Comments on: Farrell, MINK drop by Tao — but does anybody notice? http://www.bleedingneon.com/vegasinsight/2007/10/11/youll-never-know-what-could-have-been/ Alternative news, commentary and culture from Las Vegas Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:38:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.11 By: Michelle http://www.bleedingneon.com/vegasinsight/2007/10/11/youll-never-know-what-could-have-been/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Sat, 13 Oct 2007 22:37:18 +0000 http://www.vegasinsight.net/?p=22#comment-193 You know, I loved Jane’s Addiction, but honestly, I’m not feeling the love for his Satellite Party stuff.

I personally change the station when the Plain White T’s come on, but to many people, the band speaks to them musically.

What has Farrell done lately that has really set people’s ears on fire? And I’m not talking about the diehard fans. I’m talking about just a general cross-section of people.

Even when I was 25, I knew a lot of people then who had no idea who a majority of the classic rock icons of the 70s or 80s were. I think all generations have people like that. They just care about the here and now, not the once was. Maybe he’s just not as culturally relevant as he once was.

Jane’s Addiction helped explode the alt-rock revolution in the 90s, and a lot of bands in the 90s owed their continued fan base to being on Lollapalooza (jeez, I still remember attending the first show), but Farrell’s just doing his own thing now. That’s wonderful for him and his fans, but it’s not going to pack a Vegas nightclub.

I have to admit though – I would have been excited to see Farrell in person at Tao, just because I was such a JA fan. LOL

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