As Farrell says in his lawsuit, the history of Jane's Addiction has been peppered with "well-documented" antagonism between its "original" members, who settled in as the lineup in 1986, a year after the band was founded. That antagonism is clear in both complaints, which were reviewed by The Times.

Jane's Addiction members Dave Navarro, Eric Avery, and Stephen Perkins have sued Perry Farrell following an onstage fight that ended the band.

In newly filed court documents obtained by PEOPLE, Navarro, 58 — alongside fellow bandmates Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins — claim Farrell, 66, launched what they describe as a "brutal and unprovoked" attack during a mid-show incident in Boston in September 2024.