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Frusciante Takes Over Red Hot Chili Peppers Show

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By Jodi Goulart (CHARTattack) September 27, 2006 3:00 pm
Welcome to the John Frusciante show, or a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert, rather. Not that I'm complaining about the long-haired guitar god's complete command of the adoring sold-out crowd at the first of two shows at the ACC. Frusciante's screaming guitar solos brought every RHCP song to a long crescendo. And his appearance with openers The Mars...
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Red Hot Chili Peppers — Stadium Arcadium

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By Jodi Goulart (CHARTattack) May 16, 2006 4:06 pm
Red Hot Chili Peppers albums are made for summer. Stadium Arcadium, their ninth studio effort, is a sprawling 28-track double-disc that's no exception to their sunny, albeit gritty, California funk-rock resume. The quartet have crafted an expansive, melodic album teeming with classic rock riffs, proving that they're one of those rare bands who...
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John Frusciante — Curtains

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By Dan "The Mouth" Lovranski (CHARTattack) February 8, 2005 9:17 am
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ guitarist John Frusciante wraps up his six-releases-in-six-months journey with a very strong outing. Curtains is somewhat stripped down musically compared to the others in his series, coming across as almost unplugged after some of his heavier electronic material. Lyrically, however, things are exactly the same: lots of...
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Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns N' Roses, Beastie Boys inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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By Mike Searle (CHARTattack) December 7, 2011 12:31 pm
The annual announcement of artists heading into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was announced earlier today, and it included quite a diverse selection of bands and solo singer/songwriters. The Beastie Boys, Guns N’ Roses,  Red Hot Chili Peppers, Donovan, Laura Nyro and The Small Faces/The Faces will all be honoured at this year’s induction,...
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I Read The News Today... For July 27, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 27, 2011 3:01 pm
Stereogum's released a compilation of artists doing songs from The Strokes' Is This It album to celebrate the LP's 10th anniversary. And you know what? It's a thousand times better than Spin's Nirvana Nevermind covers disc. Montreal's The New Cities are set to release a new album dubbed Kill The Lights on Sept. 13. Some of its songs were co-...
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I Read The News Today... For July 18, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 18, 2011 4:01 pm
Perhaps you've heard about The Horrible Crowes, the new band Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon's in. They've put a new tune called "Behold The Hurricane" up on the interwebs and guess who it sounds like? Bruce Springsteen! Whodathunk? Wanna hear Killers member Ronnie Vanucci's debut solo album? He's recorded it as Big Talk, and you...
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I Read The News Today... For June 6, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 6, 2011 4:22 pm
Here's the bad news: The Red Hot Chili Peppers are releasing another album. The good news is it's not titled Dr. Johnny Skinz's Disproportionately Rambunctious Polar Express Machine-head. Here's some more bad news: That long-threatened Limp Bizkit album is actually coming out. Gold Cobra's in stores June 28. Unfortunately, there's no "silver...
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20 Amazing Album Covers With Boobies On Them (NSFW)

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) May 27, 2011 12:05 pm
When the Handsome Furs unveiled their totally tasteful (and nsfw) nudie cover art for upcoming album Sound Kapital it gave us a giddy electric jolt. There were pubes! There were deliciously concealed armpits! And most thrillingly... there were BOOBIES! Yeah, that's right. Hoots. Breasteseses. Maracas. Noogies. Gazongas. We're not so dead inside...
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I Read The News Today... For April 25, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 25, 2011 4:21 pm
Who's on The Lonely Island's new album? Why, only Akon, Beck, Snoop Dogg, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Nicki Minaj, John Waters, Santigold and... Michael frickin' Bolton. —Los Angeles Times Our Lady Peace are working on their next album and have been uploading short studio videos to YouTube. Like this one: Former Guns N' Roses member Duff...
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Poll: Do You Think The New Red Hot Chili Peppers Album Has A Good Title?

