Watch: PORNO FOR PYROS Performs At WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE Festival
May 23, 2022PORNO FOR PYROS, the post-JANE'S ADDICTION band fronted by Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell, performed at the Welcome To Rockville festival in Daytona Beach, Florida on Sunday, May 22. Fan-filmed video of the group's appearance can be seen below.
PORNO FOR PYROS was a late addition to Welcome To Rockville after JANE'S ADDICTION pulled out of the event due to guitarist Dave Navarro's "long bout with COVID."
Regular PORNO FOR PYROS drummer Stephen Perkins was unable to make the Welcome To Rockville gig because he was reportedly suffering from an infection. Filling in for him was his drum tech.
In 2020, PORNO FOR PYROS reunited for a performance as part of Lollapalooza's Lolla2020 livestream. Farrell, Perkins, Peter DiStefeno and Mike Watt (who joined the band during recording of 1996's "Good God's Urge") were filmed outside performing acoustic backyard versions of the 1993 hit "Pets" as well as "Kimberly Austin", a track from PORNO FOR PYROS' second LP, the aforementioned "Good God's Urge".
Rumors of a PORNO FOR PYROS reunion had been brewing for years. It was previously planned for Farrell's Las Vegas show "Kind Heaven" in 2019 before being scrapped due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Formed in 1992, PORNO FOR PYROS released its first self-titled debut album in 1993, which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200. Original bassist Martyn LeNoble left the group in 1996, and Watt replaced him from 1996 through 1997. "Good God's Urge" followed in 1996 before PORNO FOR PYROS broke up in 1998.
Prior to the Lolla2020 livestream, PORNO FOR PYROS' last performance was at Farrell's 50th-birthday party in 2009.
Photo credit: Cameron Nunez
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