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guitar player for the famous rock band the “red hot chili peppers”. he joined the band in 1989 after the death of guitarist hilel slovak. when he joined he was only 18 and he was already a huge chili peppers fan, going to every single concert they would play in the l.a area where the band was from. he was to record 2 alb-ms with the peppers, “mothers milk” and multi million selling masterpiece, “blood sugar s-x magik” before quitting in 1992 in the midst of a world tour. he decided to quit the band because the “arena shows” they were playing made him angry because he felt the band had lost what he liked about them the best.

the years that followed in his life were very obscure due to a heavy drug addiction that almost drove the young guitarst to his death. during this time he recorded two solo alb-ms “ninandra lades & usually just a t-shirt” and “smile from the streets you hold”. the sound of these alb-ms is very dark and melancholic and for lack of a better couple of words “beeautifully weird”.

by 1997 his friends realized the shape that john was in and convinced him to get himself back into life, clean and healthy. john checked himself into rehab and after a few months he rejoined the chili peppers, who had just parted with guitarist dave navarro. in 1998 they went into the studio to record the alb-m “californication” which marked the comeback of the guitarists. this alb-m sold millions of records worldwide.

in 2000 he recorded his 3rd solo alb-m “to record only water for ten days”. this alb-m has a heavy enphasis on simple song structures. john recorded a video for every track of this alb-m but he’s said to have destroyed them all except for the video for the song “going inside” which was released on t.v. an internet alb-m for his fans followed soon.

in 2002 he recorded the alb-m “by the way” with the chili peppers and once again the alb-m was a major succes worldwide.

in 2004 he records a new solo alb-m called “shaddows collide with people”. this alb-m is extremely varied in structure and theme. songs range from acustic folk tunes, to grunge inspired heavier pieces, to instrumental keyboard solos.

again in 2004 john announces to his fans that he will release 6 alb-ms in 6 months, an incredible task that he said would rid his alb-ms of all the over production and focus more on the songs rather than the production of them.
the alb-ms were:

“the will to death”
“courtains”
“dc ep”
“a sphere in the heart of silence”
“automatic writing” (under the band name ataxia)
“inside of emptiness”

all these alb-ms are hard to describe in terms of style because they vary so much, a great example of his genius for song writing.

in terms of guitar playing, it can be described as simple yet moving. no two alb-ms are the same for john as he is always challenging himself in terms of his playing. his use of warm chords and melodic phrasing have helped identify his sound as truly unique. his main strenght is on stage. there he is able to twist songs and add solos and vocal harmonies (he has one of the most beautiful, creative, and “in tune” voices in the rock world).

john frusciante is truly an amazing guitar player. his ability to create music is undoutedly of the highest level. his guitar playing has placed him on top as one of the most inovative and creative guitar players in the rock world today.
john frusciante writes the most beautiful music around and rocks out with the peppers like n-body can.
instead of saying for sure.
hambone 1: “are you going to mary-ellen’s party tonight. i heard it’s suppose to be a real hoot.”

cool guy without shirt: “frusciante, man.”