It's Red Hot

I can't contain the excitement any longer... Red Hot Chili Peppers are releasing their tenth studio album on 30th August according to founding member and lifetime shenanigan lover Flea aka Michael Balzary.

Not only do we already know this next album will be titled "I'm With You" we also know that without any surprises John Frusciante has stepped out (back in 2009) of the band and Josh Klinghoffer has filled the guitarists shoes.

I'm a little surprised the album is coming out so soon with so many extra curricular activities that have taken place since the boys announcement of their extended hiatus back in 2007.

Anthony Kiedis is now a family man to son Everly Bear as well as experimenting with a television series for HBO based on his #1 autobiography Scar Tissue.


Flea got seriously stuck into the books taking up music theory at USC. He has also been dabbling in some solo recordings from the comfort of his own home.

Drummer Chad Smith not only has 5 kids to chase after, but also decided to get back together with the band he was with prior to being coaxed to play with the Chili Peppers called Chickenfoot. They too are planning to release an album this year.

Newcomer Josh Klinghoffer recently composed the music for the film Bob and the Monster which is a documentary detailing the turbulent life of Bob Forrest.

30th August 2011 could honestly not come soon enough!

2009: Year Of The Regroup

While listening to John Butler Trio’s new single ”One Way Road”, I found myself pondering what makes a band decide to keep pushing on after members go through “creative differences” and leave. Not a musician myself makes this hard to fathom.

Many bands go through the grueling divorce that can result in the end of an era however 2009 was the year of not giving up but rather Regrouping

In April 2009, John Butler announced that bass player Shannon Birchall and drummer Michael Barker were to depart from the group. Together since 2003, John Butler wasted no time in replacing and moving on with the announcement of bassist Byron Luiters and drummer Nicky Bomba in June of this year. Looking back on the history though, this isn’t the first reshuffle these guys have done. What would happen if John Butler left John Butler Trio? What would happen if they added another member? Would they rename to become John Butler Quartet?

But don’t judge John. He isn’t the only one! Chili Peppers have gone through an abundance of different band members due to death and destruction. Anthony Kiedis talks about the song writing process and how it differentiates between different members in his book ”Scar Tissue".

Then don’t forget Wolfmother’s regroup with the original trio of Andrew Stockdale, Chris Ross and Myles Heskett transforming into similar sounding new band comprising of Andrew Stockdale, Ian Peres, Aidan Nemeth and Dave Atkins stating

"irreconcilable personal and musical differences,"

 for the departure.


I want to know... How do you feel about bands ripping apart and being glued back together with new members? Does it hurt a little? Do you feel as though your parents have divorced? Tell me about it!