Porno for Pyros (album)
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| Studio album by Porno for Pyros | ||||
| Released | April 27, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | Summer, 1992 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 39:17 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | |||
| Producer | Perry Farrell, Matt Hyde | |||
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| Allmusic |    |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
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Porno for Pyros is the eponymous debut album by Porno for Pyros, released on April 27, 1993 on the same label as Jane's Addiction, Warner Bros. Records. Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro and bassist Eric Avery, battling substance abuse issues, had left the band in 1991 in an attempt to stay clean, though the other half of the band wished to continue creating music. The remaining members of Jane's Addiction, Perry Farrell and Stephen Perkins, were joined by guitarist Peter DiStefano and future Jane's Addiction bassist Martyn LeNoble, and continued under the new band name Porno for Pyros. The band (and album) name is a reference to the 1992 Los Angeles riots, which are mentioned throughout the songs on the album as a recurring theme.
The album was certified Gold in the U.S. by the RIAA and contained the No. 1 Modern Rock single "Pets".
Before the album's release, the musical direction and focus of the band and album were said to be "laid-back", "ethnic-influenced" and "edgy and experimental". This ultimately proved to be inaccurate of Porno for Pyros, though the 1996 follow-up Good God's Urge eventually made good on the assertion. Critics often compared the sound of Porno for Pyros to that of Jane's Addiction upon its release, noting many parallels in song structure and overall sound.
Such comparisons may be unavoidable; three of Porno for Pyros' founding four members (Farrell, Perkins and LeNoble) have either been past or are current members of Jane's Addiction. In addition, a number of songs on Porno for Pyros, namely "Blood Rag" and "Bad Shit", were written during the pre-1992 Jane's Addiction period, although they would remain unfinished and unrecorded until the Porno for Pyros album.
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