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A journalist’s rewind of 2007, focused on 12th March

As a part of Popmatters’ look back at the year 2007 in music, William Carl Ferleman remembers the controversial situation at the RHCP show in Oklahoma City on 12th March, where John criticised the audience for having booed Mickey Avalon; and shares some obviously non-biased views, yet is contradicting himself.

Frusciante’s impromptu outspokenness on the matter was not only hilariously ironic, but also indelibly hypocritical. Last time I checked, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, you know, the band for which Frusciante plays guitar, is one of the most well-known, mainstream bands in this universe. Frusciante himself smiles proudly on the cover of the February issue of Rolling Stone, the magazine’s readers named the Peppers the best band for 2006, and Stadium Arcadium was declared its top album of the year. What’s more, the Peppers’ website tells fans to tune into MTV to watch the new video for “Hump de Bump.” And didn’t they receive five Grammys this year?

Nonetheless, judging from this performance, the band (and its resident virtuoso) seem to be steering the ship into new utopian seas. Departing from previous Peppers concerts, this time Frusciante wore the pants in the band—though they appeared to be of the thrift-store variety. The usual suspects—big-bopper, talk-rapper Anthony Kiedis and invariably quirky bassist Flea—could not compare to Frusciante’s raw energy and talent. In addition to lambasting the crowd, Frusciante illustrated his considerable and innovative guitar technique: virtually every song was played with unmistakable showmanship and vibrant musical gusto.

This was just an excerpt of the article. To read the whole piece, do click here and feel free to comment and share your views by commenting on this, as comments on Popmatters website are, apparently, not an option…

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