Jane’s Addiction will perform at San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino in Highland on Thursday, Oct. 24. (Chapman Baehler/Contributed Image)
Jane’s Addiction heads east of L.A. on Thursday, Oct. 24 for a show at San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino in Highland.
I interviewed Jane’s Addiction bassist Chris Chaney for last week’s Guide cover about the San Manuel show, but he was so much fun to talk to, I wasn’t able to fit everything in the paper, including the link between Alanis Morissette and the band.
Chaney, who has recorded and performed live with countless big-name artists, first joined Jane’s back in 2002 when the band was recording “Strays.”
However, Chaney started playing Jane’s Addiction songs long before he was in the group.
For a time, he was the bassist for Morissette’s touring band and his friend, Taylor Hawkins, played drums before he went off and joined Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters.
“Taylor was the biggest Stephen Perkins-slash-Jane’s Addiction fan that I know,” Chaney said.
Chaney said Hawkins went every night when Jane’s played a string of dates in Los Angeles.
“For sound checks with Alanis we would jam ‘Mountain Song’; we’d play the riffs for ‘Three Days’; we’d play ‘Up the Beach,’ ” he added.
Chaney had met Perkins, Jane’s Addiction’s drummer, when he was working with Tommy Lee.
Years later, Chaney gets the call to come into the studio with Jane’s Addiction, who was recording with famed producer Bob Ezrin.
“The guys were so accepting and open minded when I came in,” he said.
In fact, Chaney co-wrote some of the songs off “Strays,” including “Just Because,” one of the band’s biggest hits.
Thursday night’s show also includes Portugal. The Man as the opening act. You must be 21 or older to go to the show.
6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino, 777 San Manuel Blvd., Highland, 800-359-2464, $25 and $39 before fees, guests 21 and older only.
Visit www.sanmanuel.com for more information.