John Frusciante unofficial – Invisible Movement

Today is the 5th of March 2015. And this is our traditional, 11th instance of the “Happy birthday to John” news item. You can do what we have been doing since pretty much the dawn of time and leave some birthday wishes. Happy birthday, John!

Guitar Techniques for March 2015 has a four-page featurette on John’s acoustic playing; accompanied by what seems to be a never-before-seen photo from his All Tomorrow’s Parties acoustic set ten years ago. Elsewhere, Rolling Stone mentions taking the iconic cover photo of RHCP in the nude back in 1992, and Total Guitar, for its 20th anniversary, recalls that one time when John was their first guest editor.

In this exclusive interview; Wojtek Sarnecki, a music journalist from Warsaw, Poland discusses Medieval Chamber and The Almighty with Rugged Monk of the Black Knights. The MC reveals how it feels to be a black knight, how the hip-hop collab with John came to be and what are we to expect from them in the future.

Photos of John with Indonesian musician Dewa Budjana have been popping in a lot of places recently. Turns out, there’s an amazing story behind them – John’s autographed guitar will be among those displayed in Budjana’s upcoming Museum Gitarku in Ubud, on Bali.

John is releasing an acid house album on April 7th, under the moniker Trickfinger. You can listen to the opening track, After Below, preview the cover art and, of course, pre-order the CD and/or vinyl via Amoeba!

Black Knights have released yet another new song produced by John on Record Collection Music. This time it’s Shadows of a Panther and you can listen to it in a variety of formats, as well as grab the instrumental version.

After a significant period of silence, new Black Knights song, Gang Related, produced by John, is available to be stream on Record Collection Music’s Soundcloud.

According to Chad Smith, Mother’s Milk is getting a 25th anniversary reissue. There may be bonus tracks, or not. There may be live material, or not. You might want a copy, or not. Read this, or not.

Four years after their Axe Factor poll which saw John win the greatest guitarist of the past thirty years accolade; BBC is inviting its listeners – albeit only UK-based ones – to vote for the greatest guitar riff ever. One of the 100 riffs selected by the experts is the one from Under the Bridge. Vote for it!

The vice.com blog Noisey brings us a fresh interview with John, mostly concerning his hip-hop production. It’s called The Agony and Ecstasy of John Frusciante. Sit back and enjoy.