Red Mosquito

tragabigzanda wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:i dont get really why Josh is a touring member....did he played something in the other songs? he is basically around for the background vocals and some arrangements for a few of the Gigaton songs?

if this means Ed will play less guitar, that could be cool for his singing but otherwise its weird.

I think that reading between the lines, he's also possibly a guitar tech or similar. They certainly don't need him on anything pre-Gigaton, and even then his role is limited.

He skeeves me out. Perhaps irrational, but I'm immediately skeptical of anyone who's made it their career to support touring acts as a hired gun, while simultaneously trying to soak up some of the limelight. To clarify: I have no issue with touring/studio musicians getting paid money to play someone else's part. But for JK, it's always felt like a stepping stone to fame for him, rather than something he's just doing for the sheer joy of doing it...

As evidence, I just look at his stint in RHCP. He came on and immediately tried to ape Frusciante's parts. And while I unabashedly love pre-JK RHCP's music, I have a hunch they're all kind of scummy people (or at least 1-2 of them).

There's just something starfucky about him that's never sat right with me, and it's probably not fair of me to say that because there's not a single incident I'd point to, but just more of a general sense.

I bet Spenno knows what I'm putting down.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Gout of My Mind

Leatherhead wrote:4 guitars??

stip wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Gout of My Mind

another triumph!