John Frusciante

John Frusciante
Background information
Birth name	John Anthony Frusciante
Born	5 March 1970 Queens, New York City, USA
Occupation	Musician
Genres	Experimental rock, avant-garde music, alternative rock, art rock, electronica, funk rock, funk, ambient, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, acid house
Instruments	Guitar, vocals, keyboards, drum machine, bass guitar, piano, synthesizers
Years active	1988-present
Associated acts	Red Hot Chili Peppers Ataxia Josh Klinghoffer The Mars Wu-Tang Clan Swahili Blonde Duran Duran
Musician

John Frusciante (born 5 March 1970) is an American guitarist, singer, producer and composer. He is best known as the guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, from 1988 until 1992, from 1998 until 2009, and again 2019 until now. He recorded seven studio albums with them. Now

John Frusciante also performed on Duran Duran's Paper Gods album, released in 2015.

Biography

Born in New York, Frusciante became interested in rock music at an early age. After his parents divorced, Frusciante and his mother moved to California when he was seven. When he was nine, his stepfather offered him his first acoustic guitar.

John taught himself how to play guitar, and for the next several years he would spent all his time practicing. In California his interest in music grew as he discovered bands such as The Germs.

In school he heard many artists who influenced what he played on his guitar, such as Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa, among others. Frusciante became a big fan of a local band called Red Hot Chili Peppers when he heard them at 15 years of age. At this time original guitarist Hillel Slovak was still in the band. His dream to join the band came true in 1988, after striking up a friendship with the Chili Peppers' bassist Flea.

Frusciante's first recording with the Peppers, 1989's Mother's Milk, helped break the popular college rock band through to the mainstream, resulting in their first gold record.

The group's follow-up album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991), was a breakthrough success. Frusciante became overwhelmed by the band's new popularity and quit in 1992. He became a recluse and entered a long period of drug addiction, during which he released his first solo recordings: Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt (1994) and Smile From the Streets You Hold (1997).

In 1998, Frusciante successfully completed drug rehabilitation and rejoined the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Their next album, Californication (1999) would eventually go on to sell 16 million copies.

In 2002 John with band recorded and released the band`s eighth album "By the way" In this album John used more backing vocals and additional instruments.

In 2006 Red Hot Chill Peppers released their ninth album who was named "Stadium Arcadium". That a double album with very interesting songs. In 2007, in Stadium Arcadium tour John invited in performances second guitarist, his friend Josh Klinghoffer, who will become the band's guitarist for ten years in the future, because John was very tired of the band and wanted to continue his solo work. In 2009, john left the band.

After 10 years, Frusciante relaxed and returned to the band on December 20, 2019. In 2022, they will record a lot of songs that will be divided into two albums "Unlimited Love" and "Return of the Dream Canteen"

John using a interesting gear! He very love playing on Fender Stratocasters through Marshall stack amps. Chronology of John's gear: 1988-1990: Kramer Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul Custom, Fender Stratocaster 1998 and Ibanez RG700. Amp: Marshall JCM800 stack with 4x10 cab. Pedals: Ibanez CS5, Ibanez Wh-10 v1. 1990-1992: Fender Stratocaster 1958, Fender Jaguar 1966, Martin D-28, Mantom 12-string acoustic, Gibson Les Paul goldtop. Amp: Marshall JCM800, Marshall SuperBass, Fender Hot, Unknown Amp. Pedals: Dod Fx65, Ibanez Wh-10 v1, Boss CE-1, Boss DS-2, MXR Dyna Comp.

He has produced and/or recorded with the Wu-Tang Clan, The Mars Volta and Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Swahili Blonde, Black Knights, The Bicycle Thief, Glenn Hughes, Ziggy Marley, Johnny Cash, George Clinton, and others.

Frusciante has received critical recognition for his guitar playing, ranking at number 18 on Rolling Stone‍ '​s list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" in 2003.