Deconstruction (band)

Encyclopedia : D : DE : DEC : Deconstruction (band)

Deconstruction was a band formed by former members of Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro and bassist Eric Avery. Originally their former bandmate Stephen Perkins was slated to be Deconstruction's drummer but instead joined Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell's new band Porno For Pyros. Michael Murphey was instead recruited for percussion duties.

The band, all Los Angeles residents, recorded material in a studio somewhere along the Big Sur coastline in California and released a self titled LP in 1994 to little public appeal and varied critical acclaim. Unlike Porno For Pyros who were consistent with their lukewarm reviews, despite their relative popularity.

Deconstruction released only one LP and one promotional single, L.A. Song, and did not tour due to Eric Avery reportedly being still weary from extensive touring in Jane's Addiction.

A British band of the same name sought to legally stop Eric Avery and company from using the name Deconstruction, but dropped threats of legal action when they were assured the Californian trio's album would be a one-off project.

Dave Navarro went on to join the Red Hot Chili Peppers later that year and participate Jane's Addiction reunions in 1997 and 2001 respectivly, whilst Eric Avery refrained and remains in relative obscurity. He has since played bass in Alanis Morrisette's band and near-successfully auditioned for Metallica, but has mainly focused on writing and recording in his band Polar Bear, and his own solo work thereafter.

Today, Deconstruction is considered a cult masterpiece, mainly amongst dedicated Jane's Addiction fans.

Contents

1 External links
2 Sources

2.1 Reviews

3 Communities

External links

Sources

Reviews

[IGN.com's retrospective review of Deconstruction]

Communities

[A dedicated and central Jane's Addiction site] Includes information about Deconstruction and popular message boards

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.