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Salt Lake City show: review and pics
Here’s a very positive review of the RHCP show in SLC, from the Salt Lake Tribune, written by Dan Nailen. And there are some photos as well, here. Only one of them is of John, though. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are proof positive that chemistry counts in rock and roll. Some bands might be little more than interchangeable parts backing one primary songwriter, but the most musically creative and commercially successful eras of the Chili Peppers’ 23-year-career have come with the current lineup of singer Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, guitarist John Frusciante and drummer Chad Smith. This foursome first got together in the late ’80s and took over the…
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The first Australian show confirmed for 2007!
Here are some good news for the Australian John & RHCP fans RED Hot Chili Peppers will play at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on April 10 next year. The band was long rumoured to be headlining next year’s Big Day Out, but will now conduct its own tour instead. The band’s ninth studio album, Stadium Arcadium, made its debut at No. 1 in 27 countries (including Australia) when it was released last May. The Peppers — Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante, Flea and Chad Smith — are in the middle of an American tour, and will then head to Europe and Japan before Australia. (source: news.com.au)
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John interviewed by 1077 The End
Many thanks to Lilith for this news 🙂 There’s an interview with John on the website of 1077 The End, the radio station which organised Endfest 15. Click here, then scroll down to Interviews with Endfest bands!. Enjoy 😀
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Site updates, 16th August 2006
Okidoki, time for some routine updates…and updates to the gallery, of course.:mrgreen: By request of the oh-so-trenty people, I added 75×50 codes to the fanlisting, which, by the way, just won the 250 members award over there at thefanlistings.org. There are 4 new wallpapers made by me and one by David. In the fanart gallery, there are two new pieces, one more by Ivana and one by Amina. There are, as usual, some new magazine scans as well: Guitar One, January 2003 TG Beginners’ Special 5 article Total Guitar September 2006 issue (the letter), also available as text-only.
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RHCP to play Stockholm as well
…yes. The show will be held at Globe on 11th December this year (possibility of having one more show on 12th is big, if the pattern for the most of the other shows is followed, so don’t be surprised!) and the public sale starts on 21st August.
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Mars Volta consider Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist an honorary member
Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante may be doing a bit of double duty on the group’s current North American tour. In addition to his regular gig, Frusciante has performed on the he last two albums by opening act The Mars Volta — last year’s Frances The Mute and the upcoming Amputechture. The Mars Volta’s Omar Rodriguez-Lopez told us that he and singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala consider Frusciante to be an honorary member of their band: “He’s always welcome to be part of the band. He’s so part of the energy of what the band is and gets along so well with everyone and, I mean, he’s my closest friend…
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RHCP & setlists
With eight previous albums and more than two hours’ worth of material on the new “Stadium Arcadium,” the Red Hot Chili Peppers have had their hands full working on repertoire for their North American tour. The solution? “We’re playing for five hours,” drummer Chad Smith tells Billboard.com with a laugh. Actually, the quartet has things relatively under control after runs through Europe and Japan following the May release of “Stadium Arcadium,” which debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200. “We’ve been doing about six new ones each night, and we switch those up the next night just to keep things fresh for us,” Smith says. “And we do different…
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Another Lollapalooza review…
…this one is from Metro Times. After Queens, Red Hot Chili Peppers took the stage for their festival-closing performance. Dinosaurs from way back when Lollapalooza was only a gleam in Perry Farrell’s eye, RHCP can still make a live show boil with tightly wound energy. It wasn’t Flea’s multicolored Riddler-style unisuit, or Anthony Kiedis’ silky hair and calculated shirt-removal moments. It was the quartet’s sense of themselves as a band, often playing together at the center of the stage, arranged in a loose star shape, Flea slapping away at his bass while John Frusciante played his beat-up Stratocaster like a man possessed. Which, in a way, he is. Frusciante’s struggles…
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Rolling Stone on the new TMV album…
Texas prog-rockers the Mars Volta will embark on a North American tour opening for the Red Hot Chili Peppers this Friday in Portland, Oregon. But the bill isn’t the only thing the two bands are sharing. On the Mars Volta’s latest disc, Amputechture (due September 19th), guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez solicited his friend (and RHCP guitarist) John Frusciante to step in for him. “I’ve never thought of myself as a guitar player,” explains Rodriguez-Lopez. “I don’t like the guitar. I always felt like I got shafted and stuck with the instrument.” This might come as a shock to fans, considering the band is perhaps best known for its moody, meandering guitar…
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Asorted Lollapalooza reviews
Red Hot Chili Peppers headlined Lollapalooza yesterday and closed the festival with a stunning performance. Here are links to some reviews. Spin review (with some pics, too) NME review LiveDaily review I am searching for photos and videos from the show to put on this site, so if you have some, please do contact me.
