In The Alternative Number Ones, I'm reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...

How did Porno for Pyros get their band name? What does it mean? Do you know where it comes from? Because Porno for Pyros is such a blaring, suggestive, eye-catching moniker that its origins must come ...

P*rno for Pyros was an experimental hodgepodge before breaking up in 1998. P*rno For Pyros was tripped out from the opening “Sadness” and mellowed-out “Meija” and into the more upped “Pets” and ...

Vocalist Perry Farrell has plenty of fond memories about Porno for Pyros’ three stints, which started in 1992. Farrell, who also fronts Jane’s Addiction and is a Westside LA resident, is preparing to ...

I don't have a lot of nice things to say about the first Porno For Pyros album, which mostly strikes me as a turgid echo of Jane's Addiction, with all the psychedelic wailing and funk-metal ...