John Frusciante
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John Frusciante is an American musician. He was born on March 5, 1970 in Queens, New York. He is the guitarist for 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. Frusciante is currently on tour with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. They are promoting the band's latest release, Stadium Arcadium. He is also rumored to be recording an album, set to be released in late 2007.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Niandra LaDes and Smile From The Streets You Hold
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.
[edit] Return and Red Hot Success
Band mate 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.
[edit] 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 2004-2005. During this time, John released six of his own solo records, some of which were co-wrote by Josh Klinghoffer.
[edit] Equipment
John uses has used a wide range of guitars throughout his years with RHCP and as a solo artist. He is known for using a lot of guitars under the Fender brand. Below is a list of equipment that John has used through the years.
[edit] Guitars
- '55 Fender Stratocaster
- '57 Fender Stratocaster
- '61 Fender Stratocaster (olympic white finish)
- '62 Fender Stratocaster (sunburst finish)
- '65 Fender Telecaster (with Fender "f" on pickguard)
- 70's Fender Stratocaster
- '56 Gibson ES-335 (two color sunburst finish)
- '61 Gibson SG (custom cherry red finish)
- '69 Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty
- Ibanez RG250 (for recording of Mother's Milk)
- Martin 0-15 acoustic
- '55 Gretsch White Falcon
[edit] Amplifiers
- Marshall Major 200W
- Marshall Silver Jubilee
[edit] Picks
- Orange Jim Dunlop Tortex 0.6mm picks
[edit] Strings
- D'Addario XL .10s-.046 (with a .11 on the high E string)
[edit] Effects
- BOSS CE-1 Chorus
- BOSS DS-2 Turbo Distortion
- 2x Digitech PDS-8000 Delay
- Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress Flanger
- Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi
- Ibanez WH10 Wah
- Line6 FM4 Filter Modeler
- Moog MF-103 12-Stage Phaser
- MXR Micro Amp
[edit] Discography
[edit] As a solo artist
- Niandra LaDes & Usually Just A T-shirt (1994)
- Smile From The Streets You Hold (1997)
- 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)
[edit] RHCP
- Mother's Milk (1989)
- Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
- Californication (1999)
- By the Way (2002)
- Stadium Arcadium (2006)
[edit] Ataxia
- Automatic Writing (2004)
- AWII (2007)
