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Dave Navarro
Biography
With his six-string skills best described as a merger between heavy metal, psychedelia and modern rock, Dave Navarro became one of alternative's first true guitar heroes (with such notorious bands as Jane's Addiction and The Red Hot Chili Peppers). Born on June 7, 1967 in California, Navarro became mesmerized by the guitar as a teenager, due to his discovery of the incomparable Jimi Hendrix. This led to an appreciation of a wide variety of musical styles - in fact, when he met singer Perry Farrell initially, he was in a speed metal band (along with drummer Stephen Perkins). Navarro, Perkins, Farrell, and bassist Eric Avery formed Jane's Addiction in the mid-80's, and alt-rock has never been the same since.

Navarro was one of the first rock guitarists to not just confine his playing to one style - something that had become commonplace in the 90's, but was virtually unheard of in the 80's (could you have really pictured Eddie Van Halen guesting on a punk rock record?). His playing on such landmark Jane's albums as 1988's Nothing's Shocking and 90's Ritual De Lo Habitual was like a breath of fresh air - Navarro knew when to shred away, and when to lay low and add textures to the compositions.
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