Dave Navarro is quite the character, but it maybe more so than we originally thought. Dude’s insane.
Running into Fiona Apple in the ’90s and falling instantly in love with her and the shared musicianship that they both possessed, Dave Navarro felt he needed to go to the extremes to impress the singer.
The guitarist apparently once left a message on her dressing room wall written in his own blood to leave a lasting impression. Yeah, he did that.
According to The Face, Navarro and Apple were set to perform at the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas show in LA back in the yesteryears of 1997.
Originally, Navarro didn’t want to perform, but found out that Apple was onboard, and changed his mind. I mean, who wouldn’t, it’s Fiona freaking Apple.
“That was something I kind of didn’t want to do,” he told MTV News at the time. “But then I learned that Fiona Apple would be performing, so that to me is a hot spot of the tour.”
Despite having never met the singer prior to this, the guitarist went left a note on the wall which simply read “Dear Fiona, have fun. Love, D.N.”
The DJs at KROQ apparently heard about the incident but they didn’t believe it. Navarro called the station himself and explained his actions.
“I truly believe that the music Fiona Apple courageously shares with the world comes from the beauty and pain that flows from within her heart. I simply chose to thank her for her honesty by leaving her a little note that comes from the beauty and pain that flows from within my heart…literally.”
In his book, the guitarist says he thought it would be a romantic gesture to write her a bloody message.
“It was my life blood that I was symbolically sharing. I thought we would relate on multiple levels, because we’re both passionate musicians and artists. In my head, it was a grand, romantic statement that she would find very touching.”
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