The rock world was stunned earlier this month when a clip of Jane’s Addiction singer Perry Farrell having an onstage confrontation with guitarist Dave Navarro went viral. The band issued a statement about the situation and canceled the remainder of their tour, and Farrell apologized saying that his “breaking point resulted in inexcusable behavior, and I take full accountability for how I chose to handle the situation.”
Slipknot’s Corey Taylor was a recent guest on the “Your Mom’s House” podcast where he talked about the situation. “That was my wife waking me up and going, ‘Have you seen this sh*t?’” Taylor said. “And I was, like, ‘Uh, no.’ It’s sad, man, ’cause I know both of them. And Dave Navarro is one of the sweetest souls on the planet. Perry also is very sweet, man. He’s never been anything but f*cking kind to me. And seeing that, I don’t know what’s happening there. And obviously, I don’t wanna make assumptions ’cause I don’t want it to get fucking blown out. It looks — it could be chemical, it could be behavioral, it could be because they’ve known each other for f*cking 40 years, man. There’s so many myths about their relationship, who f*cking knows what that would be at this point? So I just hope Perry is okay. I hope Dave’s okay. I mean, I reached out to him to see if he was… I texted Dave to see how he was doing. He hit me back. He was, like, he’s cool. But, obviously, he doesn’t wanna say anything ’cause right now they’re just trying to figure out what the f*ck they’re gonna do.”
He later continued: “I hope they’re okay. And knowing how inter-band relationships can be, that’s f*cking tough, especially for a band that’s been around that long, dude. I know bands that have been around for five years that have that sh*t happen. You just never know. When you spend that much time on the road with people, and you go from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows and everything in between, sh*t’s gonna get personal, and you just never know what’s gonna happen on any given day.”
Taylor’s full interview can be viewed below.
