Perry Farrell teams up with Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins for Kind Heaven Orchestra song, Mend

By Stuart Williams
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The song also features The Cars' Elliot Easton, and Bon Jovi keyboard player, David Bryan

Jane’s Addiction frontman, Perry Farrell has released a new song from his Kind Heaven Orchestra project featuring Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins on drums.  

Mend - co-written with Hawkins - bounces between a hypnotic, chilled verse groove and slightly heavier choruses before building to a double-time crescendo towards the end, featuring some signature Hawkins fills. 

Mend also features The Cars’ Elliot Easton, Bon Jovi’s David Bryan and bassist Chris Chaney, and was written about watching the relationship of a friend break down.   

“I’ve tried to reach through his ribcage and examine the heart of a good friend.” Farrell posted on Twitter. “Tried to empathise with what he was going through. I tried to mend my friend.”

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Mend, by Kind Heaven Orchestra is released today. 

Stuart Williams
Stuart Williams
Drums

I'm a freelance member of the MusicRadar team, specialising in drum news, interviews and reviews. I formerly edited Rhythm and Total Guitar here in the UK and have been playing drums for more than 25 years (my arms are very tired). When I'm not working on the site, I can be found on my electronic kit at home, or gigging and depping in function bands and the odd original project.