Shows: Jane's Addiction@The Murat

Alt-rock originals Jane's Addiction will be playing in Indy on Thursday August 23rd 2012.

Jane's Addiction. A powerful force in alt-rock and rock 'n roll with very little else to compare them to. With three official studio albums Jane's Addiction (1987), Nothings Shocking (1988) and their final "classic" album Ritual de lo Habitual (1990) the group cemented their place in music as frenetic (Mountain Song, Ocean Size), alluring (Outside/Jane Says) and sometimes harsh brutally view of American culture (Whores/Stop).

One of lead singer/founder Perry Farrell's favorite taunts during shows, directed at drunk hecklers, is screaming "America killed John Wayne!" to which stunned crowds would either cluelessly cheer or mostly look in confusion as a clearly gleeful Farrell explains that John Wayne lived too near atomic bomb proving grounds and contracted cancer as a direct result. All of which is completely untrue, but, it seems to fit his picture of a crass and poisonous consumerism as an enemy in American society in a way that many fans haven't forgotten.

Farrell, almost accidentally, started the long running Indie Music festival Lollapalooza in 1991 as the first farewell tour for the band. The national show featured Jane's Addiction, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Nine Inch Nails, Living Colour, Ice-T, The Butthole Surfers, The Rollins Band, Violent Femmes, Fishbone and Rage Against The Machine.

The show, now with a one city date for three days, is running strong today with bands like The Black Keys and Jack White wowing crowds in Chicago.

The band has put out two new albums, Strays in 2003 and the new one The Great Escape Artist in 2011. Their sound has evolved into a sound very much like Velvet Revolver with more rock anthem influenced tracks.

The band is currently touring with 2/3rd's of the original line-up including amazing guitarist and star in his own right Dave Navarro and the unmistakably original Stephen Perkins on drums.


References:

• Jane's Addiction, Show Dates
• Wikipedia, Jane's Addiction

Shows: Heartless Bastard@The Murat

Ohio natives Heartless Bastards will be playing in Indy in Friday September 7th 2012.

The Heartless Bastards, who are coming to the Old National Center (aka The Egyptian Room at The Murat) for First Friday Food Truck Fest in Indy on Friday September 7th 2012. They are a power trio whose members include singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter Erika Wennerstrom and her brother who were raised by a single mom in Dayton, Ohio.

Wennerstrom discovered her interest in music at a young age, but she always preferred writing her own songs as opposed to singing Disney tunes in school productions. Wennerstrom dropped out of her Catholic high school her senior year, and began concentrating more on music. After a few years of working dead-end jobs in Dayton, Wennerstrom moved to Cincinnati, where she met bassist Mike Lamping, who was working at his family's janitorial supply company.

Wennerstrom and Lamping began performing around town as the Heartless Bastards, and quickly added drummer and pizza delivery man Kevin Vaughn to the lineup. The band began to tour, its music rooted in and heavily influenced by garage punk (MC5), indie rock (At the Drive-In), soul (Otis Redding), roots rock (Neil Young), and blues (Leadbelly). The Heartless Bastards eventually were signed to Fat Possum Records, which released both the band's 2005 debut, Stairs and Elevators, and it's break through follow-up album All This Time, a year later, continuing with The Mountain in 2009. Arrow, the group's new album was released on February 2012 and is an incredibly strong album.

The Heartless Bastards will also be appearing at the Headliners in Louisville on September 8th and in Downtown Dayton at the Revival Music Festival September 9th.

References:

• Heartless Bastards, Official Site
• Ticket Fly, TICKETS