Eric Avery

Eric Avery
Eric Avery (left) and Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Eric Adam Avery
Born	(1960-04-25) April 25, 1960 (age 56) Los Angeles, California, US
Genres	Alternative rock, alternative metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer, piano, vocals
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Warner Bros., EMI/Capitol
Associated acts	Jane's Addiction, Nine Inch Nails, Deconstruction, Polar Bear, Garbage, Alanis Morissette, Giraffe Tongue Orchestra

Eric Adam Avery (born April 25, 1960) is an American musician. He is best known as the former bass guitarist and co-founding member of alternative metal band Jane's Addiction.

Since 2005, Avery is the bassist for Garbage.

He was also a member of Nine Inch Nails and Alanis Morrissete's band.

In 2008, Avery released a solo album, entitled Help Wanted, and a second in 2013 called LIFE.TIME.

Avery played in Jane's Addiction initially from the beginning in 1985 to its first end 1991, and rejoined the group in 2008 before departing again in 2010.

Eric Avery was born in Los Angeles, California. His father is the actor Brian Avery perhaps best known for his work in The Graduate, playing Carl Smith.

Eric and Dave Navarro first met as students at St. Paul the Apostle Grammar School in West Los Angeles, a Catholic Parochial School founded by the Paulist Fathers. Eric and Dave were classmates together. Eric went on to Loyola High School (boys only) of Los Angeles and Dave went on to Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California. Dave was classmates at Notre Dame with Stephen Perkins. Stephen met Eric's sister, Rebecca Avery, and they dated. It was Rebecca who suggested that Eric and Perry audition Stephen as the drummer for Jane's Addiction after Perry and Eric co-founded the band.

Avery kept a fairly low profile after the first demise of Jane's Addiction, participating in the Deconstruction project with Dave Navarro immediately after Jane's Addiction's breakup, but declining all invitations for Jane's reunions, until 2008. He has also recorded tracks for, toured with and briefly dated Alanis Morissette, as well as creating another side project, Polar Bear, in 1994. Avery was once suggested as the replacement bassist for Tool by former Jane's Addiction and then-current Tool manager Ted Gardner. Eric declined the invitation, saying he wanted to concentrate on his band Polar Bear. As seen in the film Some Kind of Monster, Avery also auditioned to become the bassist for Metallica, after the departure of former bassist Jason Newsted. The job didn't quite fit right for Avery; instead the band went with Ozzy Osbourne and Suicidal Tendencies bassist Robert Trujillo. Avery toured with the band Garbage during the promotion of their 2005 Bleed Like Me album. Avery has also performed with Peter Murphy, both on tour and on Murphy's 2004 release, Unshattered.