Friday, 27 June 2008
John Frusciante
Artist: John Frusciante
Genre(s):
Rock: Pop-Rock
Other
Discography:
Curtains
Year: 2005
Tracks: 11
The Will To Death
Year: 2004
Tracks: 12
Shadows Collide With People
Year: 2004
Tracks: 18
Inside Of Emptiness
Year: 2004
Tracks: 10
To Record Only Water For Ten Days
Year: 2001
Tracks: 15
From The Sounds Inside
Year: 2001
Tracks: 21
Guitarist John Frusciante has experient both stupendous highs and death-defying lows in both his musical calling and personal life. Born in 1970 and raised in California, Frusciante dropped out of high school when guitar playing and rock'n'roll music took hold of the up-and-coming musician/songwriter. Embracing both the unpredictable side of john Rock (Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, King Crimson, Funkadelic) and punk (the Germs, Black Flag), Frusciante created his own guitar manner -- combine both technical attainment with a bent for penning funky, psychedelic riffs.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers became an automatic fave when the danton True Young guitar player ascertained them early in their calling, and his dream to join the band came true in 1988, after hit up a friendly relationship with the Chili Peppers' bassist Flea (in the wake of introduction guitarist Hillel Slovak's death from a drug overdose). Interestingly, Frusciante had scarcely been hired by another L.A. banding, Thelonious Monster, prior to connection the Peppers.
Frusciante's first recording with the Peppers, 1989's Mother's Milk, helped break the popular college rock candy band through to the mainstream -- resulting in their first base gold track record, with John's amazing guitar playing portion as a catalyst for many of the songs. The quartette released an even rawer phonograph record next, 1991's Descent Sugar Sex Magik, produced by Rick Rubin. The album catapulted the band into the rock stratosphere, as it became a multi-platinum strike and made the Peppers one of the pM bands of the '90s. But all was not well in Pepperland. Frusciante constitute it progressively unmanageable to deal his new establish renown, and retreated into a haze of hard drugs and unpredictable behavior. At the height of Blood Sugar's success, John abruptly left the band spell on tour of duty in Japan.
Besides cathartic deuce hidden solo albums (1995's Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt and 1997's Smile From the Streets You Hold), little was heard from Frusciante since ripping from the Peppers in 1992. Then a troubling article about John appeared in the L.A. Weekly, one which painted Frusciante as a heroin abuser with a death wish (the interviewer was besides aghast at his ghastly appearance). Thankfully, from the advice of friends, Frusciante checkered himself into a rehab center and got off drugs and stopped-up his path to sealed wipeout. Just a few months after acquiring his life-time back on track and facing the human beings again, he got back in contact with the roost of his ex-Pepper match (he regularly kept in contact with Flea), whose then-current guitarist, Dave Navarro, had scarcely split from the band.
After a open jam session was deemed a achiever (as well as a psychological evaluation!), Frusciante was asked to rejoin the band. The freshly kindled relationship was a stirring winner, as the reunited Peppers issued the enceinte Californication in 1999 to gush reviews and big sales. Two years later, and drugs a thing of the past tense, Frusciante emerged a toughened singer/songwriter by releasing a solo endeavour entitled To Record Only Water for Ten Days. Merely a creative issue from his band's original material, Frusciante appeared motivated and relaxed as an individual and discharge from the misrepresentation of drugs that haunted him in front. In 2004, Frusciante released an astounding sextet solo albums as well as a project with Josh Klinghoffer (wHO appears on several of those six-spot albums) and Fugazi's Joe Lally called Ataxia. Then Red Hot Chili Peppers tariff called formerly again, and Frusciante did some work with Glenn Hughes before releasing a follow-up to the Ataxia album in other 2007.
Sunday, 22 June 2008
Reviewers praise Royal Opera's production of 'Ariadne auf Naxos'
LONDON - Reviewers have abundant praise for the Royal Opera's "Ariadne auf Naxos." They love the sets, the orchestration and the production. But the newly slimmed-down soprano Deborah Voigt's voice received mixed reviews.
