A little Rick Froberg story, courtesy of my good pal Lana Rebel:
In the late 1990s/early 2000s my friends Lana and Johnny were in a band called Last Of The Juanitas (with guitarist Bryan Giles, now in Red Fang). They started here in Tucson then moved to San Diego where they were befriended by Rick Froberg, who joined the band for a brief time (he's on one of their albums as Rick Fork). Lana says Rick was friendly and super cool but when they went on a short tour, he changed. He clammed up and didn't talk to anyone. He played fine but wouldn't hang out after the shows, he just went back to the van and sat by himself or went to sleep. After the tour, Rick and the band went their separate ways: Rick joined Hot Snakes, the Juanitas moved to Portland and broke up in 2005.
Years later Lana is reading an interview with Rick Froberg and the interviewer mentioned Last Of The Juanitas. Rick said he loved their music and loved playing with them but just prior to their tour he contracted terrible hemorrhoids. He said every night was absolute agony, the worst pain he had ever been in. But he had agreed to the tour and didn't want to let the band down. He was too embarrassed to tell them what was wrong.
