John Frusciante, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

John Frusciante

American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer

Date of Birth: 05-Mar-1970

Place of Birth: Astoria, New York, United States

Profession: singer, record producer, singer-songwriter, guitarist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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About John Frusciante

  • John Anthony Frusciante ( (listen); born March 5, 1970) is an American musician, singer, and producer.
  • He is the lead guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, from 1988 until 1992, from 1998 until 2009, and once again since December of 2019.
  • He has recorded five studio albums with them. Frusciante has an active solo career, having released twelve solo albums and seven EPs; his recordings include elements ranging from experimental rock and ambient music to new wave and electronica.
  • Frusciante also released two acid house albums and one EP under his alias Trickfinger.
  • He has also recorded with numerous other artists, including the Mars Volta, for whom he was a studio guitarist (and occasional live performer) from 2002 until 2008; Josh Klinghoffer and Joe Lally, with whom he released two albums as Ataxia; and various collaborations with both Klinghoffer and Omar Rodríguez-López.
  • He has also produced and/or recorded with Duran Duran, Wu-Tang Clan, Swahili Blonde, Black Knights, The Bicycle Thief, Glenn Hughes, Ziggy Marley, Johnny Cash, George Clinton, Johnny Marr, Dewa Budjana and others. At the age of eighteen, he joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers, first appearing on the band's 1989 album, Mother's Milk.
  • 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, he successfully completed drug rehabilitation and rejoined the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
  • Their next album, Californication (1999) would eventually go on to sell 15.4 million copies.
  • His album To Record Only Water for Ten Days was released in 2001.
  • A fourth album with the Chili Peppers, By the Way was released in 2002.
  • On a creative spree, Frusciante released six solo albums in 2004; each album explored different recording techniques and genres.
  • 2006 saw the release of his fifth album with the Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium.
  • In 2009, Frusciante released The Empyrean, which features Flea and Josh Klinghoffer, and announced he had again parted ways with the Chili Peppers. 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; and again in a second list published in 2011, where he ranked at number 72.
  • He was ranked as number 42 in Gibson's list of the "50 Best Guitarists of All Time".
  • He was voted "The Best Guitarist of the Last 30 Years" in a 2010 BBC poll called "The Axe Factor".
  • Frusciante was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers on April 14, 2012, but did not attend the ceremony.
  • In December 2019, Frusciante again joined Red Hot Chili Peppers following the departure of Klinghoffer.

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