Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction were one of the most influential bands of the late 1980s/early '90s, warming the masses up to "alternative" music before Nirvana. Given that they only recorded three albums before calling it quits, fans and collectors will love Kettle Whistle, not so much for its content (outtakes, live recordings, etc.), but for the simple fact that it exists.

As its current projects crumble from irrelevance to negative cash flow, a band that never made music or money commensurate with its myth bestows upon a shock-sated marketplace outtakes, demos, live tracks, and four proofs of physical reunion. Chutzpah has never been Perry Bernstein's problem. (Grade - C+)