JANE’S ADDICTION TO BE INDUCTED INTO GUITAR CENTER’S HISTORIC ROCKWALK ON JUNE 1

 GUITAR CENTER TO INDUCT JANE’S ADDICTION
INTO HISTORIC ROCKWALK JUNE 1ST AT NOON (PST)

ALT-ROCK PIONEERS PERRY FARRELL, DAVE NAVARRO AND
STEPHEN PERKINS TO BE INDUCTED IN SPECIAL CEREMONY
IN HOLLYWOOD

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE’S TOM MORELLO TO GIVE
INDUCTION SPEECH

Westlake Village, CA – Guitar Center, the world’s largest musical instrument retailer, today announced that Jane’s Addiction will be inducted into the historic Guitar Center RockWalk in Hollywood on Wednesday, June 1^st at 12pm PST.  Band members Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro and Stephen Perkins will be inducted in a special ceremony at Guitar Center Hollywood, 7425 West Sunset Blvd., with Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello giving the induction speech.

Guitar Center’s RockWalk is dedicated to honoring those artists who have made a significant impact and lasting contribution to the growth and evolution of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Blues and R&B. Jane’s Addiction’s handprints will reside alongside the handprints, signatures, and faces of other accomplished musicians and innovators including Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Elvis Presley, Carlos Santana, Johnny Cash, Van Halen, AC/DC, Bonnie Raitt, Aerosmith, Carl Perkins, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, B.B. King, Stevie Wonder, Run-D.M.C and Queen, among numerous others. 

Who: Jane’s Addiction
What: Induction into Guitar Center’s historic Hollywood RockWalk
When: Wednesday, June 1^st, 12pm PST
Where: Guitar Center Hollywood, 7425 West Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA
Press Contacts: Rob Krauser/Cornerstone (Guitar Center), rkrauser@cornerstonepromotion.com, 212.652.9278; Mitch Schneider, Alexandra Greenberg/MSO (Jane’s Addiction), mschneider@msopr.com, agreenberg@msopr.com, 818-380-0400

There will be a press conference following the induction, and individual band interviews available on a case-by-case basis.

Over the course of their 25-plus year career, Jane’s Addiction merged alternative and rock like no one before, becoming the first alternative rock band and creating a new sound and attitude in the process. Writing the rulebook for alternative music and culture through their combination of genre-defying classic songs and trademark cinematic live experience, Jane’s Addiction has sold over seven million records in the U.S. alone, garnering Grammy nominations and spearheading the movement of modern American festival culture by launching and headlining Lollapalooza.

2011 marks another momentous year for Jane’s Addiction, with the band set to tour the world and release a new album, The Great Escape Artist (Capitol) produced by Rich Costey (Muse, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol) with TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek brought on as part of the creative team.

About Guitar Center
Guitar Center is the world’s largest retailer of guitars, amplifiers, drums, keyboards and pro-audio and recording equipment. Our retail store subsidiary presently operates 218 Guitar Center stores across the U.S. We are also the largest direct response retailer of musical instruments in the United States through our wholly owned subsidiary, Musician's Friend, Inc., and its catalog and Web site, http://www.musiciansfriend.com. In addition, our Music & Arts division operates more than 100 stores specializing in band instruments for sale and rental, serving teachers, band directors, college professors and students. More information on Guitar Center can be found by visiting the Company's Web site at http://www.guitarcenter.com.

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About Jane’s Addiction
Forming in 1985 in L.A., JANE'S ADDICTION has been firmly embedded in the collective pop culture consciousness for 25 years now. Perry Farrell stands out as one of music's most forward-thinking and enigmatic frontmen. Dave Navarro remains a veritable guitar god. Drummer Stephen Perkins' tribal stomp has also influenced a generation of percussionists. The hugely influential Los Angeles-based band has sold in excess of seven million records in the U.S. alone. When lead singer Perry Farrell created the traveling Lollapalooza festival, it galvanized the alternative rock movement and brought it to a whole new level. JANE'S ADDICTION have written the rule book for alternative music and culture through a combination of genre-defying classic songs and a cinematic live experience. Great bands break rules, but legends write their own.

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