John Frusciante forms a band with Venetian Snares

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This article is from Winnipeg Sun; Aaron Funk is talking about how he met John and how Speed Dealer Moms came to life. If you're interested in reading more on Aaron Funk, have a look at this, too. This article has some not-so-positive comments on people's interest in the newly-formed band, so be well prepared for it.

 

You might not know who Aaron Funk is, but if you're a music fan, you've probably heard of his new bandmate: Guitarist John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The L.A. rocker and the Winnipeg musician are the leaders of Speed Dealer Moms, an electronica outfit that grew out of their recently minted friendship.

 

"He was a fan of my music," explains Funk. "He turned up at a couple of my gigs in Europe. We started talking about music and we sort of became really good friends. He's a cool dude. We just share this huge love of making music. We really clicked."

 

So much so that when the Chili Peppers went on indefinite hiatus last year, Frusciante came to Winnipeg for a couple of weeks in August to hang out -- and naturally, the duo ended up recording together at Funk's home studio. "We just made music the whole time," he says. "We have this really good telepathic chemistry."

 

When he says "the whole time," he means it. The duo, often joined by fellow Winnipeg electronica artist Chris McDonald of The Alison Project, recorded more than 11 hours of material. "A lot of it is acid-electro-techno kind of stuff," says Funk. "It's pretty strange. It doesn't sound like anything I've ever heard before." Based on what we've heard, it certainly doesn't sound like the Chili Peppers. Frusciante doesn't play guitar on any of the cuts, some of which last up to half an hour and range from soothing chillout music to chilling horrorscapes to chaotic grooves. Funk has since travelled to Los Angeles to continue recording with the 38-year-old guitarist, who has maintained an active and eclectic solo career during his tenure with the Peppers. More sessions are planned -- but at this stage, there are no plans to release any material.

 

"We're just doing it for fun. I think it's cool if we never release anything. I'm totally happy with that. We're just doing it for us -- not to be a product."

 

But there is one way you can hear Speed Dealer Moms: At April's Bang Face Weekender music festival on the English coast, where the Moms are slated to make their live debut.

 

"People seem to be making a huge deal out of it," says Funk, admitting he's not keen on the fuss. "I feel kind of weird about it. I am kind of concerned about having to deal with people who just want to check us out because of John's brand name."

 

Then again, he's not too worried. After all, "any Red Hot Chili Peppers fans who come to one of my shows are in for a shock."

http://invisible-movement.net/2009/01/the-very-first-article-about-speed-dealer-moms

lol... is john frusciante doing drugs again?

Well, this should be interesting.

I was so sure the date of the article would be April 1st...

Edit: Can I just point out that this is from Jan. 2009?

Spead Dealer Moms on MySpace

Apparently they were supposed to play at BangFace 2009 but cancelled last minute due to equipment malfunction. [source]

Ceephax Filled In like a champ!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vghidpD2V_0

  On 10/26/2010 at 7:28 PM, o00o said:

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This article is from Winnipeg Sun; Aaron Funk is talking about how he met John and how Speed Dealer Moms came to life. If you're interested in reading more on Aaron Funk, have a look at this, too. This article has some not-so-positive comments on people's interest in the newly-formed band, so be well prepared for it.

 

You might not know who Aaron Funk is, but if you're a music fan, you've probably heard of his new bandmate: Guitarist John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The L.A. rocker and the Winnipeg musician are the leaders of Speed Dealer Moms, an electronica outfit that grew out of their recently minted friendship.

 

"He was a fan of my music," explains Funk. "He turned up at a couple of my gigs in Europe. We started talking about music and we sort of became really good friends. He's a cool dude. We just share this huge love of making music and shooting heroin. It's basically a band that revolves around heroin. We really clicked."

 

http://invisible-movement.net/2009/01/the-very-first-article-about-speed-dealer-moms

fixd

so theyve been doing this for almost a year and theres no to samples anywhere?

They are probably just jamming a full set and don't really intend to release snippets. At least not until after they perform? Just a guess.

Edit: lol I just realized I misspelled "Speed" in my earlier post's link. Oh well.

  On 10/26/2010 at 8:57 PM, Superstix said:

Edit: lol I just realized I misspelled "Speed" in my earlier post's link. Oh well.

no gold star today

They were due to play 9-10pm on the Sunday night, but their equipment fucked up saturday night so they had to cancel, we were gutted. As you pointed out though, Ceephax filled in and was fucking awesome

Don't think there has been any new news on this project since after this cancellation.

Yeah this is old news.

EDIT: Nvm.

one thing's for sure... they should not leave the band naming duties to snares.

  On 10/26/2010 at 8:39 PM, Superstix said:

John's 38? He looks well into his 40s here. Not that I should be surprised based on past drug use and such.

  On 10/26/2010 at 9:08 PM, Deepex said:

Yeah this is old news.

Indeed. One of their jam sessions included a good number of other musicians too, including cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy/Download/platEAU/etc.

  On 10/26/2010 at 10:20 PM, Bambi said:

http://www.planet.mu/discography/TIMESIG002 clips up tomorrow

"speak of the devil... and he shall come...."

Haha. Now THAT is not old news.

This could be really good, or just shit.

I haven't been able to hear 1 dam thing. Probably because they know people won't like it.

  On 10/26/2010 at 11:14 PM, chassis said:

This could be really good, or just shit.

im hoping for some really good shit

  On 10/26/2010 at 11:44 PM, Scrambled Ears said:

  On 10/26/2010 at 11:14 PM, chassis said:

This could be really good, or just shit.

im hoping for some really good shit

  On 10/26/2010 at 10:20 PM, Bambi said:

http://www.planet.mu/discography/TIMESIG002 clips up tomorrow

What timing. How long has this been in the pipeline?

Ink is still wet

  On 10/26/2010 at 11:07 PM, sidewinder said:

Haha. Now THAT is not old news.

HOT DAMN

posting in thread.