Perry Farrell’s Wife Offers Dramatic Account of Why He Assaulted Dave Navarro During Jane’s Addiction Show: ‘Perry Was a Crazed Beast for the Next Half an Hour’
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Etty Lou Farrell, the spouse of Jane’s Addiction singer Perry Farrell, has posted her own account of why the band’s show went deeply south Friday night in Boston, with a detailed explanation of who was doing what — and who was punching who — during and after a calamitous confrontation that brought the concert to an early halt.
She wrote on her Instagram account Saturday morning that her husband was upset about the band’s sound levels drowning out his vocals, and that led to his assault on seemingly unsuspecting guitarist Dave Navarro.
Etty Lou has complimentary words for how coolly Navarro handled the situation. On the other hand, she lays into bassist Eric Avery for “cheap shots” in allegedly putting the singer into a headlock and punching him three times — something that wasn’t clear from widely disseminated fan video of the on-stage altercation.
Etty Lou doesn’t hold back on describing her husband’s volatility during and after the incident, describing him as “a crazed beast” for a good half-hour after the concert abruptly ended, adding that he broke down and “cried and cried.” Video posted from multiple accounts late Friday, seen in Variety‘s previous account of the fracas, showed a clear account of much of the incident.
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