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The guitar force behind the sinuous art-metal of Jane's Addiction and the dark-and-disturbed incarnation of the Red Hot Chili Peppers has found a home for his first solo venture. Dave Navarro will release his band Spread's debut, recorded with Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, on his own Spread Entertainment label in conjunction with Clean Slate Records (owned by his manager Andy Slater) and Sony Music.
The album, entitled Unicorns and Rainbows: The Pelican, is
tentatively slated for a February release, to be followed by a
tour. According to a Navarro spokesman, Smith is not a permanent
member of Spread and will be replaced by another drummer and
backing band when the group hits the road. Most of Unicorns and
Rainbows, including vocals, was recorded by Navarro.
The Spread web site (www.6767.com), maintained by Navarro, includes
sound clips and lyrics to five Spread songs, "Easy Girl," "Mourning
Son," "Everything," "Not For Nothing" and "Rexall," which includes
the line "There is no love left in your eyes/There is no love
between your thighs." Still, nothing's shocking.
BLAIR R. FISCHER