Jane's

/ dʒeɪnz /

noun

1. any of several periodical publications such as Fighting Ships and All the World's Aircraft

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jane's¹

C20: named after Frederick Thomas Jane (1865–1916), British naval writer and artist

Example Sentences

But no one ever asked Perry Farrell, Jane’s Addiction front man and founder of Lollapalooza, the alternative festival that was also touring the country at the same time as Lilith Fair, if Lolla was phallocentric, or something similarly ridiculous.

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However, as Beaujour notes, “the first year of Lollapalooza, which was basically started as a Jane’s Addiction farewell tour,” didn’t have Jane’s Addiction on subsequent Lollapaloozas.

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Jane’s Addiction is suing Perry Farrell and Farrell is suing the other Jane’s members over the 2024 onstage altercation that wound up deep-sixing the band.

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During the tour, the three “decided that Jane’s Addiction’s decades of success should be jettisoned” in pursuit of that harassment campaign, the complaint says.

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Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction is seeking medical treatment as he takes a moment ‘to reflect and to heal’ from last week’s onstage brawl with Dave Navarro.

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