Collaborations
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An update on the Frusciante/Gahan collaboration
(Thanks to Tatiana, un bacione!) In a review titled The Wrath Of Gahan, in Big Shot Magazine, there’s a very interesting paragraph describing how John and Dave met and how the collaboration simply came by itself: Produced with Andrew Phillpott and Christian Eigner—two mainstays in Depeche Mode’s touring band—in Gahan’s tiny downtown studio, one of the standout tracks is “Saw Something,†which features dazzling guitar work from Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ John Frusciante. Gahan met Frusciante a while ago at a charity gig and the two became fast friends. It turns out that Frusciante is a huge Depeche Mode fan and can play every song on guitar. When Gahan needed…
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John is featured on one more Wu-Tang Clan track
According to some sources on the Wu Tang Clan’s official website and its forum, John is featured on one more song off the 8 Diagrams album, titled You Can’t Stop Me Now.
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John as a guest on Dave Gahan’s new album
So…as we all know Mr. Frusciante’s creativity is endless. As Invisible Movement knows from a few very reliable sources, the new solo album is being mixed; and, in the meantime, there was the collaboration with Wu-Tang Clan and yet another guest appearance on The Mars Volta’s album and. As if that wasn’t already impressive enough, it turned out that John is playing on Depeche Mode frontman’s new album! Hourglass, Dave Gahan’s second solo effort, was released on 22nd October and John is playing guitar on the track number 1, Saw Something. Unlike his playing on the other most recent collaborations, this is clearly living up to the style we’re all…
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Info on the new TMV album*
*Urgent catalog translation & laying out + vacation + sudden slow internet + server upgrades by the hosting company = lack of updates for 16 days. Sorry! As per Billboard.com: The Mars Volta has set a Jan. 29, 2008, release date for “The Bedlam in Goliath,” which was produced by band member Omar Rodriguez Lopez. The 12-track set is the follow-up to 2006’s “Amputechture,” which has sold 148,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. A video set to the track “Wax Simulacra” can be streamed from the band’s Web site. Among the guests on the album is Red Hot Chili Peppers’ guitarist John Frusciante, a frequent contributor…
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More news on the Hughes album John contributes on
According to blabbermouth.net, Glenn Hughes’ album which features John as one of the guest artists, will be titled Music for the Divine. Before it’s published, the Australian version of the previous album, Soul Mover will see the light of the day in Australia and, Nights In The White Satin, the cover of the Moody Blues’ song that features John on guitar and backing vocals, will be added to it as a bonus track. If you’re interesting in reading the whole article; where Hughes describes the recording of Nights In The White Satin with John and Chad, click here.
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Even more on Frusciante/Hughes/Smith collaboration
According to a post on ghpg.net, Glenn Hughes will be entering Chad Smith’s home studio this month to begin recording his new solo album, together with John, Chad and JJ Marsh. As quoted, the former home of Hollywood movie star Cary Grant, it has wide expansive vaulted ceilings providing fantastic acoustics, which they plan on utilizing to the fullest. As noted earlier, John has written a song for the new record; and now it’s also said that he will most likely provide other contributions to the record. “While writing new music for this record, Chad and I thought it would be great to have John come in, write and play…
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Glenn Hughes describes working with “beautiful” John Frusciante
Legendary Deep Purple/Black Sabbath vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes really enjoys working with John Frusciante and Chad Smith on his newest project, a follow-up to his latest studio effort, Soul Mover: “I spent the afternoon yesterday with John and Chad at Chad’s home. We had a funky good time writing and going over a couple of songs for my [upcoming solo] album. John Frusciante is an absolute one-of-a-kind. His vision and depth amazes me, and like Chad, he is extremely beautiful. Look forward to creating my next adventure in the New Year.” *Message and picture from Glenn Hughes Picture Gallery, words by Mr. Hughes himself, photo by Nancy Mack Smith & Gabrielle…
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More on Frusciante/Smith/Hughes collaboration
Once again, as said on GHPG.net and Blabbermouth.net, John’s collaboration with Glenn Hughes is going to be very very interesting. Here’s what mr. Hughes said on the forum of his website: John Frusciante has written a song for me for the new album and we’re getting together on Monday to go over a couple of other things. The whole article can be found here and, if you need your nerves for the years to come, don’t read the comments. You can simply smell anti-John people there.
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John will be on Glenn Hughes’ new album
As quoted on GHPG.net and Blabbermouth.net, Glenn Hughes and Chad Smith are working on material for Hughes’ new CD in Hollywood. They’ve written 12 songs so far and Chad said that “It’s the most varied material, from quite raw numbers, to balls-out rock, to epic ‘Dont Let Me Bleed’ types to hard funk. The engineer and mixer for the new Peppers’ record will do it… He’s fantastic and was blown away by what we’re doing.” And why is this important? Well, lately, whenever Chad says something, it’s either revealing something new and exciting about John or John is involved in something together with him 😀 So…following the successful cooperation with…
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John and RZA?
According to what is said here, John has been working on something with Wu Tang Clan’s RZA…here’s the relevant bit of the article (which would be nice to read and comment on on the site itself, because Mr. RZA became a father!) Another special appearance on Cuban Linx [Part II] comes from Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ guitarist John Frusciante who has been camping in RZA’s studio for a few days. RZA and John reportedly recorded five beats together but where they will end up remains uncertain. Daron Malakian, guitarist of System Of A Down has also been in RZA’s studio for a few days recording up to 10 songs with…
