Soon after, he discovered David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed. His early musical influences included the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Sly and the Family Stone and James Brown. His father was a jeweler and his mother was an artist who died by suicide when Farrell was three, an event later noted in the Jane's Addiction songs 'Then She Did' and 'Twisted Tales'. 2.2 Jane's Addiction (1985–1991, 1997, 2001–2004, 2008–present)īorn Peretz Bernstein in Queens, New York City, he spent his grade-school years in Woodmere, Long Island, and moved to North Miami Beach, Florida, with his Jewish family during his teens.
