born march 29th, 1959 perry is most well known for his work with jane's addiction
from the years ~1987 to present, pioneering alternative music throughout his career as a whole.
perry was never afraid to experiment with femininity and sexual expression in his music and art in
general at any stage of his career, wearing corsets and makeup on stage many times over the years.
aside from that, much of his music is about his various lovers over the years who he speaks of very
tenderly and poetically.
from ~1985 to at least 1997, perry was addicted to heroin which he writes about in a lot of his music.
through heroin he met his first love, xiola, who died of an overdose in 1987, which, along with his
mother's suicide, directly inspired the song then she did on ritual de lo habitual.
perry was also a narcissist, the drugs, money, and fame he got in such a short amount of time most
certainly not helping the situation as a whole. over 1987, the band wrote 3 albums worth of songs,
releasing their debut album the same year, nothing's shocking the next, and ritual de lo habitual in
1990.
after breaking up in 1991, perry started the band porno for pyros with former jane's drummer
steven perkins, releasing their self titled album in 1993, followed by good god's urge in 1997.