Ricks Facebook Update

[will]

Source: www.facebook.com/RickRichardsOffical2

What's this?

[IzzyDutch]

Hmm weird! :/

[Rumba]

I don't have a Facebook account, but what is pictured does appear weird, especially when he says "at izzy stradling and the juju hounds".

Rumba

[will]

It could be nothing at all (I've not asked). I always thought "Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds" ended in 1993 to be honest, and everything released after that was just "Izzy Stradlin" even though Rick, Mac, Eddie etc were still involved.

I'll be upset if Rick's gone. I never expected to see the Ju Ju Hounds live but always hoped that one day Izzy, Rick and Taz would share a stage They've worked together for 20+ years, released 11 albums and over 100+ songs.

[likeacat]

I completely agree with will.

Anyway, this is really weird
Maybe he just realized the "name" of his "place of work" was wrong and decided to change it...

[Rumba]

Another option could be that he has just finished an izzy and juju hounds album, it started with the juju hounds and that is where it has just ended. Maybe we should expect an izzy and juju hounds release? Just a though. I hate cryptic, that's why I don't do crosswords.

Rumba

[alicejitterbug]

This facebook account seems to me too haphazard to be something THE Rick Richards would want to present to his fans. I don't trust that it is real. I ignored it for the Rick Richards appreciation thread I started - there isn't a great deal on Rick in the internet. And another thing, it ain't Ju Ju Hounds without Jimmy and Chalo. Their sound as a rhythm section was an integral part. I don't see Izzy or Rick, nor Taz and JT wanting to call any other line-up Ju Ju Hounds. Of course I could be wrong but that is my best guess.

Of course Jimmy and Charlie joining Rick and Izzy et al for a handful of song recordings, maybe an EP, to be released for us in 2013 would be fucking fabulous.

[alicejitterbug]

I just got this message trying to sign in to some group via facebook so I don't have to have an account. I wanted to vote for a favorite country band local, sort of, to me called Yarn.
Facebook sucks and I don't have any friends nor voter integrity .

"You do not have enough Facebook connections.
ArtistSignal requires all voters to have a minimum of 30 Facebook friends.
This helps ensure voter integrity on the ArtistSignal Platform.

Facebook monitors all new account signups and removes duplicate and/or fake accounts quickly. Facebook may remove all associated accounts connected to you if one or more is found to be fraudulent. You will be in violation with the Facebook terms by creating more than one personal account. For more information about the Facebook Terms of Service you can read them here.

If you have any questions, please contact support.

[sen]

I believe this really means Rick is out. I wonder if this means Izzy's releases will dry up for the time being.

[alicejitterbug]

Hello Sen.
Dry up? There hasn't exactly been a flood.
I still say that facebook page is peculiar.

[badapple]

I have him on my Facebook, as far as i'm aware, it is actually him

[alicejitterbug]

So he's left Ju Ju Hounds but is still in Georgia Satellites?
I don't get why he'd bother to update just that part of the page.

[will]

I don't want to deviate from the topic of Rick possibly leaving the band, but...

Mar 13, 2013 18:59:36 GMT -5 alicejitterbug said:

Hello Sen.
Dry up? There hasn't exactly been a flood.
I still say that facebook page is peculiar.

Compared to other bands I'd say it has been a flood Not recently perhaps, but I don't know any other band/artist with the same track record as Izzy for releasing albums.

1998 - 117*
1999 - Ride On
2001 - River
2002 - On Down The Road
2005 - Like A Dog
2007 - Miami (x2)
2007 - Fire
2008 - Concrete
2009 - Smoke
2010 - Wave of Heat
2012 - 2 Singles + video

^ Bearing in mind that we've had previous confirmation of other projects "happening" in the off-years, such as the unreleased Izzy/Slash/Duff album, Izzys involvement with "The Project" (Velvet Revolver), Izzys frequent on/off again touring with Axl/GNR, and pretty sure Timo said something about another album after Wave of Heat which we never heard?.... etc.

Admittedly, sometimes it feels like a drought, but I put that down to Izzy just not being all that communicative online. If he had a Twitter/Facebook/website to keep fans up to date it probably wouldn't make the months/years seemingly drag on, waiting for something to happen. Not many bands consistently release albums like Izzy does though, and it still amazes me that even though every album may have one or two "fillers", most of it is pretty damn catchy straight up RNR

[sen]

I would also say that Izzy released a lot of material. The problem is more that there is almost no news at all in between releases.

For instance, I waited a while moving to the new board, because news is slow most of the time. But I would still not want to miss any, if there is something interesting to know.

[IzzyDutch]

Two years after Wave of Heat, I've grown tired of that album (and older albums) and am anxious for new material... the two singles were great, very cool tracks, but after so many spins you just want more... I expected more releases by now, another new song(s) or the full album, wonder why nothing happened. It's like he's moved on, maybe the two songs were a 'test' and sales were so bad he thought 'fuck it I'll just record them really for my own'.

Also, has someone already sent Rick a facebook message about what the Izzy status means?