Ataxia was a group formed by John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers on guitar; Joe Lally of Fugazi on bass; and Josh Klinghoffer on drums. Ataxia wrote and recorded songs for two weeks, and the material was separated into two albums: Automatic Writing (2004) and AW II (2007). In Automatic Writing, Frusciante sang on "Dust", "The Sides", and "Addition"; Klinghoffer sang "Another", and Lally sang "Montreal". The songs all feature a ground-bass line with the guitar overlaying different motives and long developments. Ataxia performed two shows, both at the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles on February 2 and February 3, 2004. Following this, the group disbanded.

John Frusciante (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers ), Joe Lally (of Fugazi ), and Josh Klinghoffer (of The Bicycle Thief , PJ Harvey and The Diary of Ic Explura ) are collectively known as Ataxia. Their first record was released in 2004, named Automatic Writing as part of John Frusciante’s six albums in six month collection. This experimental album is the first of two halves. The second half, Ataxia II, was released on March 6th 2007. The word “Ataxia” is Greek for “disorder”. In keeping wi