Press stuff
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Californication is in top five comeback albums on 411mania
In the 411 Mania‘s column top 5, this week’s theme is Top 5 comeback albums and, according to Dan Marsicano, What The Hell Happened To…, News, Reviewer, Californication made it to the top. And, naturally, the explanation focuses on John. 5. Californication: by Red Hot Chili Peppers – The mid-90’s were probably the bleakest period for the funk metal band Red Hot Chili Peppers. 1995’s One Hot Minute didn’t sell as well as their previous albums and relations between new guitarist Dave Navarro and the band deteriorated. Former guitarist John Frusciante was near death from a drug addition that was eating him alive and the other band members started to…
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Red Hot Chili Peppers: A Dutch Connection won an award!
As it was announced earlier, Bram van Splunteren’s amazing documentary on various bits of Red Hots’ career, focusing on John and his contribution to the band as well as going to hell and back; was one of the movies shown on Beverly Hills Film Festival, and that was its world premiere on the big screen and overall premiere in North America. I’m very very glad to inform you that the movie WON the audience choice award for the best documentary! And, in his short speech, mr. van Splunteren told the crowd in the room that he hoped this award would help make the release possible of the film on DVD,…
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Red Hot Chili Peppers – A Dutch Connection has its North American premiere today!
As some of you have probably seen on the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ official website, the documentary which was first aired last year after the show in Nijemegen will be shown again on Nederland 3, VPRO at 19.50 CET. However, there’s much more to it. This stunning documentary is making its USA premiere today, at 2:30 PM at the Beverly Hills Film Festival. It will be shown without Dutch subtitles, entirely in English language and, of course, in a quality much better than ever before. Here’s the author’s own synopsis: When Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante was living the life of a junkie in a tiny appartement in…
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A new photo
This is for all of you who desperately search for photos, once again. Here’s a nice photo of John with friends at the premiere of Daniel Lenois’ movie, Here Is What Is. Daniel Lanois performed in conjunction with two screenings of his movie on Thursday, March 27, at the Vista Theatre in Silver Lake. The image has been slightly resized to fit the column, so please click on it to see it in its full size. For more information about Mr. Lenois’ movie, click here.
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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…
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A little story: Zack Wiesinger didn’t recognise John
Young talented guitarist Zack Wiesinger, discovered by and opening concerts for Steve Vai, is known for not being interested in celebrities, modern ways of fame and similar; which makes his not recognising John, who would probably be similar if he wasn’t the guitarist in the today’s biggest rock band in the world, even more interesting. He had brushes with celebrity, but was unfazed. After hearing him at the King of the Blues competition, a VH-1 representative invited him to a “Save the Music” event where actors and musicians were scheduled to attend. Wiesinger forgot to go; he spent the evening working on his own projects. Another time, Vai introduced him…
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Serj Tankian on John
In an interview given for the December 2007 issue of Revolver, Serj Tankian of System Of A Down mentioned John and praised his nowadays-unusual way of breaking the rules of modern music industry and actually thinking about art first. Plus, we’ve been a band for 11 years, and we’ve put out five records. That’s longer than the Beatles, longer than the Doors. [Laughs] Most classic-rock bands weren’t together for that long, though they often put out two records a year in those days. If today’s marketing structure was different, I’d prefer that, to be honest. Jazz guys used to put out four records a year! I think it’s sad that…
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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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25 most underrated guitarists – John makes it onto yet another RS list.
Rolling Stone have published yet another list: this time it’s a list of twenty-five most underrated guitarists ever. Surprisingly, despite having been on the list of the top 100 guitarists of all the time (though placed lower than expected) and having appeared on the cover of their New Guitar Gods issue. On the list, there are also Prince, Kurt Cobain, Mike McCready, Neil Young, Billy Corgan and some others. Click here to view the whole list.
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Under The Bridge has the 8th best intro riff…
…according to CTV 08. ‘Under the Bridge’ – Red Hot Chili Peppers To date, this is still the Chilli Peppers’ most successful song. The melancholic intro, which also conjures Hendrix, cannot but trigger thoughtful introspection. So perfectly does it set the tone for the ensuing lament, it is impossible to not start thinking about one’s own issues and dreams.
