Dave Navarro Sets the Record Straight on His Lost Years and Rejoining Jane's Addiction

In September 2022, Jane’s Addiction fans were dealt the rather shocking news that original bassist Eric Avery was returning to the group after a 12-year absence, but guitarist Dave Navarro was taking an indefinite break so he could recover from Long Covid. “I really do have to consider everybody on the crew and their families,” Jane’s frontman Perry Farrell explained to Rolling Stone. “They have mouths to feed, and they haven’t had a paycheck in almost two years.” Over the next year, the void Navarro left in Jane’s was first...