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==Musical style and influences== Often associated with [[alternative rock]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Siroky |first=Mary |date=2023-05-03 |title=The 23 Worst Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Snubs |url=https://consequence.net/2023/05/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-snubs/ |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bieri |first=Chris |date=July 23, 2015 |title=Alt-rock trailblazers Jane's Addiction headed to Fairbanks, Anchorage |url=https://www.adn.com/music/article/alt-rock-trailblazers-janes-addiction-headed-fairbanks-anchorage/2015/07/23/ |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=[[Anchorage Daily News]]}}</ref> Jane's Addiction is credited for the mainstream exposure of the [[alternative rock|alternative music scene]] in the 1990s.<ref name="oo1">Owings and Oswald (2006), p. 90</ref><ref>Waksman (2009), p. 303</ref><ref name="taylor">Taylor (2006), p. 127</ref> The band has also been associated with such genres as [[funk-punk]] and [[funk metal]].<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FegCAAAAMBAJ&q=Jane%27s+Addiction+funk&pg=PA104 | title=Rock Recordings | author=Smith, Ethan | journal=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] | date=September 7, 1997 | volume=30 | issue=34 | page=104 | issn=0028-7369 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title= Jane's Addiction β Ritual de lo Habitual |journal= [[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date= December 1990 |volume= 6 |issue= 9 |issn= 0886-3032 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=RDWxkmx1bj4C&q=%22funk+metal%22&pg=PA54}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://entertainment.ie/music/news/Janes-Addiction-Release-Rarities-Boxset/26357.htm |title= Jane's Addiction Release Rarities Boxset |publisher= [[entertainment.ie]] |date= February 26, 2009 |access-date= April 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first= M. |last= Taufiqurrahman |url= http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2007/07/01/still-shocking.html-0 |title= Still Shocking |newspaper= [[The Jakarta Post]] |date= July 1, 2007 |access-date= April 24, 2015 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151029070121/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2007/07/01/still-shocking.html-0 |archive-date= October 29, 2015 |df= mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= Jane's Addiction Ready Rarities Box Set |url= https://pitchfork.com/news/34699-janes-addiction-ready-rarities-box-set/ |publisher= [[Pitchfork Media]] |date= February 26, 2009 |access-date= April 24, 2015}}</ref> According to Navarro, each of the band's members has (for the most part) unique influences: "We've never been on the same page in terms of our personal tastes, any one of us. We all have different record collections, with a few bands we land on at the same time - classic [[Pink Floyd]], [[Led Zeppelin]], and [[The Rolling Stones|[Rolling] Stones]]. We all kind of come together in that one little genre, but apart from that everything we love and are influenced by as individuals is completely different."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Graff |first=Gary |date=October 12, 2012 |title=Q&A WITH JANE'S ADDICTION |url=https://www.musicconnection.com/qa-with-janes-addiction/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305010800/https://www.musicconnection.com/qa-with-janes-addiction/ |archive-date=March 5, 2024 |access-date=July 26, 2024 |website=[[Music Connection]]}}</ref> Talking about ''[[Ritual de lo Habitual]]'', [[Alice Cooper]] remarked, "I can spot traces of other people on this album, [[Alice Cooper (band)|us]] included, but that's all they are: traces. They were a really original band. This is their peak album, where they really went out on a limb. Sometimes I get so caught up in these songs, I can actually feel the band pushing themselves to their limits. Sometimes I can't believe how strong it is. I wonder if this will have the same effect on some kid as [[Chuck Berry]] had on me ..."<ref>''[[Melody Maker]]'', June 18, 1994</ref>
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