Fruisciante leaves Chilis

Hitch-Hiker
Hitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
edited January 2010 in Other Music
Just heard this on the radio this morning. No official word from the band yet, but news leaks are saying they've had another guitarist in the fold for quite a while now. It'll be interesting to see where they go from here. Hopefully this'll shake them out of the mediocrity of Stadium Arcadium.

linky - http://www.rocksins.com/2009/12/john-fr ... pers-2563/
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  • LloydXmas
    LloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    Just heard this on the radio this morning. No official word from the band yet, but news leaks are saying they've had another guitarist in the fold for quite a while now. It'll be interesting to see where they go from here. Hopefully this'll shake them out of the mediocrity of Stadium Arcadium.

    linky - http://www.rocksins.com/2009/12/john-fr ... pers-2563/

    that's a bummer. I saw them live once at umass and they were amazing.
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Good for him. Bad for the Peppers.

    He is quite a talent at guitar.
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    He was the best part of that band.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • PJGARDEN
    PJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    I think its time they hang it up anyway. Don't try to replace him.
  • Aaron 23
    Aaron 23 Allen, TX Posts: 543
    keeponrockin wrote:
    He was the best part of that band.
    Agreed.

    I have liked everything the Peppers have put out with him...haven't been able to get into the rest.

    Bummer.
  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Great guitarist and stage presence. Saw them in 2006 and his number of solos he did during the show were outstanding. If this is true, I hope they find a better guitarist that Dave Navarro. I didn't like the Chili's the years he was with them.
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  • Ricsard
    Ricsard Posts: 1,943
    John is a brilliant guitarist, one of the best but I think this had to be done, should have made this decision A LOT EARLIER!
    I think apart from the qualities of Blood Sugar Sex Magik their cooperation with Dave Navarro was their best period, Californication was a safe but still very good record
    but anything since that was just repetitive, unremarkable, limp pop shit...John became grey and part of a big uncreative safe mediocre machine...
    I wouldn't really care if they had broken up because they lost IT many years ago and I haven't found anything I loved in their music since Dave Navarro's departure. They ain't no fuckin PJ, absolutely the opposite...
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,271
    Love John I wish him well but what does that leave for this freefalling band?

    Peace
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  • HoosierJam
    HoosierJam Posts: 104
    the peppers will be making even more horrible records if he's gone. stadium arcadium was the beginning of the end. californication and by the way were their best records musically. without john they have no creativity. i would have checked out too had i had to work on that shit of a record stadium arcadium
    nothing as it seems.....
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Ricsard wrote:
    but anything since that was just repetitive, unremarkable, limp pop shit...John became grey and part of a big uncreative safe mediocre machine...

    You apparently have even listened to By the Way or given Stadium Arcadium a fair chance.
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    DewieCox wrote:
    Ricsard wrote:
    but anything since that was just repetitive, unremarkable, limp pop shit...John became grey and part of a big uncreative safe mediocre machine...

    You apparently have even listened to By the Way or given Stadium Arcadium a fair chance.
    Slow Cheetah and Wet Sand are amazing tunes!
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • dpmay
    dpmay Posts: 643
    i'm kind of surprised by all the SA hate in here - i always thought it was a decent record.
  • petrocs
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    keeponrockin wrote:
    He was the best part of that band.

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  • Gardenparty
    Gardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Knowing the Chilis had become a different band I've always been able to take By The way and Stadium Arcadium for what thye were. Easy listening, great hooks, fun records.

    John will be missed. Having said that they will never create a BSSM with or without him. Will be interesting to see what they do next
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,496
    keeponrockin wrote:
    He was the best part of that band.


    exactly.
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  • doujo
    doujo Posts: 285
    One Hot Minute w/ Dave Navarro was a great album. Californication was good then everything has been pretty bad since. They seem to have zero gas left. Maybe a new guitarist can funk them up again.
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Are you people for real?? Realistically, By The Way pisses all over BSSM and SA has the most quality songs out of any album in their catalog.
  • Gardenparty
    Gardenparty Posts: 1,910
    DewieCox wrote:
    Realistically, By The Way pisses all over BSSM and SA has the most quality songs out of any album in their catalog.

    I'm a big fan of BTW but Blood Sugar is infinitly better. Not even close
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • aspoonfulweighsaton
    aspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,066
    DewieCox wrote:
    Are you people for real?? Realistically, By The Way pisses all over BSSM and SA has the most quality songs out of any album in their catalog.

    Realistically, that is your opinion and you are entitled to it.

    Unfortunately for you, nobody is going to agree with that opinion.
  • gusturtle
    gusturtle Posts: 443
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    Hopefully this'll shake them out of the mediocrity of Stadium Arcadium.

    Or, better yet, the mediocrity of every album since Blood Sugar... But I seriously doubt we could be that lucky.

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