Eric Avery

Nine Inch Nails’ Bassist Eric Avery Leaves Band

Nine Inch Nails‘ bass player Eric Avery has written a letter to fans explaining his recent departure from the group. Read the statement from Avery below and say your goodbyes after the jump. its with very mixed emotions i tell you all that im pulling out of NIN. i know. its been a tough call […]

HOLY SH!T: Nine Inch Nails Returning And Touring This Year

Well, this caught me by surprise. Trent Reznor released a note on hipster music site Pitchfork saying the following: “NOTE FROM TRENT: Nine Inch Nails are touring this year. I was working with Adrian Belew on some musical ideas, which led to some discussion on performing, which led to some beard-scratching, which (many steps later) […]

Jane’s Addiction To Start Recording New Album In January

Alternative rock band Jane’s Addiction have gone through so many iterations, and yet they’re still taking outside opinion to heart. The band reunited for a tour with Nine Inch Nails with original bassist Eric Avery, but then worked on new material and Eric quit. The album that resulted, The Great Escape Artist, has apparently left the […]

Dave Navarro Working On Two Solo Albums

Dave Navarro, guitarist for alternative band Jane’s Addiction, runs his own internet radio show called Dark Matter. On it, he recently stated that when Jane’s has some time off, he’ll be working on two solo albums. “I actually have two records that I plan on making simultaneously, completely different. They’re just two different musical styles. […]

The Dillinger Escape Plan’s Guitarist Forms Supergroup

Ben Weinman of The Dillinger Escape Plan has recently formed an all-star line-up for a side project with members/former members of Mastodon, Jane’s Addiction, and The Mars Volta. We can only imagine how insane this will sound! “To all of you who have been asking me about my project with Brent Hinds, Eric Avery, and […]

Supergroup in the making (Mastodon, Dillinger Escape Plan, Mars Volta)

A beyond supergroup has been revealed between Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds, Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman, former Mars Volta drummer Thomas Pridgen and ex-Jane’s Addiction bassist Eric Avery. The group, for now, is unnamed but the crew here at UTG can’t wait to see what these guys have in store for the music world. […]