Frusciante Quits Red Hot Chilli Peppers

One of the most exciting things I heard at ATP was a track from his To Record Only Water solo record on the mixtape between bands. When I was 16 that record blew my mind, haven't liked much of his solo work since though.

John Frusciante. Without him the Peppers will never be the same again. Although his solo albums are truly incredible, his work with the Chili Peppers will always be admired.

I'd go along with that, David M.

As for the Chili's, some of their mid-career material is passable, though it helps if you're languishing in the sun and smoking reefer. Like how Mars bars go perfectly with Coke, one redeems the other. For the most part, RHCP are a one trick pony, and can bash out that near-misogynist, hipster funk ad infinitum.

It was good to see Flea playing out with Thom Yorke in the Autumn. Truly progressive music, of it's time. Unlike that of the band he calls his day job.

Although there were a lot of rumors before it's really sudden. One the one hand, it's really sad because John is part and parcel of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, on the other hand it can be good both for John and other members - Frusciante will be making more and more interesting projects and Josh will put something new in the atmosphere of the group and maybe it will start the new epoch of their music. But still I'm very upset about this news

"For the most part, RHCP are a one trick pony, and can bash out that near-misogynist, hipster funk ad infinitum."

I will never understand that when the chili peppers have covered almost every genre there is to cover. Funk-metal, funk rock, rap, ballads, jamaican ska, jazz, blues, reggae almost everything. Just listen to how different the three albums blood sugar, one hot minute and bye the way are from each other and you will realise you now soundd a twat.

Well as much as it will be sad to see John go for the second time it may be a good thing. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are an amazing band and even though John's contributions will be missed I personally can't help but be excited to see what Josh will be bringing to the table for this new album. He is apretty good guitarist and the Red Hot Chili Peppers survived without him before so, I have no doubt they can do it again.

Never one to back down from being called a twat, Tom- hi.

Your vast and impressive list of genres is surely all-encompassing. Silly me for entertaining the notion that any other form of music exists, because clearly the Western traditions of song-writing and cross-genre informing have allowed the Chili Peppers opportunity for showing us what true maesto's of craft and musicality they are. Why, heck. I bet they tick off these perceived genres while they write LPs.

Your in-depth analysis of the three records is something that I, as a writer of fiction, poetry, lyrics and journalism, can only hope to one day aspire to. Although, I couldn't find a record called "Bye the way"- thinking about it, that sentence doesn't even make much sense. The notion that three records should be dissimilar is truly revelatory, and you've proved once again that RHCP really will go down in history as 'one of those bands' who have pushed musical aesthetics and cultural response forward eons.

Without their noble endeavour, goodness only knows where we'd be. Probably off listening to inauthentic lyrical tripe like Robert Johnson, investigating phoney funksters like Parliament, or wasting our time on the hopeless punk of bands like Drive Like Jehu.

You're absolutely right, of course- I've resolved to ebay my entire record collection and replace it with Chili Pepper discs, because clearly I've spent so long walking in the wrong direction...

Oh Amir, I'm tempted to call you a twat just for another of those!

Finished the Girls Aloud biography yet?