Artist · chart history
Porno for Pyros
Band Los Angeles United States Active 1992–1998
Porno for Pyros formed in 1992 in Los Angeles, United States and was active until 1998. Porno for Pyros has 72 chart appearances on 58 radio countdowns from 25 stations on RockLists, spanning 1993–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Pets”, which appears on 47 lists with a best position of #9. The station that charted Porno for Pyros most often is WOXY 97X (Cincinnati, OH), with 9 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1996.
Porno for Pyros rose out of Los Angeles in 1992 from the wreckage of Jane's Addiction's first break-up, with Perry Farrell out front and Stephen Perkins on drums, joined by guitarist Peter DiStefano and founding bassist Martyn LeNoble, later replaced by Mike Watt. It was looser and stranger than the old band, all sly psychedelia, tribal percussion and Farrell's high, unhinged yelp.
The self-titled debut in 1993 brought "Pets", a woozy, sardonic singalong that became their calling card, plus "Cursed Female" and "Meija". Good God's Urge, in 1996, drifted further out, all ocean breezes and dreamy haze, with "Tahitian Moon" as its sunlit centerpiece. In 1998 they went on hiatus.
The band never quite stayed dead. The original lineup played a one-off at Farrell's 50th birthday party in 2009, the Watt-era lineup reunited for the Lolla2020 broadcast, and in 2022 Farrell and Perkins revived it for their first big public shows in over 24 years, which snowballed into the full original lineup taking the stage at the Welcome to Rockville festival. LeNoble left on good terms in November 2023, and the band announced that the coming tour would be its farewell.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Porno for Pyros on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pets | 47 | #9 | – | 1993 | |
| 2 | Tahitian Moon | 15 | #9 | – | 1996 | |
| 3 | Cursed Female | 5 | #41 | – | 1993 | |
| 4 | Meija | 1 | #584 | – | – | |
| 5 | Hard Charger | 2 | #81 | – | 1997 | |
| 6 | Pete's Dad | 1 | #87 | – | 1993 | |
| 7 | Aqua | 1 | #103 | – | 2024 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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