Editing Jane's Addiction (section)

===1988–1989: ''Nothing's Shocking''===
In January 1988, Jane's Addiction went into the studio to record its major label debut and follow-up to ''Jane's Addiction'', ''[[Nothing's Shocking]]''. Warner Bros. gave Jane's Addiction a list of producers to choose from, and the group chose [[Dave Jerden]].<ref>Mullen, p. 165</ref>

''Nothing's Shocking'' was released in 1988. "Mountain Song" was released as a single; MTV refused to air the song's music video because of a scene containing full frontal nudity.<ref>Mullen, p. 179</ref> Farrell then decided to release the music video commercially with added live footage to create the ''Soul Kiss'' home video.<ref>Mullen, p. 180</ref> Because of the lack of airplay on MTV and [[modern rock]] radio, the album only sold 200,000 to 250,000 copies in its first year of release.<ref>Mullen, p. 190</ref>

After the album's release, the band went on tour, opening for [[Iggy Pop]] and The [[Ramones]]. By the end of the tour, Jane's Addiction was headlining clubs and theaters.

During the recording sessions, Farrell stated he wanted 50% of the band's publishing royalties for writing the lyrics, plus a quarter of the remaining half for writing music, adding up to 62.5%. Bassist [[Eric Avery]] said he and the other members – guitarist [[Dave Navarro]] and drummer [[Stephen Perkins]] – were stunned by these demands.<ref>Mullen, p. 166</ref> Farrell refused to compromise. One day Jerden drove to the studio to find Farrell, Navarro, and Perkins leaving; Farrell told him the band had broken up and there would be no record. Warner Bros. called an emergency meeting to resolve the situation. Farrell received the royalty percentages he sought, with the other members receiving 12.5 percent each. Avery said the incident had a profound effect on the band, creating an internal fracture.<ref>Mullen, p. 168</ref>

Not long after the royalties dispute, Farrell and Avery – who had cofounded the band – had a falling-out. This was the result of Avery's newfound sobriety as well as an incident in which Farrell believed Avery had drunkenly tried to pick up his girlfriend. "Unfortunately," Farrell recalled, "the tensions between Eric and I affected the whole family. Some people were asked to take sides, and others just moped about because they didn't know what was going on."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= James |last= Halbert |title= Nasy habits |magazine= [[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] |issue= 30 |date= August 2001 |page= 58}}</ref> Perkins, however, is reported to have got along with Navarro, Avery and Farrell.<ref>Mullen, p. 169–71</ref>