Perry Farrell was born on March 29, 1959

Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction and Porno For Pyros was born today 48 years ago in New York City.

His stage name Perry Farrell is a pun on "peripheral" as his birth name was Perry Bernstein.

Farrell, Ted Gardener, and Marc Geiger created the Lollapalooza festival in 1991 as a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction. It ran until 1997 as a traveling festival.

Here's Porno For Pyros performing at Woodstock '94: