* Apparently John Frusciante quit the Red Hot Chili Peppers a year ago, and forgot to tell anybody. The Chilis reformed with some other guitarist for a tribute concert honoring Neil Young. Meanwhile, Flea turned up over the holidays playing the Simpsons theme on Fox and backing up Josh Groban for a performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the BCS Championship Game and is now part of Atoms for Peace, Thom Yorke's backing band, which is touring the US in April.
* That Live hiatus may be a lot longer than anybody realized. Guitarist Chad Taylor has taken to his blog and accused lead singer Ed Kowalczyk of stealing from the rest of the band. The non-Kowalczyk members of Live are in a new band called the Gracious Few, with Kevin Martin of Candlebox on lead vocals. Kowalczyk is doing a solo acoustic tour with Art Alexakis and the chick from Sixpence None the Richer.
* Fuel haven't been heard from since 2007 or so, and now ex-lead singer Brett Scallions and bassist Jeff Abercrombie have started a band called Refueled, which tours around and plays Fuel's songs off the first three (successful) albums. Meanwhile, Scallions' replacement, Tornyn Green, has joined a new band. Which would make one think that Fuel are no more.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
This week in break-ups: Live! Red Hot Chili Peppers! Fuel!
Sunday, June 29, 2008
This week in reunions...
* Blur bassist Alex James says the band will eventually get back together, though probably not anytime soon.
* First, Trey Anastasio said he and the other members of Phish have been "talking," only four years after they broke up and presumably stopped talking. Then keyboardist Page McConnell told ArtistDirect that the band will meet before the end of 2008 and "discuss options." Then Billboard.com said a reunion album has already been planned, with Steve Lillywhite producing (Lillywhite declined comment). Then I lost interest.
* Don't look for the original lineup of Fuel to get back together this year, if only because ex-lead singer Brett Scallions is sitting in the Jim Morrison chair for Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger's Riders on the Storm project, which is touring Europe next month.
* The reunited Rage Against The Machine have still not produced any music, but they are playing several European festivals, then Lollapalooza in Chicago in early August, followed by possible protests at both the Republican and Democratic conventions.
