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John Anthony Frusciante (born March 5, 1970) is the seminal guitarist of Red Hot Chili Pepper's fame. Ranging beautiful guitar melodies, cool funk, hard-hitting riffs, and the occasional perfect guitar solo, John Frusciante is one of the most widely-appealing guitarists of modern music. His recent emotional and experimental work (Automatic Writing, Shadows Collide with People) has won critical acclaim as a solo artist, but pushing back into his past reveals a completely different guitar hero (1989's Mother's Milk with the Peppers, he even refuses to play material from this album ...read more
John Anthony Frusciante (born March 5, 1970) is the seminal guitarist of Red Hot Chili Pepper's fame. Ranging beautiful guitar melodies, cool funk, hard-hitting riffs, and the occasional perfect guitar solo, John Frusciante is one of the most widely-appealing guitarists of modern music. His recent emotional and experimental work (Automatic Writing, Shadows Collide with People) has won critical acclaim as a solo artist, but pushing back into his past reveals a completely different guitar hero (1989's Mother's Milk with the Peppers, he even refuses to play material from this album because of the way he played).
Though his solo work has yet to drift into the mainstream, his passion for music (particularly after his 'rebirth' from drug addiction) has allowed him to release a menagerie of solo material for your get your teeth into, including a 'six albums in six months' stint in 2004 (From The Will to Death to Curtains). John Frusciante continues to impress and influence guitarists every year and remains one of the world's best live guitarists.
He joined the Peppers in 1988 after their original guitarist Hillel Slovak died of a heroin overdose. John was a big fan of the band since he was 15 and was very excited to play with them. However, by 1992, after the massive success of BloodSugarSexMagik, John was becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the fame (despite wanted to be a stereotypical rock star earlier on), and tensions between him the band rose quickly. He left in May of 1992, refusing to play a show in Japan. He was convinced to play, however, but then left, telling the Chilis' manager to issue a statement saying he had "gone insane". John's heroin habits had been rising for some time at this point. Bassist Flea still jammed with him after his departure, but the effect of his heroin addiction had grown, and he was losing enthusiasm in music.
By 1994 he had become a full blown addict, appearing as an erratic, unhealthly looking man with a shot voice. A sprawling, "madman" labeled solo album called Niadra LaDes and Usually Just A T-Shirt was also released that year, spreading rumours of downfall. The situation grew worse years later, having overdosed in 1996, and quickly going back to drugs after trying to get clean. He was at one point living in hotels for not paying rent, and wore clothes covered in blood. Another solo album was released in 1997, but was pulled off the shelve because John said it was made for drug money (at one point he reportedly owed $30 000 to a drug dealer.)
During Frusciante's time out of the Peppers, the rest of the boys recruited Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction to play guitar. They released one album, One Hot Minute to mixed reviews. The Peppers were criticized for mixing awkwardly with Navarro's primarily metal style of playing. Frusciante claims to never have heard the album. Navarro left the band in 1998, with the band's chemistry failing, and Navarro's schedule constantly excluding the Chilis.
John finally got clean in 1998, and rejoined the Red Hot Chili Peppers with a re-energized creativity and love for life. The Peppers released Californication in 1999 to massive commercial and critical success. He continues with the Peppers today, their latest release being 2006's double-album Stadium Arcadium. The album is noted for John's experiments with tone and texture. « hide |
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