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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
Hillel Slovak, Arik Marshall, Frusciante, Navarro, Jesse Tobias, DeWayne McKnight, Jack Sherman.
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to put this into context, Tobias, Marshall, and Blackbyrd didn't record with RHCP; they're were all in the band for a cumulative 15min, collectively.
Sherman replaced Slovak for the first album and tour while Slovak was in another band with Jackie I, so really it's like this :
Sherman : 1984
Slovak : 85-88
Frusciante : 88-92
Navarro : 93-97
Frusciante : 98-2010
Klinghoffer : 2010-??
that's 5 guitarists over 30 years.
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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
No, you're missing the point: Grunge had it's tiny window and it closed rather quickly. Yet, you can name bands from the 70's and 80's that are still out on the road, putting out albums and having tons of success.
Grunge was truly a fad.
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'grunge' WAS a fad - only people at least a decade older than me even use that word in conjunction with any type of musical genre though; it described the way posers dressed in high school.
Fact is, the music of the so-called 'grunge' bands is pretty disparate. Jane's Addiction sounded nothing like Chili Peppers, who sounded nothing like Soundgarden, who sounded nothing like Smashing Pumpkins.
I don't know too many bands from the 70's and 80's who put out records that move huge numbers, except for U2 and RHCP. Elton John.
But a lot of the 70's/80's bands move tickets purely on nostalgia; they hit the baby boomer market hard - even going so far to scalp their own tickets to make sure they gougue their 'fans' for as much as they can.
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Originally Posted by penguinz
RHCP last good album was Mothers Milk.
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they've had at least 3 great records since then.
Hell, I'm in the minority, but I'm a big One Hot Minute fan.
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Originally Posted by jd1020
I wish I could find my cover for the album but I'm betting I could count the songs credited with DuVall as a co-writer with 3 fingers or less.
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Hey...Dane's in the industry, so that means his opinion on the subject is somehow more valid than anyone else's.