With 2011 coming to an end, you should prepare to be flooded with countdowns from the year’s top movies to the top music videos. Yes, some of these lists are entirely trivial, but they are also short and sweet and sum up a year in less than five minutes. A trivial list in this context would be the top ten reality stars, which is a completely unnecessary countdown since a Kardashian is at every number. You, Shockya readers, deserve an unpredictable list that can benefit you, not make you wish you could be famous for doing absolutely nothing. So, open up your iTunes and get ready to purchase the Top…

The wait is finally over. We should put extra emphasis on that wait because it is referring to the eight years we went without a new Jane’s Addiction studio album. We tried covering up the music void with tunes from an array of alternative rock bands, but the tracks only proved to be a temporary fix. Nothing hits our psychedelic cravings like Jane’s Addiction songs. So, it’s goodbye to the posers and hello again to the rock legends, Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro and Stephen Perkins. Before we dive into our analysis of the band’s fourth studio album, we just want to get one thing straight. Of course, the trio’s sound…

Our love for Jane’s Addiction just keeps on growing. Not only do we give them credit for showing us how rock has no boundaries, but also for proving to us that time does not have to dictate a career. It has been eight long years since the legendary band has released a studio album, but as of October 18th that has changed. Well, let’s bump that announcement up a week because as of Tuesday, October 11th, “The Great Escape Artist” started streaming on iTunes. The band’s fourth studio album has been mastered specifically for iTunes to optimize sound quality when downloaded. Click here to listen to the album! “The Great…

Not surprisingly, Jane’s Addiction received incredible response to their first set of special “small club” launch shows in Chicago this past weekend. With that great news and with the high anticipation for the band’s upcoming shows in Los Angeles on October 3rd and 4th, Jane’s Addiction has just announced details for their upcoming New York City engagements. Frontman, Perry Farrell, guitarist, Dave Navarro and drummer, Stephen Perkins, along with bassist Chris Chaney, are set to perform on Monday, October 17th and Tuesday, October 18th at Irving Plaza as part of their third and final pair of shows with Citi. The NYC shows will lead up to the release of the…

For us, pumpkins, witches and ghosts have typically dominated the month of October. Since we are big fans of Halloween, nothing has been able to compete with all the orange and black of those fall days. This year, we think the holiday will finally have some competition. Instead of covering our walls with Halloween decorations, we plan on dressing our room up with Jane’s Addiction images. Frontman, Perry Farrell, guitarist, Dave Navarro and drummer, Stephen Perkins, will be releasing their newest album, “The Great Escape Artist” on October 18th. To bring even more excitement to the album, Jane’s Addiction will be performing some of their early classic shows in legendary…

With summer being over, there is only one thing that comes to mind: We are getting closer to the release of Jane’s Addiction’s “The Great Escape Artist”. Frontman, Perry Farrell, guitarist, Dave Navarro and drummer, Stephen Perkins, will drop their fourth studio album on October 18th via Capitol. If you have been following our Jane’s Addiction posts, you might have realized the alternative rock founding fathers pushed their album’s street date back a few weeks from the album’s original release date of September 27th. We were quite upset at first, but after checking out the band’s latest video for the single, “Irresistible Force”, the trio was all forgiven. The psychedelic…

The end of summer is usually a depressing time, but our fall fear won’t be so bad this year, since the tunes of Jane’s Addiction will be around to ease the pain. The founding fathers of alternative rock, vocalist, Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro and drummer, Stephen Perkins, will release their upcoming studio album, “The Great Escape Artist”, on September 27th via Capitol Records. Entering yet another decade, Jane’s Addiction will be able to impact a new generation of “untarnished” ears with their forthcoming album. The alternative rockers would not be the immensely influential band they are today, if it wasn’t for their past albums, which include, “Nothing’s Shocking”, “Ritual…

Where do we even begin with Jane’s Addiction? Thanking them for their decades of contributions to defining the sound of alternative rock music is probably the best place to start. Selling over seven million records in the U.S. alone, garnering Grammy nominations and launching and headlining the music festival, Lollapalooza, Jane’s Addiction are legends in the music world. Forming in Los Angeles, California in 1985, Jane’s Addiction consisted of vocalist, Perry Farrell, guitarist, Dave Navarro, bassist, Eric Avery and drummer, Stephen Perkins. Since the 80s, the group released three studio albums, Nothing’s Shocking in 1988, Ritual de lo Habitual in 1990 and Strays in 2003. Despite now and then “break…

Age doesn’t defy Jane’s Addiction. Having been around since the 80s, the group continues to impress us with songs that blend sensuality and rock n’ roll. The trio, Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro and Stephen Perkins, will release their latest album, “The Great Escape Artist”, late this summer via Capitol Records. From what we heard from the album’s first single, “End To The Lies,” and saw from the track’s video, Jane’s Addiction still rocks as hard as they used to 20 years ago. If you haven’t seen their latest video release, you should check out our post. The group has also released a non-explicit version of their official video for the…

It has been a long eight years since the release of a Jane’s Addiction studio album. Well knowing these guys, the wait is probably well worth it. The iconic trio, Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro and Stephen Perkins, are set to release their newest album, “The Great Escape Artist”, late this summer via Capitol Records. Jane’s Addiction reached out to Rich Costey to produce the new record and also brought TV on the Radio’s, Dave Sitek, into the album’s creative team. The legendary rockers have released the video for their single “End To The Lies,” off of their new album. Directed by the Emmy Award-winning ShadowMachine Films, the music video is…