Sifting thru my pile of magazines and papers last night I came across this in an August issue of the Boston Phoenix, a real influential alternative weekly here,
You'd think there could be no less exciting words in the rock-and-roll lexicon than "drummer solo album" — Chad Smith from the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS is prepping one as we speak — but I actually find myself more disturbed by resurgent rumblings of Peter Hook's FREEBASS project, an impending basstravaganza featuring Andy Rourke of the Smiths and Mani from the Stone Roses. Three bassists: all the skepticism and disbelief of a bassist solo career, cubed. I've been hearing about this shit since 2005, and the fact that nothing yet has come of it is no comfort — it only means they're preparing something big.
The link: http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/88232-Big-Hurt-Broken-bones-and-stripper-poles/
