Monday, February 27th, 2012
The band Rocket Juice and the Moon aka the collaborative efforts of Blur/Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and drummer Tony Allen have given us a sample of their funky sound.
Head on over to Pitchfork to check out "Hey Shooter" which also features Erykah Badu. The band's self-titled…
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
So for a while there were rumblings of Damon Albarn, Flea and drummer Tony Allen putting a band together. Well we finally have a name for that band: Rocket Juice and the Moon. We also have some recordings of that band in action.
Down below, you can check out some live recordings of Rocket Juice and the Moon that can be found at their
YouTube channel (via
Pitchfork).…
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Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
While many people are still freaking out over Radiohead coming to New York City and becoming the hottest ticket of the year for two nights, the Thom Yorke side project, Atoms For Peace, is continuing to bubble up slowly.
Speaking to
Rolling Stone, Red Hot Chili Peppers/Atoms For Peace bassist Flea said that the album came about after the group…
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Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Tags: Arctic Monkeys, Bush, Coheed And Cambria, Damon Albarn, Flea, jack white, Pearl Jam, Portishead, Radiohead, Ramones, The Strokes, Tony Allen
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Monday, July 11th, 2011
So waaaay back when, it was reported that Damon Albarn, Flea and drummer Tony Allen were getting together to work on music and release an album. But it's been reported (via
CoS) that the trio will perform together in Ireland at the Cork Jazz festival on October 28th. They'll be joined by 28 other performers and will play music under the name of An Honest…
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Tags: Damon Albarn, Flea, Tony Allen
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is gearing up to release a new solo album called
I Feel Like Playing on September 27th. Now while a solo album from Wood seems like a fun idea, it helps to know that Wood felt like playing music with some other big time rockers.
Wood brought on Slash, RHCP/Atoms For Peace bassist Flea and Eddie Vedder to collaborate with him on the album (via
CoS).…
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Tags: Billy Gibbons, Bobby Womack, Eddie Vedder, Flea, Ian McLagan, Kris Kristofferson, Ronnie Wood, Slash
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Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
Last night, Thom Yorke's new band Atoms For Peace kicked off their mini-tour in New York City and I was lucky enough to go to the show.
It was an amazing performance! The band (Yorke, Nigel Godrich, Flea, Mauro Refosco, Joey Waronker) played all of Yorke's solo album,
The Eraser, from beginning to end. Songs like "Harrowdown Hill", "The Clock" and album closer "Cymbal Rush" all had a new life to them thanks to the funkiness (and blue hair) supplied…
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Tags: Atoms For Peace, Flea, Joey Waronker, Mauro Refosco, Nigel Godrich, Thom Yorke
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Thom Yorke, you shifty little Englishman. With all the snow that's coming down on the east coast today, you have managed to brighten my whole weekend.
Thom Yorke ??? (that's the name of his solo band, btw) has announced a small U.S. tour this April. The band, which Thom has now said will be called
Atoms For Peace, will play a few club dates before their massive show at Coachella in California. New York, Chicago…
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Tags: Flea, Joey Waronker, Mauro Refosco, Nigel Godrich, Thom Yorke
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Leave it to Flea to come up with an amazing idea all in the name of educating the little childrens.
NME reports that the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist has launched his own line of affordable bass guitars after he saw the crap basses that were being used by kids he was teaching.
Flea teaches kids how to play instruments at his
Silverlake Conservatory… Read More
Tags: Flea, red hot chili peppers
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