In 2007, he contributed original music to the feature film documentary The 11th Hour. I had heard nothing but bad things about working with Billy, but I went, and I found it to be a really inspiring time." Billy Corgan ended up playing bass on what would become 2007's Zeitgeist and hired Ginger Reyes for live performances. He was not paid for his work, but said the sessions were a lot of fun: "I went into with the same mentality I took with me when I auditioned for Metallica – I expected to have a good story to tell my wife. Īvery worked briefly with the revived Smashing Pumpkins, but ultimately did not join the band. Avery has also performed with Peter Murphy, on tour and on 2004's Unshattered.
Avery toured with the band Garbage to promote 2005's Bleed Like Me. The role didn't quite fit Avery and the band went with Ozzy Osbourne and Suicidal Tendencies bassist Robert Trujillo. Eric declined the invitation, saying he wanted to concentrate on Polar Bear.Īs seen in the film Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, Avery auditioned for Metallica, after the departure of bassist Jason Newsted. He was once suggested as the replacement bassist for Tool by former Jane's Addiction and then-current Tool manager Ted Gardner. What else can you say but, Good luck to ya?" Īvery has recorded tracks for, toured with and briefly dated Alanis Morissette, as well as creating another side project, Polar Bear, in 1994. "I've asked him," said Farrell before 2001's Jubilee Tour, "but he says he wants no part of it. Rebecca suggested that Eric and Perry Farrell audition Stephen as the drummer for Jane's Addiction after Perry and Eric cofounded the band.Īvery kept a fairly low profile after the first demise of Jane's Addiction, participating in the Deconstruction project with Navarro immediately after Jane's Addiction's breakup, but initially declining invitations for Jane's reunions. Stephen met Eric's sister, Rebecca Avery, and they dated. Dave was classmates at Notre Dame with Stephen Perkins.
Monica High School of Santa Monica, California, and Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California. Paul the Apostle Grammar School in West Los Angeles, a Catholic parochial school founded by the Paulist Father. His father is the actor Brian Avery, perhaps best known for playing Carl Smith (who Dustin Hoffman famously keeps from marrying Katharine Ross) in The Graduate.Īvery and Dave Navarro met as classmates at St. (2013).Įric Avery was born in Los Angeles, California. To date, Avery has released two solo studio albums under his own name, Help Wanted (2008) and LIFE.TIME. In 2013, Avery joined Nine Inch Nails in preparation for their extensive Twenty Thirteen Tour, before parting ways with the project ahead of the tour's commencement. Avery unofficially joined The Smashing Pumpkins in 2006 for short spell, and was briefly a member of the rock supergroup Giraffe Tongue Orchestra. The original core line-up of the band embarked on a co-headlining tour with Nine Inch Nails, with Avery departing in 2010 due to ongoing tensions with Farrell.Īlongside his work with Jane's Addiction, Avery is a former member of Alanis Morissette's backing band, and has been a touring and session musician for Garbage since 2005, contributing to the albums, Not Your Kind of People (2012), Strange Little Birds (2016) and No Gods No Masters (2021). Declining to take part in Jane's Addiction's 19 reunions, Avery eventually rejoined the band in 2008. The following year, Avery began a solo project named Polar Bear, which he focused on between 19. Following Jane's Addiction's dissolution, Avery and guitarist Dave Navarro formed Deconstruction with drummer Michael Murphy, releasing one studio album in 1994. He is currently the touring and recording bassist for Garbage, which he joined in 2005 as a sideman, and with whom he has recorded three studio albums.Ī core member of Jane's Addiction during its initial lifespan, Avery co-founded the band in 1985 with frontman Perry Farrell, and recorded two studio albums, Nothing's Shocking (1988) and Ritual de lo Habitual (1990), before the band's acrimonious break-up in 1991. He is best known as the former songwriter and bass guitarist of the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction, with whom he recorded two studio albums. Eric Adam Avery (born April 25, 1965) is an American musician.
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