Perry Farrell (born Peretz Bernstein on 29 March 1959) became the frontman for the Gothic Rock band Psi Com in Los Angeles, and traveled in a larger community of area musicians including the bands X, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fishbone and The Minutemen. Psi Com broke up around 1985 and Farrell met Eric Avery through mutual friends.
The two began jam sessions which would become the initial foundation for Jane’s Addiction. It was during this period that Peretz chose the pseudonym Perry Farrell for himself as a play on the word «peripheral.»
