Perry Farrell's wife has defended her husband after he attacked bandmate Dave Navarro on stage at their Boston gig.
Perry Farrell's wife defends star after Dave Navarro attack
The 65-year-old Jane's Addiction frontman was blasted after he "body checked" guitarist Dave, 57, during the concert but his wife Etty Lau Farrell has blamed a combination of "tension and animosity", Perry's frustration at "his voice being drowned out by the band" and the band "starting the song 'Ocean' before Perry was ready" as the reasons for his shocking outburst.
She shared a video of the incident on Instagram and wrote: "Rather than speculating, I thought to post a first person account of what happened on stage with @janesaddiction last night at the @lenderpavilion in Boston.
"WHO: Perry Farrell Dave Navarro
"HOW: Clearly there had been a lot of tension and animosity between the members.. the magic that made the band so dynamic. Well, the dynamite was lit. Perry got up in Dave’s face and body checked him.
"WHY: Perry’s frustration had been mounting, night after night, he felt that the stage volume had been extremely loud and his voice was being drowned out by the band. Perry had been suffering from tinnitus and a sore throat every night. But when the audience in the first row, started complaining up to Perry cussing at him that the band was planning too loud and that they couldn’t hear him, Perry lost it.
"WHEN: The band started the song Ocean before Perry was ready and did the count off.. The stage volume was so loud at that point, that Perry couldn’t hear pass the boom and the vibration of the instruments and by the end of the song, he wasn’t singing, he was screaming just be to be heard."
While Etty Lau, 49, admitted Dave did try to deescalate the situtaion, she claimed bandmate Eric Avery "put Perry in a headlock and punched him in the stomach three times".
She wrote: "SO WHO WON THE FIGHT: Why, Eric Avery of course. While Dave was keeping Perry at arm’s length to de-escalate the situation. Dan rushed over to de-escalate as well by holding Perry back. Dave walked away to take his guitar off. Eric walked up to Perry, upstage, in the dark, behind Dan, put Perry in a headlock and punched him in the stomach three times. Kevin, crewmember with a long hair with long hair pulled Eric away. Then Eric nonchalant walked off to the front of the stage to apologize to audience for the show ended early.
"WHAT WAS THE AFTERMATH? Dave still looked handsome and cool in the middle of a fight. Perry was a crazed beast for the next half an hour - he finally did not calm down, but did breakdown and cried and cried. Eric, well he either didn’t understand what descalation meant or took advantage of the situation and got in a few cheap shots on Perry.
"Well, that’s is my first person account narrative of what happened. Take a look at the video yourself. #Janesaddiction #amancanonlybepushedsofar #davetookthehighroad #Cheapshot #leaderbankpavilion #mothereagle."
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