Jane’s Addiction performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Nov. 15, 2022. Steve Carlson/STAFF. Jane’s Addiction on Monday canceled the remainder of its tour with Love and Rockets in the aftermath of an onstage scuffle among the four band members. Guitarist Dave Navarro, bassist Eric Avery and drummer…

Insert Foot on the Jane’s Addiction kerfuffle. The Interwebs sure caught fire Saturday morning. Hysterical people were suffering nervous breakdowns as if their beloved pets were being devoured by marauding immigrants, once that video went public of Perry Farrell pushing his skinny little rocker chest into Dave Navarro’s skinny…

Sleaford Mods, “UK GRIM.” As an adolescent, I devoured Sue Townsend’s “The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4.” Though I was occasionally mystified by the Britishisms, wondering about pounds and quid, fortnights, pensioners and the dole, I was for the most part utterly charmed by the pastorale…

The Smashing Pumpkins perform at Chase Center in San Francisco on Nov. 15, 2022. Steve Carlson/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — “Cherub Rock” was the dividing line. It was getting late in the Smashing Pumpkins’ almost two-hour set Tuesday night at Chase Center. Until then, the crowd was pretty evenly spaced, age-wise,…

For shred legend Joe Satriani, 2018’s What Happens Next only lived up to its name until it dropped. The guitarist now had to find the new next thing. Two years after an electrifying, no-frills rock and roll romp, Satriani looks to his versatility for inspiration. For a guitarist so…

Perry Farrell’s Kind Heaven Orchestra performs at the Bill Graham Festival of Lights at The Fillmore in San Francisco on Dec. 2, 2018. Photos: Steve Carlson. SAN FRANCISCO — When you sign up for a show with Perry Farrell, storied lead singer of Jane’s Addiction and Porno for Pyros, you…