I remember watching “Off the Map” and thinking ‘oh wow, he must’ve been in a bad fire for his arms to look that bad’ - and then I read it was a result of his drug abuse.
I will say - the times I’ve seen them live, he’s just something else.
If you think about it too - Californication was the result of a 6/7 year gap when JF went off the map (scarily so - theres a horrifically no holds barred Dutch documentary about this period of his life)...
This could be something amazing - I love JF’s ideas on how solo projects but the more pop structure of the band setting reigns it in to being more listenable.
First time 1988-1992, 1998-2009...
His second stint was much longer. Maybe he’ll increase again on stint 3.
Although they’ll be mid 60’s by then.
Unless there’s something super special waiting to happen - it might be a swan song thing.
Just seeing if the Wikipedia page had been updated.
Seems JF is paying $53,000 a month to his ex wife since their divorce.
He has to work - so it seems.
I think he’s been doing pretty well - he looked great at world record store day.
Think he’s been fairly active in the background, and he gave a 62 telecaster to Josh Klinghoffer.
But I’d say he has a few spare.
Josh had been Johns back up and guitar tech for a good while...I’d say he’ll be milling around somewhere.
I actually really enjoyed their output with him.