would be always be a “sparsely packed” part of the crowd 😂
Thanks!
THE SOUL of JA
I was part of your landing pad once, glad it wasn't that time!
Eric's a pretty cool guy. I don't agree with him politically, but he's one of the few "celebrities" or whatever who would actually engage with fans, myself included, on Twitter. He didn't agree with me, but at least he gave me a little of his time, which I appreciated and found him to be a proper dude.
Great Eric!!
F*CK YEAH!!!👊
I know that vibe
I think that's the same bass he played from the original Janes days in the late 80's.
I think it's in the Stop video if I'm not mistaken
It is.. His parents bought him that Fender precision when he was a kid.
what you see in these stories is the realization that they no longer have that deep soul fuck between them and the crowd fame has built the wall and now they preform yet are not connected more of a picture and not a lap dance
Not enough Fender products visible in this interview.
Love that fucking story. My wife would not understand, but I do. I'd buy you a drink if I could Eric.
Music Hall - I was there... 24/7 spys opened... I crowd surfed and the bassist from 24/7 spies crowd surfed next to me and let me slap his bass a couple times....
scrapplejoejoe I was there that night as well. It's in my top 3 shows of all time. I remember the garage door and at one point went out for some fresh air. I saw Jane's also at the municipal auditorium after this and it was no where near as good. This show was as good as they got. I feel so lucky to have been there that night. Truly insane night.
does anybody know what model the maple bass in the background is?
Btw, OUCH - he almost did a "Krist Novoselic"
Cool story I had something similar happen to me as well. While @ a high school football assembly I was launched by some friends while up top of the bleachers and landed in an area where there wasn't hardly anyone to break my fall. I remember thinking while up in the air oh fahk! I banged my arm a bit but man I knew that Chet looked funny my friends couldn't stop laughing on the outcome. That's cool Eric didn't stop the show what a cool cat to keep playing ROCK GODS in my book
@@tyroneshoelacez3498 You care(d) too...as you replied, smarty.
For a band to have members with such diverse musical influences and somehow make it work is amazing. To produce what JA did.. It's a freakish collective that creates a certain magic. There is no 'heart and soul' member. No individual member is equal to / greater than the sum of all parts. It's just a shame that as humans our actions are often driven by our self-destructive traits such as ego, insecurity and low emotional IQ. All of which explains our current circumstance.
look at what they were and what they are now but there is always a catalyst. i'm not saying that dave, steve or perry were not part of the formula but those last 2 albums are missing something. what is it?
Return to J.A. Eric!
Heroin + bodily trauma = no pain.
Apart from the stage dive lol
whats that song at the beginning of this video?
Alexander Kestner Philo Beddoe by Eric Avery
Great work for Garbage
Ain’t no right
Is Eric in A.A? On the end of the the head stock?
I see it too. He must be in the fellowship. I know he had a problem with dope, along with the rest of Jane's, all except Stephen.
I see the triangle logo too. I bet he's in N.A. I heard everyone in jane's addiction were into heroin & coke except stephen perkins
Possible, but that symbol is way older than AA.
Nope.he and I still get so very high...it's just a sticker.
Probz a 50's Anniversary P-bass.
Great guy. Too bad he didn't want to play with JA anymore. But I love Chaney so I guess it's fine.
it seemsto me that he replaced the original pick up
I dont mean this as an offense, but the way he talks like and moves his mouth, he could play some 17th century British nobleman
What is it with bassists? Even the precision model
he tells a story really slowly.
tl,dr
(semi bad stage diving incident-everyone was fine)
I love Eric Avery but is he wearing lip gloss??
Flea is a great bass player.
But not a good fit for Jane's Addiction. Eric Avery's bass punched through and laid the foundation.
Flea's bass was like a building on mud. No disrespect intended just a different approach to playing. They are both great but Eric Avery is the man for Jane's Addiction.
Guy's a great musician but he's the most boring interview ever. It's all "uh....yeah....so.....uh...."