The Daily Telegraph describes her voice as harsh while the New York Times calls it gleaming and commanding. The Times notes the parallels between Voigt's back story and the opera's blend of comedy and tragedy.
Reviewers agree that Voigt's behind-the-scenes saga adds another wrinkle to a behind-the-scenes opera. She was famously kicked off the last production for being too big to fit into her costume. She reprised her role after a gastric bypass and dramatic weight loss.
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Saturday, 14 June 2008
Ladytron
Artist: Ladytron
Genre(s):
Pop
Other
Rock
Electronic
Indie
Discography:
Witching Hour CD2
Year: 2007
Tracks: 8
Witching Hour CD1
Year: 2007
Tracks: 13
Extended Play EP
Year: 2006
Tracks: 8
Witching Hour
Year: 2005
Tracks: 13
604
Year: 2004
Tracks: 16
Softcore Jukebox
Year: 2003
Tracks: 18
blue jeans josh wink remixs Vinyl
Year: 2003
Tracks: 3
Seventeen 12''
Year: 2002
Tracks: 4
Light and Magic
Year: 2002
Tracks: 18
Buzzy glam rock fashion plates Ladytron came together in a jet set miracle in mid-1998. Daniel Hunt and Reuben Wu, world Health Organization lollygag in the background knowledge playing cycle boxes and keyboards in the band, settled in Liverpool subsequently a surge of DJ exploit in Japan and universe travel, including a train head trip in Bulgaria where they met vocalizer Mira Aroyo. Helena Marnie, world Health Organization too sings and plays keyboards for the grouping, likewise coupled them and they began work on their first single, "He Took Her to a Movie," which was recorded for 50 pounds. The sack brought a wave of critical attention with writers extending into joyful metaphor to account the band's unequalled sound, including one wHO wrote that they were "...a teasing glimpse of how Britney Spears might receive sounded, had she been born in the GDR and a heroin addict."
Ladytron toured end-to-end the continent ahead beginning work on their debut EP, Commodore Rock, which was released in the summer of 2000, providing their fans another maraud into the noisy world of early-'80s heavy. The studio full-length 604 followed a year later, and gained many positive reviews. 2002 saw the release of Light & Magic and the ruffle album Softcore Jukebox. The mathematical group returned in the summer of 2005 with the Sugar single, which heralded the rock'n'roll edge of Ladytron's third album, Witching Hour. Extended Play, which featured remixes of Witching Hour's singles, arrived the following spring.
Sunday, 1 June 2008
Britain's Got Talent Beats I'd Do Anything in Ratings War
ITV's Britain's Got Talent came out on top in ratings war Saturday against BBC rival I'd Do Anything.
An average audience of 13.1 million saw break dancer George Sampson win the ITV show, while 6.9 million watched actress Jodie Prenger win the role of Nancy in the West End musical Oliver! on the BBC One show, according to overnight figures.
Both shows were split into two shows and the BBC attracted an average of 5.1 million for the first one.
The early evening final of Britain's Got Talent -- which is presented by duo Ant & Dec -- drew in 11 million viewers, peaking with an audience of 13 million, with even more people switching on for the results, with the highest rating throughout the show reaching 13.7 million.
Viewers voted 14-year-old Sampson the winner, after he performed his routine under a shower of water on stage. He scoops �100,000 in prize money as well as a slot at this year's Royal Variety Performance in December.
He revealed afterwards that he had decided to change the music for his routine, just an hour before the curtain went up.
The dancer had originally been set to dance to a Bee Gee's track but chose Singing in the Rain instead.
"I wasn't sure about the choice of song and, about an hour beforehand, we changed it," he said. "I probably wouldn't have won if I'd done the Bee Gees."
Meanwhile, viewing figures peaked to 7.3 million for the BBC talent contest -- which is presented by Graham Norton -- in the later results show.
On hearing the result Prenger, 28, burst into tears and said she was "chuffed" to have been chosen by the voting public.
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