Press stuff
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John and TMV together on stage…again
This was happening before. John was with TMV during almost all of their set when they opened for SOAD in Long Beach Arena. Here are the first reviews of the show. Opening for System at the sold-out Long Beach Arena in California were fellow guitar-heavy, counter-culture rockers the Mars Volta, who provided a far more visual show with oversized psychedelic projections. Guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez was in fine form after recovering from a stomach ailment that forced the band to cancel its European tour dates earlier this year. And while rumors of an onstage collaboration between Rodriguez-Lopez and System frontman Serj Tankian proved to be just that, Red Hot Chili Peppers…
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John nominated for a LA Weekly music award
John has been nominated for this year’s LA Weekly Music awards, in the category best home 4-, 8-, OR 16-track recording, together with Petra Haden and Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti. As said on the website: The annual LA Weekly Music Awards is coming June 14th to the Henry Fonda Theater! Headlined by Los Angeles heroes X (who will also receive a Lifetime Achievement Award), this year’s awards also feature gangster-robots-made-good 8-Bit, and some of the best DJs ever to spin vinyl in LA. Rock stars, hip-hop stars, radio DJs, and at least one or two bona fide Pop Giants will also be on hand to celebrate the stellar nominees for…
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John on Total Guitar cover
John is on the cover of next month’s Total Guitar which will be out on April 6th. The pic is older, but there could be newer ones inside and there must be some nice article, since he’s on the cover. So, watch out for it. John Frusciante style guide: Want to play like the RHCP’s virtuoso? Then TG shows you how John Frusciante interview: We couldn’t wait until the release of the new RHCP album to talk to John about his legendary playing, so the Chili’s guitarist tells us why he had to release six solo albums in six months. link to the mag. issue itself Thanks to Mila from…
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Message at last
If you haven’t been there yet, I’d suggest you to go to the official site. There’s a new message to the fans and it contains some very exciting news 😀 So, march there!
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Billie Joe Armstrong is a John fan
(Thanks to funkymonkeygirl from OHG forums) In the February issue of Guitar Player, Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day singer/guitarist, talks about style, influence, direction, etc. Do you rely on any specific influences? I go for the classics-anything from the Beatles to Social Distortion. Specifically regarding guitarists, I love Steve Jones and Johnny Ramone, and I also love John Frusciante.
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Two new articles
Yup, Happy New Year 2005, if there’s anything to wish after such a disastrous ending to 2004. Anyway.. John is featured in two magazines and thanks to peacefield and mko from Ramparts forum, here are the rough scans. Guitar World, february 2005 issue: cover page one page two Some of you might recognise the pictures, they’re from Ross Halfin’s site, the photoshoot took place sometime a year ago..from that moment John has been a bit bitter about Tom Morello. Repeating, the photos are one year old. Guitar Breakers magazine cover page one page two The article is in Japanese and I am looking for a translator. If there’s a site…
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John on one of Rolling Stone critic’s top 10 for 2004
Here is a bunch of lists made by Rolling Stone’s critics who were choosing their top ten albums of the year. One of them, named Rob O’Connor put John on his list…twice! … 4. Ataxia, Automatic Writing (Record Collection): This is what you get when you lock the Chili Peppers’ John Frusciante in a room after a night of listening to Nineties German Krautrock. … 7. John Frusciante, Shadows Collide With People (Warner Bros.): As a solo act, Frusciante can do anything, and he’s determined to do just that as he dances from genre to genre.
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John on one of his favourite 2004 albums…
In a recent magazine article, John reveled which was one of his favourite albums released in 2004. He also mentioned one which is yet to be released. “The Björk album,Medulla, really astoundsme:the things she is doing with vocals – there’s never been anything like it on a pop record. She’s doing whole songs that have so much in common with 12 tone Syrian music and very little in common with anything else in the rock music section. Not only that but the way she recorded – having all the people in the same room atthe same time – that’s just not the way people make records. She’s a real thinker,…
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13th best album of 2004
According to Empyre Lounge website, John’s errrr…bunch of albums is the 13th best album (in this case “are the 13th best albums…if that makes any sense) of the year 2004. Yay:) Here’s what it says: The great guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers stepped out on his own in 2004, and brought a new CD a month for the final 6 or 7 months of 2004. All the discs showcase Frusciante as a dedicated songwriter and really how much influence he has had on the current Chili Peppers sound. Frusciante shows he is a rare musician that is able keep place in one of the biggest bands in the…
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Q’s Top 100
(Thanks to Caroline for info I used for this news item) In this month’s Q magazine, two of John’s songs got into the 2004’s Top 100, both of them in “best loud” category. Those songs are “Wednesday’s Song” and John’s cover of Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love”, which was also recommended as a good download. Rock on!;)
