John Frusciante leaves the Chili Peppers... again

[Dunwho]

Originally Posted by purlieu

I'm the opposite, absolutely love his solo albums but not fond of the Chilis at all these days, a couple of songs here and there aside. Admittedly The Empyrean wasn't his strongest effort, but I'd take Curtains, The Will To Death, Niandra LaDes or the Ataxia albums over anything of the Chilis any day. I'm glad he's focussing on his solo stuff properly now.
I wonder whether RHCP will bother getting back together from their hiatus now.

Oh dont get me wrong I am a huge fan of his solo work too... all i feel is missing in his solo work is the funk... I love curtains and the will to death, that series of 6 albums was really interesting and showed how creative he could be.. his work with Ataxia is a bit hard to manage but its still interesting. The Empyrean was good in parts, especially the cover (2nd song forgotten the name!!!) which was utterly fantastic.. I think the stark difference between that album and Stadium Arcadium pretty much shows how different a direction he has gone from the band.

Even writing stadium arcadium makes me think im writing about McFly or something... it was real crap in places and lacked any real creativity. But By the Way and Californication I think are real strong albums - whatever about the great stuff before Frusciante went AWOL.

I believe they are still going ahead with a new album and have recruited Josh Klinghoffer (spelling!! the guy who worked with frusciante on a few of his solo albums)

They have a short gig soon too... so that will be interesting to see... maybe it has already happened!? i dunno...

shit happens i guess anyway... this is probably a blessing in disguise