2011, Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro and drummer Stephen Perkins are reaching beyond the Zeppelin-sized swirl of 1988's NOTHING'S SHOCKING and 1990's RITUAL DE LO HABITUAL to a modern, forward-looking sound with the help of Dave Sitek from the Brooklyn art-rockers TV On The Radio. Sitek is collaborating as songwriter and fill-in bassist on the album. The band's evolving sound comes after several false starts. In 2008, Jane's reunited with founding bassist Avery for the first time since the original band's 1991 breakup, but he quit again after a busy year of touring and some recording sessions produced by Trent Reznor. His replacement was Duff McKagan (Guns'n'Roses), which seemed like a masterstroke until he also quit after just six months of live gigs and songwriting work.