Your Pussy's Glued to a Building on Fire
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"Your Pussy's Glued to a Building on Fire" is a 1994 song by John Frusciante
.
Frusciante had joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers
in 1988. He wrote and recorded the song during the writing of the band's 1991 album Blood Sugar Sex Magik
and left the band in 1992. In 1994 he released his solo album Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt
. However, most of the songs on the album, like "Your Pussy's Glued to a Building on Fire", were recorded before he left the band.
It's an experimental rock
song including various elements of psychedelic rock
, like a reversed
guitar solo.
Frusciante performed this song live various times during the Red Hot Chili Peppers
' Californication tour
and Stadium Arcadium tour
and at his 2001 solo tour following the To Record Only Water for Ten Days
album.
John Frusciante
John Anthony Frusciante is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, record and film producer. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he had been for a number of years and recorded five studio albums...
.
Frusciante had joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...
in 1988. He wrote and recorded the song during the writing of the band's 1991 album Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Blood Sugar Sex Magik is the fifth studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 24, 1991. Produced by Rick Rubin, it was the band's first record released on Warner Bros. Records...
and left the band in 1992. In 1994 he released his solo album Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt
Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt
Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt is the debut solo album by John Frusciante, released on March 8, 1994, on American Recordings. Frusciante released the album after encouragement from several friends, who told him that there was "no good music around anymore."Niandra Lades and Usually Just a...
. However, most of the songs on the album, like "Your Pussy's Glued to a Building on Fire", were recorded before he left the band.
It's an experimental rock
Experimental rock
Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre, or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique....
song including various elements of psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...
, like a reversed
Backmasking
Backmasking is a recording technique in which a sound or message is recorded backward on to a track that is meant to be played forward...
guitar solo.
Frusciante performed this song live various times during the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...
' Californication tour
Californication tour
The Californication Tour was a worldwide concert tour by Red Hot Chili Peppers to support their seventh studio album Californication. The band mainly played songs from the new album and Blood Sugar Sex Magik though setlists were joined by material from the band's 1980s material. The only song...
and Stadium Arcadium tour
Stadium Arcadium Tour
The Stadium Arcadium tour was a 2006-2007 concert tour by the band Red Hot Chili Peppers in support of their album Stadium Arcadium. It was composed of seven legs, one for promotional shows around the world, three in Europe, one in Australia, New Zealand and Asia, and the other two in the US and...
and at his 2001 solo tour following the To Record Only Water for Ten Days
To Record Only Water for Ten Days
To Record Only Water for Ten Days is the third solo album by John Frusciante, released in 2001 through Warner Music Group. Unlike his previous two solo albums, Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt and Smile from the Streets You Hold, the record differs significantly in that Frusciante explores...
album.