A writer of The South End Newspaper is comparing the music of Pete Doherty’s new band, Babyshambles, to John’s music…

Tuesday marked the release of the new album by Babyshambles, which is Britain’s answer to John Frusciante. Why John Frusciante you ask? Well at one time, lead Shamble Pete Doherty was a member of British [...]

(from Telegraph, thanks to Adam)

Going to a Butthole Surfers show in the late 1980s was like going to a doctor from the year 3000 - they helped people with the sounds they made.

At this show, they had two drummers, and the craziest films going on behind them. The whole thing was like a big [...]

Yet again, John has a tiny mention in a magazine feature about the Ramones. This is from the November 2005 issue of Mojo, page 80. Many thanks to catwoman from the Ramparts forum for this bit…

Being friends with Johnny [Ramone] for 7 years is a privilage that’ll never be topped.
What he did for music will [...]

Yes, yes, I know, it’s been unusually long since the last update. Life suddenly became interesting with one of my best friends and BBS moderator getting married, me having way too many exams and getting closer to actually be employed for the first time in my life. So, yes, thanks for your understanding and please, [...]

A rumour
Here’s a question Dave Navarro responded to on his blog:
Q: Do you think there’s ever a chance John Frusciante will join Camp Freddy onstage sometime?
A: I literally spoke to him last week and asked if he would do one. He said he’d for sure do it. My hopes are for the October Vanity Fair [...]

This was happening before. John was with TMV during almost all of their set when they opened for SOAD in Long Beach Arena. Here are the first reviews of the show.

Opening for System at the sold-out Long Beach Arena in California were fellow guitar-heavy, counter-culture rockers the Mars Volta, who provided a far more visual [...]

John has been nominated for this year’s LA Weekly Music awards, in the category best home 4-, 8-, OR 16-track recording, together with Petra Haden and Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti.

As said on the website:
The annual LA Weekly Music Awards is coming June 14th to the Henry Fonda Theater! Headlined by Los Angeles heroes X (who [...]