Coming down the mountain! That’s how Perry Farrell begins “Mountain Song,” Jane’s Addiction’s alternative national anthem. When Jane’s Addiction released their debut studio album Nothing’s Shocking in 1988, it kicked open the door for guitar-based alternative rock bands to enter the mainstream. Eric Avery opens the track with a stirring bass riff, an announcement, responded […]
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