Jane's Addiction

And that was what the Shaw songs were.

And so it was it feels like we kind of got like, you know, an album or an album and a half worth of songs kind of out of the way and could kind of like really hone into what we wanted, like our band sound to be, because our influences were kind of all over the place, like you know we were really into like the mission uk and like you know but also like the stone roses you know and jane's addiction you know and kind of these influences that didn't really match together all that well i mean um uh and then a band like the smashing pumpkins comes out and it's kind of got a little bit of all that stuff too and then like uh so we were Really interested in a lot of that stuff, especially Jane's Addiction.

They're probably like the biggest influence on us, especially around the time of Shaw.

You know, you've got all these like extended breaks in the middle that have these big, you know, Perry Farrell vocal treatment things, which are super cool.

It's like, yeah, this is your favorite song, isn't it? You know?

The only song you know, huh? the one from the sampler cassette yeah yeah yeah it is funny how i mean the history of the the prayer chain in particular in terms both stylistically because you guys covered some ground you know from one thing to another and also i suppose like from a marketing perspective like those those charts of like you know if you like the stone roses you'll like the prayer chain or something like that like they needed to plug something into that equation uh in the marketing machine for one but also like the thing is that nobody

in the christian music scene knows who the stone roses were right exactly we'd heard that so many times we're like you've never heard of the like the very first time that we played at um we played at the cornerstone festival you know like the biggest christian rock festival in the country and so we we the first time that we played there was kind of like a little bit of a buzz going around or whatever and so you know we're gonna play at this big christian rock festival and we're gonna come out of the gate and we're like let's just play up the beach by jane's addiction just come out and just go just go blast them with this jane's song you know no one's gonna know it you know

what's gonna know and they've paid their fees so they're good right we can play covers

There's Hall & Oates.

And then locally was Jane's Addiction when the lead singer punched Dave Navarro on stage and then the band broke up after that.

Yeah, that happened down the seaport at that venue a couple of summers ago.

But it was most recently.

Yeah, yeah, or a fighter who's been just kicking ass and is going to get the title shot.

And my point is there had been all these Pixies, Jane's Addiction, Chili Peppers, all this stuff.

It was the perfect moment for Nirvana to step in and do what they did.

And I don't think it would have happened for them had, I mean, the Pixies just put in so much of that early work with those albums.

We'd never seen something like that with our kind of music.

Jane's Addiction reforms and Lollapalooza is happening.

So culturally, it's so big and it's so raw.

And, you know, Slanted comes out from Pavement.

No! All the bands left! Yeah, what the hell? For the last time, no! Absolutely not! Bring on the Hex Girls! Goddamn! Yeah! I'll do Velma!

Jackie's dressed like he's about to fret Jane's addiction.

Oh...

Now, coming up is not the voice actors of Velma singing.