RHCP’s Chad Smith Describes His ‘Musical Telepathy’ With John Frusciante

Crimson Scorching Chili Peppers‘ new album Limitless Love simply got here out a number of days in the past, and it was a big launch for the band because it was their first with John Frusciante since 2006. Drummer Chad Smith described his musical bond with the guitarist, including that he is the “finest pure musician” he is ever performed with.

Smith and Frusciante each first joined RHCP in 1988, due to this fact their 1989 album Mom’s Milk was the primary one to function the 2 musicians. Frusciante was 18-years-old when he first turned part of the band, whereas Smith was 26, so the drummer defined to Loudwire Nights host Toni Gonzalez that he is all the time felt like an enormous brother to the guitarist.

“He is a particular, actually particular particular person, and a very delicate, form, extremely artistic — in all probability the very best pure musician I’ve ever performed with in my life,” Smith praised of Frusciante. “When musicians join onstage generally, it is only a look and a smile and a nod or one thing. We do not gush over one another very a lot, you simply kinda look, and it is that look of, ‘Yeah, we’re in it.'”

When the Chili Peppers have been rehearsing for his or her April 1 present on the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles — which once more, was their first efficiency with Frusciante since 2007 — the guitarist admitted to Smith that he’d by no means performed in a band the place he felt so related to a different musician earlier than.

“[Frusciante] was like, ‘My enjoying is so intertwined with the way you play. You may have helped me kind the way in which that I play the guitar, as a result of I’ve actually solely performed to your drumming.’ And it hadn’t ever actually dawned on me like that. I used to be like, ‘God, I assume so.’ It is such a particular factor, a musical telepathy that may solely occur when you’ve gotten these years and people instances, and we have performed quite a lot of notes collectively,” Smith recalled of their dialog.

Tune into Loudwire Nights tonight at 7PM ET to listen to the total interview. Order your copy of Limitless Love right here, and take a look at RHCP’s upcoming tour dates to see in the event that they’re enjoying in a metropolis close to you.

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