DAVE NAVARRO Talks About THE PANIC CHANNEL And CAMP FREDDY

April 18, 2005

Former JANE'S ADDICTION/RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS guitarist Dave Navarro has told MTV.com that he has been making the rounds at the major labels to discuss the future of his THE PANIC CHANNEL and CAMP FREDDY projects, which he would like to see released sometime this fall. The guitarist has a pre-existing relationship with Capitol Records — the label issued both his solo LP, 2001's "Trust No One", and JANE'S ADDICTION's last outing, 2003's "Strays".

"If Capitol wants to put us out, we'd love to do that," Navarro said of THE PANIC CHANNEL material, which he characterized as having "power and melody." "But so far, this thing has been DIY. It's been a lot of fun getting back in the garage and just writing songs on our own. I would say there's elements of both [JANE'S ADDICTION and 'Trust No One'] to the music, but some of the stuff's a little more song-oriented than anything we've done before, and some of it's real experimental. So, as with everything that we've done, it's very diverse."

THE PANIC CHANNEL — which features three quarters of the most recent lineup of JANE'S ADDICTION (Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins, and bassist Chris Chaney) and former SKYCYCLE vocalist Steve Isaacs — have all but finished recording their currently untitled debut disc, which they plan to mix in the next few weeks. Tracks slated for the album include "Tea House of the Spirits", "Bloody Mary", "Loophole", "Blue Bruises" and "Said You'd Be".

"We're having a blast," Navarro said. "It's kind of fun to just be a baby band again, you know? Because we're not a supergroup, and we're not, like, some guys from JANE'S ADDICTION and some guys from another band — it's like a brand-new project, a whole new sound."

And then there's the yet-untitled CAMP FREDDY opus. Created not so much as a band but a traveling jam session, CAMP FREDDY features Navarro and Chaney with VELVET REVOLVER's Matt Sorum on drums, THE CULT's Billy Morrison on guitar and singer Donovan Leitch.

"The whole thing got together because we really loved the idea that there was no label, no management, no industry aspect to it because of the fact that it's all cover songs," Navarro explained. "So there's really not a dollar to be made, and as a result of that, we've done the whole thing on our own."

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