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moodiejg [Edit] [Delete] 6 replies 01:05, 19 April '07

On May 29th, 2007 Record Collection will release the long awaited second half of John Frusciante, Joe Lally (Fugazi) and Josh Klinghoffer's (Bicycle Theif, PJ Harvey) ATAXIA sessions...
Pre-ordering for the album will be available starting April 18th on John Frusciante's official website. ATAXIA - AUTOMATIC WRITING II will be available on vinyl & CD through mail order only via the John Frusciante Online Store. A special pre-order bundle will include the album and ATAXIA II T-shirt for a limited time at a discounted price.
Visit the new John Frusciante Online store for details.

ATAXIA was a band for about two weeks in February 2004. It’s members are Joe Lally of Fugazi, Josh Klinghoffer and John Frusciante. The word ‘Ataxia’ is Greek for ‘disorder’. We were unaware at the time that it also has a meaning in English which is: total or partial inability to coordinate voluntary bodily movements, as in walking. In keeping with our names’ Greek meaning (quite unintentionally), the sections of our songs never had an arranged order. All our songs’ foundations are the bass which always plays one part throughout. The drums and guitar move about and generally use the vocal as their guide. The vocals and words were written, but the order the vocal sections occurred in, and how long the spaces between were, was different every time. So we would all stay on our toes to stay together for dynamics, changes in groove, switches to new sections, etc. We played two shows and recorded two records. The first record was released in August 2004. It was named after the surrealist activity called Automatic Writing. That was where people like Andre Breton and Max Ernst would write words in the form of sentences and paragraphs, but with absolutely no conscious attempt at meaning. They would observe the structure of their subconscious and it’s peculiar methods of organization (or the lack thereof) this way. And if there is one sure answer I can give to the question, “How did you write and record two albums in a week and a half?”, it is that we gave absolutely no thought to what we were doing, whatsoever. This music is unblemished by any expectations of a specific result, on our part. The three of us simply got together to hear what music had to say that week. We had fun together and this is the record of that fun.
- John Frusciante

OH MY GOD.

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  • no matter how many people claim he's 'great'

    he's still in the red hot chilli peppers

    it's like excusing hitler because you like his moustache.

    i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 19 Apr '07, 01:09 | X
    • he's not that great either

      to be fair

      MEGAtron @i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 19 Apr '07, 01:10 | X
  • One day...

    ..I will open a "Holy Shit" thread, and it will be about Holy Shit.

    Panda_Bear | 19 Apr '07, 01:09 | X
    • hmmm

      give me Freebase anyday

      beautiful_balloon @Panda_Bear | 19 Apr '07, 01:11 | X
  • well

    there is at least 1 other JF lover on here.

    and my god, im so excited.

    moodiejg @wishpig | 19 Apr '07, 01:56 | X
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