Casey Niccoli, who worked with Jane’s Addiction in the past, has claimed that she has not been receiving credit for her early years of contribution to the band, leaving her feeling helpless. Perry Farrell, the band’s frontman and Niccoli’s previous partner, collaborated with her to design the sculpture used on Jane’s Addiction’s 1990 album cover titled ‘Ritual De Lo Habitual’. In a recent HuffPost article, Niccoli shares her experience of working with the band and the impact it had on her reputation.
The sculpture was discovered from a storage facility after being misplaced by the band’s management for years. Jane’s Addiction’s bassist Eric Avery posted an image of the band on Instagram, looking down at the damaged sculpture without acknowledging Niccoli in the post. Niccoli claims that seeing the photo was unsettling, as several men peered down at her sculpted face without acknowledging her creative contribution to creating it. She wrote about the recurring theme of men and women not being credited in artistic collaborations.
Niccoli, also outlined her other creative contributions to Jane’s Addiction, claiming that she styled Farrell for gigs, promoted their live shows, captured early band photos featured on the second album’s inner sleeve called ‘Nothing’s Shocking’ and helped design the sculpture on the cover of ‘Nothing’s Shocking’. She also directed several music videos for the band, including ‘Classic Girl,’ ‘Been Caught Stealing,’ ‘Stop,’ and ‘Ocean Size,’ which won an MTV Video Music Award in 1991.
While detailing her life since parting ways with Jane’s Addiction, Niccoli mentioned raising two children, getting sober, enrolling in college this year, and working as a collage artist. She wrote of her lack of ownership or rights to her transformative period of creative contribution to the band, saying that it impacted her reputation. Jane’s Addiction recently reformed in their initial lineup, with Avery rejoining the band following his departure in 2010, and they will release their first new single in over ten years this week
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