![]() ![]() I think the music he made on his solo records is really beautiful music. I'm really honored to be able to introduce Michael's music to people. Eventually, some German interviewer offered to put together an interview with me and Michael. I started mentioning it in the press a lot. ![]() John Frusciante: I was going around doing interviews and people would ask me, "Who's your favorite guitarist?" and I'd say, "Michael Rother." This is around the time we were touring for Californication or when we were writing By the Way. It does, however, encompass a frank, often-metaphysical discussion on life and music, which to Frusciante are, of course, synonymous.Īustin Chronicle: How did you hook up with Michael Rother? Which doesn't even include March's major label solo swan song, Shadows Collide With People. A single, two-minute encore, "Ghost Riders in the Sky," sends everyone home with smiles.įollowing the international success of the Chili Peppers' By the Way, documented on last year's mesmerizing Live at Slane Castle DVD and on this summer's 2-CD, import-only Live in Hyde Park, Frusciante uses his downtime to execute another ambitious campaign: Six Albums in Six Months (see sidebar). ![]() When Frusciante's bandmate Flea materializes stageside, the room lurches to the left to get a better look. Two nights ago he played in San Francisco, and last night, he and constant collaborator Josh Klinghoffer trio-ed up with krautrock monarch Michael Rother of Neu! Two guitars, no vocal mics, and Klinghoffer's drum kit equal 70 attentive minutes of metronomic, sometimes dancey guitarchitecture in one full room of the Knitting Factory complex. dweller another decade, but passion is the fountain of youth.Īctually, Frusciante is weary and admits as much. Past drug abuse has aged the 34-year-old L.A. Dead eyes blaze, and even with a mouthful of replacement teeth, words pour out like electric current. The first question about his universe is all it takes to flip Frusciante's switch. On a hazy, Southern California summer morning on the Sunset Strip, in a hotel conference room, the Red Hot Chili Peppers' guitarist vibrates at unknown frequencies, his wiry frame fidgeting to the verge of short circuit at this non-music-making meet. ![]()
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