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[jamieanderson1968]

Run don’t walk to listen to (imho) the best post Jane’s Addiction project from any of the members. Deconstruction, Dave and Eric’s immediate post 90s Jane’s project, has never been available for streaming and out of print in any physical formats for many years. No word of a physical release but Dave announced streaming on his instagram. Paid good money for a cd copy a few years back. Happy it gets a wider release and hope interest will push for a physical release!

Deconstruction on Apple Music

Just popped up in my news feed.

DECONSTRUCTION: Portrait of a Quiet Masterpiece - SPIN

In late-1992, not long after Jane’s Addiction broke up, Jane’s bassist Eric Avery and guitarist Dave Navarro formed the one-off musical project How Eric Avery and Dave Navarro made music after Jane's Addiction broke up

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[jamieanderson1968]

Help I have fallen down a SubStack rabbit hole

A (very long) Amphetamine Reptile Records primer

DOPE, GUNS AND FUCKING IN THE STREETS: AN AMPHETAMINE REPTILE RECORDS PRIMER

LABEL BIO and ALBUM REVIEWS: A detailed dive into the history, timeline and bands who released vinyl LPs on Amphetamine Reptile Records between 1989 and 2024.

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[yukbon]

Just popped up in my news feed.

DECONSTRUCTION: Portrait of a Quiet Masterpiece - SPIN

In late-1992, not long after Jane’s Addiction broke up, Jane’s bassist Eric Avery and guitarist Dave Navarro formed the one-off musical project How Eric Avery and Dave Navarro made music after Jane's Addiction broke up

www.spin.com

nice article but i think it oversells the album pretty hard. it's enjoyable and pretty good in places, but it definitely isn't as advnturous or electrifying as jane's or even porno for pyros. there's another eric avery project, Polar Bear, which AFAIK only had a single release/appearance: A cover of Wire's "Being Sucked In Again" on WHORE: a Tribute to Wire, which as far as a tribute compilations go, is pretty great (godflesh, skinny puppy, lee ranaldo, my bloody valentine, bark psychosis, lush).

 

[jamieanderson1968]

nice article but i think it oversells the album pretty hard. it's enjoyable and pretty good in places, but it definitely isn't as advnturous or electrifying as jane's or even porno for pyros. there's another eric avery project, Polar Bear, which AFAIK only had a single release/appearance: A cover of Wire's "Being Sucked In Again" on WHORE: a Tribute to Wire, which as far as a tribute compilations go, is pretty great (godflesh, skinny puppy, lee ranaldo, my bloody valentine, bark psychosis, lush).

I thought it was a pleasant Sunday morning read. Definitely oversold the album. Then I realized it was a condensed version of 6 long essays on SubStack and I thought "dude, get a life"