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 John
Frusciante (Froo-shon-tay) was born on the 5th
of March in 1970 in New York.
John's father John Sr, lawyer and a judge was
also a very skilful pianist and has motivated John a
lot in his musical career, his mother Gail is
a very talented singer and sings the backing vocals
for Under the Bridge. His nickname was Greenie.
John has two brothers, Erik and Michael and two
sisters, Anna and Lily.
At nine he had romantic dreams about bisexuality, "The
point is, I´m weird, but I never felt weird." He
spent his youth playing guitar and listening to music,
he adapted the punk rock style very early and listened
to bands like the Clash and Joy Division.
It was for the first time when John saw Hillel Slovak's
appearance with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, live at Variety
Arts Center , downtown L.A. at the age of 15. From
that moment, John was the RHCP's no.1 fan, specially
Hillel Slovak. And that moment changed his life.
John left home at the age of 16 and found an appartment.
When the band signed John during Christmas 1988 he was
just about to be signed by The Thelonius Monster
but the The RHCP beat them to it. John has always been
a guitar virtuous and he is extremely skilful with his
instrument. He played up to 15 hours a day along with
Zappa and Hendrix records. "John was an absolute
Hillel clone" , remembers Alain Johannes,
"Not only did he play like him, he stood like him
and moved like him as well". Two girls once asked
him for an autograph and he wrote: "I want to destroy
your hymens".
John's biggest influences are (besides Hillel Slovak
offcourse): Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart,
Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, The Clash, Mick
Jones, Pat Smear, Steve Jones, Matthew Ashman from Bow
Wow Wow, Joy Division etc. Just like Flea, John
is a big fan of Jazz and has got a lot of inspiration
from John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman.
On
the 7th of May 92 during the Blood Sugar Sex Magic tour
John announced that he would quit band. After almost
a year of constant touring John have had enough. After
John quit the band he started to work with different
projects, for instance he played a lot with the Thelonius
monster, Bob Forrest, Trulio Disgracias and the three
Amoebas, which consisted of himself, Flea and Stephen
Perkins. He also recorded a black and white movie called
"Stuff" with his friend Johnny Depp in
his house in Hollywood. During a few years after the
departure of the band John had fallen into the serious
abuse of drugs.
In 1994 John released his first solo album,Niandra
LaDaes and Usually Just a T-shirt. It didn't get
very good reviews, no one understood what he meant with
his music. In August 28th,1997 he released the
second solo album Smiles From the Streets You Hold.
These two albums contained a great amount of soul-searching
for John. John also spent a lot of time painting and
doing yoga to help him get free from the drugs and get
at peace with himself. What makes John into such a special
guitarist is that he always follows his own ideas and
goals.His brilliant guitar-solos adds a lot of character
to his and the Chili Peppers songs. The songs from his
solo albums are very emotional; they express very many
deep feelings. John is the only one in the band with
a good education; he graduated from the Musicians
Institute of Technology. When John had quit the
band Arik Marshall and Jesse Tobias temporarily replaced
him but the band settled eventually for former Jane's
Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro.
On
the 6th of April 1998 Dave Navarro quit the band and
twenty-three days later it was announced that John had
re-joined the band after six years. Once again he would
add his guitar-magic to the Chili Peppers and Californication
was the result. When John re-joined in early 1998 it
started out with Flea and him playing together in Flea's
garage. And he started seeing the whole band again and
he and Anthony got close together and rediscovered the
love for each other. John loves what he does right now,
rocking out all over the world with his best friends.
Now in early of the New Century, New Millennium, and
also with new vision, John releases His Latest Album,
To Record Only Water For Ten Days (february 2001).
Niandra
Ladaes and Usually Just A T-Shirt (1994)
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1. As Can Be
2. My Smile Is A Rifle
3. Head (Beach Arab)
4. Big Takeover
5. Curtains
6. Running Away Into You
7. Mascara
8. Been Insane
9. Skin Blues
10. Your Pussy's Glued To A Building On Fire
11. Blood On My Neck From Success
12. Ten To Butter Blood Voodoo
13. Untitled #1 |
14. Untitled #2
15. Untitled #3
16. Untitled #4
17. Untitled #5
18. Untitled #6
19. Untitled #7
20. Untitled #8
21. Untitled #9
22. Untitled #10
23. Untitled #11
24. Untitled #12
25. Untitled #13 |
Smiles
From the Street You Hold (1997)
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1. Enter A Uh
2. The Other
3. Life's A Bath
4. A Fall Thru the Ground
5. Poppy Man
6. I May Again Know John
7. I'm Always
8. Nigger Song
9. Femininity |
10. Breathe
11. More
12. For Air
13. Height Down
14. Well, I've Been
15. Smile From The Streets You Hold
16. I Can't See Until I See Your Eyes
17. Estress |
To
Record Only Water for Ten Days (2001)
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1. Going
Inside
2. Someone's
3. The First Season
4. Wind Up Space
5. Away and Anywhere
6. Remain
7. FallOut
8. Ramparts |
9. With No One
10. Murderers
11. Invisible Movements
12. Representing
13. In Rime
14. Saturation
15. Moments Have You |
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| Going
Inside ~ single (2001) |
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01. Going Inside
02. Time Is Nothing Pt.2
03. So Would Have I
04. Last Hymn
05. Beginning Again |
John's favourite is all vintage Fender Stratocasters
series, one from 1955, one from 1952, and a vintage
50's jaguar and a 1955 Gretsch White Falcon. The following
list tells you his last equipment for Californication
and By The Way Promo Tours.
Guitars:
- Australian Maton acoustic
- '55 Fender Stratocaster,
- '62 Fender Stratocaster
- '62 Fender Jaguar
- '65 Telecaster
- 1955 Gretsch White Falcon strung w/ .012s
- 1950s vintage Gibson ES
- 175 (Porcelain) strung w/ .013s Strats are strung
w/ .010s
Amps:
Marshall JTM 45 on top of a 25/50 Silver Jubilee; 200
watt Marshall Major; blackface Fender Showman;100 watt
Marshall SuperBass (all powering JCM 900 4x12 cabs)
Pedals:
- Boss Chorus Ensemble
- Ibanez WH-10 wah
- Boss FZ-3 fuzz
- MXR Phase 90 reissue
- Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion In addition:
- Boss DS-1 distortion
- Boss Chorus Ensemble (another one)
Stacked behind all of the effects:
- Uni-Vibe stereo chorus;
- Electro-Harmonix 16 Second Digital Delay
- Electro-Harmonix Micro Synth |
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