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 23, 2011 10:43 am
Yesterday, it was revealed that the new Red Hot Chili Peppers album may actually end up being called Dr. Johnny Skinz's Disproportionately Rambuctious Polar Express Machine-head. As visions of Chocolate Starfish And The Hotdog Flavored Water danced through our heads, we compiled a list of album titles that are possibly worse than Dr. Johnny. But...
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Red Hot Chili Peppers New Album Has Horrible Title, But There Are Worse

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) February 22, 2011 5:52 pm
Anthony Kiedis from the Red Hot Chili Peppers recently told Spin the working title for the band's forthcoming album is Dr. Johnny Skinz's Disproportionately Rambunctious Polar Express Machine-head.The inspirational for the title came from a conversation about trippin' out the band had with a friend visiting them in the studio. "He was reminiscing...
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Gang Of Four Forgive You For Ripping Them Off, Red Hot Chili Peppers

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 26, 2011 12:56 pm
Gang Of Four guitarist Andy Gill might produced the Red Hot Chili Peppers' 1984 self-titled debut album, and he's well aware how indebted Anthony Kiedis and company are to Gang Of Four for... well, their entire career.In a recent interview with U.K. newspaper Metro, Gill said he's used to bands ripping off Gang Of Four's music, and counts the...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 5, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 5, 2010 1:50 pm
Hard Core Logo 2 will premiere in Whistler, B.C. at that city's Whistler Film Festival on Dec. 4. It features a cameo from Die Mannequin's Care Failure, who plays herself, claiming to have picked up Joe Dick's spirit. —The Globe And Mail DD/MM/YYYY, Sunparlour Players and Elephant Stone all have new dates. Girl Talk has announced an epically long...
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The Ten Funniest Dudes In Rock

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By Barry Taylor (CHARTattack) January 15, 2010 12:47 pm
Stand up comedy and rock 'n' roll are a lot alike. George Carlin was raging against the machine long before Zack De La Rocha and Tom Morello weren't doing what you told them. Mitch Hedberg rocked the mic with an original delivery that was stripped down and raw, much like a punk rock band out of Queens, N.Y. Just as stand up comedians can...
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Flea Launches "Affordable" Line Of Basses

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 7, 2010 3:51 pm
A good quality guitar or bass can sometimes be extremely expensive, and that's particularly troublesome for young music students. Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea discovered his students at the Los Angeles' Silverlake Conservatory Of Music were using cheap instruments, so that's why he's launching his own line of "affordable" bass...
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12 Abbey Road-ism Better Than Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Attempt To Co-Opt The Beatles

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) January 6, 2010 3:19 pm
Apparently Stephen Harper, the ultra-conservative Prime Minister of Canada, is using a recreation of The Beatles' famous Abbey Road album cover as a photo in the 2010 Harper family calendar that they've sent out to friends and supporters. The Harper Family This isn't the first time Harper, who's got a long adversarial history with...
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Red Hot Chili Peppers Find Their New Axeman

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By Jason MacNeil (CHARTattack) January 4, 2010 5:24 pm
Although a photo on the Red Hot Chili Peppers' website still features ex-guitarist John Frusciante, it appears the band have found a new axeman. Australian music site Undercover reports that Josh Klinghoffer is the new member and will make his debut with the band when they perform Jan. 29 at MusiCares. Klinghoffer reportedly confirmed the news...
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John Frusciante Confirms He's Left Chili Peppers

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) December 17, 2009 11:22 am
John Frusciante says rumours about him quitting the Red Hot Chili Peppers are true, and he says he left the band "over a year ago." Whisperings that Frusciante had left the band for a second time hit the internet earlier this week, but weren't confirmed until Wednesday (Dec. 16) when Frusciante took to his blog. "When I quit the...
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John Frusciante No Longer A Chili Pepper?

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) December 14, 2009 11:27 am
John Frusciante has reportedly left the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Musicradar.com reports a "source close to the band" says the band have been playing with guitarist Josh Klinghoffer for "a couple of months" and that the group are looking for Frusciante's replacement. "Mentally, john checked out a long time ago," the...
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Tommy Lee Goes Bezerk

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 24, 2009 11:23 am
Tommy Lee has started a project that's all kinds of nu-metal-tastic, and it's called Bezerk. At any rate, Bezerk includes drummers from several nu-metal bands, including Velvet Revolver's Matt Sorum, Incubus' Jose Pasillas and the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith (who it seems will play with just about anybody at this point). The group also...
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