A little background story: apart from being the guest on all the three studio albums by The Mars Volta so far and appearing as an additional guitarist at their shows every now and then, John was a guest musician on three songs on Omar Rodriguez-Lopez’s 2004 album A Manual Dexterity Soundtrack Vol. 1, and they also collaborated on a 2-track special edition vinyl single in November 2005.

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez’s third solo album, titled Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo is due to be officially realised on 29th May, the same day as Ataxia’s AWII. However, that is not the only similarity between these two albums. You guessed, John is working with mr. Rodriguez yet again. This time it’s playing guitar on one song, number six, If Gravity Lulls, I Can Hear the World Pant.

Click here to get the CD on Amazon and here to order the LP on Gold Standard Laboratories’ website.

Here’s the track list:

1. The Lukewarm – 0:26
2. Luxury of Infancy – 1:12
3. Rapid Fire Tollbooth – 5:03
4. Thermometer Drinking the Bussness of Turnstiles – 3:00
5. Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo – 7:00
6. If Gravity Lulls, I Can Hear the World Pant – 2:46
7. Please Heat This Eventually – 11:24
8. Lurking About in a Cold Sweat (Held Together by Venom) – 4:49
9. Boiling Death Request for Body to Rest Its Head On – 4:14
10. La Tirania de la Tradicion – 5:05

Detailed info on the song John’s on:

6. If Gravity Lulls I Can Hear The World Pant
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - guitar, guitar solos
John Frusciante - guitars
Adrian Terrazas-Gonzales- percussion
Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez - percussion

As posted, well…everywhere. AWII is available for preorder!

link to order the bundle (on the pic above: CD and T-shirt
link to order the CD
link to order the vinyl
link to order the AWII t-shirt

Hurry up, hurry up :)

According to an employee of Record Collection Music, the release of AWII was postponed (now to 29th May!) because they also wanted to offer a vinyl. Preorder of the album will be available on 18th April and there will be a special bundle with a limited edition T-shirt as well.

I am guessing this means the mystery is solved!

According to what was posted on the official site, the single is definitely going to be released all around the world, but the information there is different from what was written on Amazon. According to this, the tracks on the CD are, as follows:

1. Hump De Bump
2. An Opening
3. Blood Sugar Sex Magik (Live)

Apparently, Hump de Bump is being released as a real single after all and the video is currently being premiered all around the globe, instead of only in USA and Canada like it was first planned.

The single is available for pre-order, too.

Rock singer and bassist Glenn Hughes has released his newest solo album, Music For The Divine a couple of weeks ago. You can obtain it by following this link.

John is playing guitar on two songs, This Is How I Feel and Nights In White Satin and singing the backing vocals on the second one.

According to the review which is courtesy of his fan page, GHPG.net, the album version of the cover of Nights In White Satin is not the same as the one on the Stealth soundtrack.

According to Amazon.com the release of Ataxia’s AW II was postponed to March 19th.

As the write-up was taken off John’s official site and there were rumours about the album being released solely as a download, which were later denied, the suspense remains…