High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Strays is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Jane`s Addiction, released on July 22, 2003 on Capitol Records, and the first album to be recorded by a reunited Jane`s Addiction. Released 13 years after Ritual de lo Habitual (1990), the album marks the band`s longest gap between studio albums, and is the first to feature bassist Chris Chaney. Regarding the decision to record a new studio album after 13 years, drummer Stephen Perkins stated that the band had already completed two reunion tours performing old material, and that Jane`s was ready for "a new challenge." Vocalist Perry Farrell states that the band "went into the studio thinking fast, hard, modern and to the point."