Stephen Perkins was born in 1967, September 13th in Los Angeles, actually Beverly Hills at Cedars Sinai. In 1980 he met Dave Navarro at Notre Dame High School, and they started a heavy metal band called Dizaster.



His first gig was in 1984 at the Troubador, Los Angeles, California, at age 15 in a band called Champion. When Stephen and Dave graduated in 1985, they continued on and started Jane's Addiction. Stephen:

"At that moment, we started touring the world and I met my wife Cindy Juarez in Chicago. (..) We first toured around the United States in a little van, graduated to an RV and then finally signed a record deal with Warner Bros in 1987."

Stephen and the rest of the band made their first record for them in 1988 called "Nothing's Shocking" and the next record in 1990 called "Ritual De Lo Habitual", which at that point they decided to break up.



It would take twelve years before they started working on a new record. "Hypersonic" was released in 2003.



Stephen has played with numerous bands, including Jane’s Addiction, Porno for Pyros, Infectious Grooves, Banyan, Methods of Mayhem. He has also performed on many sessions with such greats as Nine Inch Nails, No Doubt, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mike Watt, Love & Rockets, Rancid, Rob Wasserman, Dave Navarro, Rage Against the Machine, Sheryl Crow, Class of 99’, and Glenn Tipton. When not touring or recording, Stephen finds time for drum clinics, drum circles, and music therapy activities.



More currently Stephen plays drums in The Panic Channel, the band featuring former Jane's Addiction members Dave Navarro (guitar) and Chris Chaney (bass), along with singer Steve Isaacs.