John Frusciante

**John Anthony Frusciante** is an American musician. He was born on March 5, 1970 in Queens, New York. He was the guitarist of the funk rock band, Red Hot Chili Peppers. He has also made a number of solo records. Some of these albums have been made with other artists, for example Josh Klinghoffer. In December 2009 Frusciante claimed on his website that he had left the band over a year ago.

He was number 18 on _Rolling Stone_s list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" in 2003. In 2011, he was at number 72.

## Early RHCP era (1988-92)

John Frusciante joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1988 after the previous guitarist, Hillel Slovak, died of a drug overdose. The band went on to record and release their fourth album, _Mother's Milk_ in 1989. Following an international tour, Frusciante co-recorded the band's fifth album, _Blood Sugar Sex Magik_. In 1992, he left the band because he was overwhelmed by the international success of _Blood Sugar Sex Magik_. Frusciante abruptly announced his departure from the band just a few moments before a performance in Tokyo. He ended up playing the show and left quickly for a plane back to the USA.

## 1992 to 1997

From 1992 to 1997, he recorded a couple of solo albums, which received various criticism due to Frusciante's use of lo-fi and strange synthesizer effects. Frusciante released _Niandra LaDes & Usually Just A T-Shirt_ in 1994 as a cure for there being "no good music around any more". From the time of being out of the band, Frusciante had started to experiment with drugs such as cocaine and heroin. In 1997, he released _Smile From The Streets You Hold_ because he needed money for drugs at the time. He later took the album off the shelves as he did not feel comfortable with it being sold.

## Return and success

Bandmate and long-time friend Flea asked John if he would like to rejoin the band in 1998. Frusciante was so overjoyed by the question that the band regrouped and started the recording process. In 1999, the band released _Californication_. During the Californication tour, Frusciante recorded some more songs in what would eventually become _To Record Only Water For Ten Days_, which was released in 2001. Frusciante returned to the recording studio in early 2002 in which they would later release the band's eighth album, _By the Way_. Four Years later the Peppers released their ninth studio album, _Stadium Arcadium_. In December 2009 he announced that he would leave the Red Hot Chili Peppers and focus more on his solo albums.

## Solo records and side projects

After yet another world tour with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Frusciante decided to release some more of his own material between 2004 and 2005. During this time, John released six of his own solo records, some of which were co-written by Josh Klinghoffer.

### As a solo artist

- _Niandra LaDes & Usually Just A T-shirt_ (1994)
- _Estrus EP_ (1997)
- _Smile From The Streets You Hold_ (1997)
- _Going Inside EP_ (2001)
- _To Record Only Water For Ten Days_ (2001)
- _From The Sounds Inside_ (2001)
- _Shadows Collide With People_ (2004)
- _The Will To Death_ (2004)
- _DC EP_ (2004)
- _Inside Of Emptiness_ (2004)
- _A Sphere In The Heart Of Silence_ (2004)
- _Curtains_ (2005)
- _The Empyrean_ (2009)
- _Letur- Lefr EP_ (2012)
- _PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone_ (2012)
- _Outsides_ (2013)

### Red Hot Chili Peppers

- _Mother's Milk_ (1989)
- _Blood Sugar Sex Magik_ (1991)
- _Californication_ (1999)
- _By the Way_ (2002)
- _Stadium Arcadium_ (2006)
- _Unlimited Love_ (2022)

### Ataxia

- _Automatic Writing_ (2004)
- _AW II_ (2007)

## Other websites

- John Frusciante's official website
- Red Hot Chili Peppers official website

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: John Frusciante
- **img**: John Frusciante strat.jpg
- **img capt**: John Frusciante playing the guitar in 2014
- **background**: solo_singer
- **birth name**: John Anthony Frusciante
- **birth place**: Astoria, Queens, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, United States, USA
- **genre**: Funk-rock, alternative rock, electronica, indie rock, lo-fi music, lo-fi, progressive rock
- **years active**: 1988–present
- **label**: Warner Bros. Records, Record Collection
- **associated acts**: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ataxia (band), Ataxia, The Mars Volta
- **website**: [http://www.johnfrusciante.com/ www.johnfrusciante.com]