KISS’ Paul Stanley on the Jane’s Addiction fight: “You don’t bring your problems on stage”
nme.comKISS frontman Paul Stanley has shared his thoughts on Jane’s Addiction‘s bust-up onstage.Frontman Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro got into a fight while on stage during a show in Boston last month subsequently resulting in the band cancelling their remaining dates and confirming a hiatus, citing the frontman’s “mental health difficulties”.Speaking on Jackass star Steve-O‘s Wild Ride podcast.
Stanley said: “You don’t hit. And you don’t bring your problems onstage. You leave your ego – well, that’s more difficult. But you leave your anger and your resentment at the bottom of the stairs.”He went on to say “the audience doesn’t deserve that,” in reference to the fight onstage, adding: “The audience paid.
And that goes back to that same philosophy of [KISS] being the band we never saw.“People get one chance to see you, possibly on a tour.
It doesn’t matter about last night or about the night after – that’s their night, and for them to see you not interacting with your bandmate, that’s kid shit.
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