frusciante left the peppers

[Bensen]

In his website he explains that his musical interest have changed and so he left the band a year ago:
http://johnfrusciante.com/

Hope we got to hear new inspiring stuff from him and hope that drugs don't play a role this time. He's one of my favourite musicians and one of the few rare guitarists that would invent themselves new on every record and still are recognised in the first few seconds of a song

[Mono]

Hmmm.
Strange news, don't know whether it is good or bad.
John is, IMHO, a very talented musician and songwriter - hope he isn't calling a day to his musical career.

[Taronja]

John is amazing, i heard this news yesterday, maybe hes gonna do more solo stuff. kinda strange to hear this news yesterday as i had his very rare "Smile From The Streets You Hold" CD in my hand the day before. i just found it while going threw some old boxes of stuff. amazing CD btw.

Jon

[Wendigo]

I personally think they could do better (the chillis)....John F. just rips off Jimi Hendrix cliches and cheeses them up a bit. They could get rid of the baboon that sings for them while they're at it.

[Taronja]

I personally think they could do better (the chillis)....John F. just rips off Jimi Hendrix cliches and cheeses them up a bit. They could get rid of the baboon that sings for them while they're at it.

Uh OH, your bashing, this could lead to deletion

LOL

Jon

[blackcloud45]

Nobody plays Hendrix like Frusciante. I loved Blood Sugar Sex Magic. Some of the best strat tones ever committed to recording. While I liked some of the songs on Californication (the album where I stopped following them), I found the riffs to be repetitive and even somewhat annoying. I also really liked Navarro on One Hot Minute. A lot of very cool stuff there although I read it was hard for them to find a musical meeting point and thus difficult to make that album.

[nmendoza]

I personally think they could do better (the chillis)....

I don't know, I don't think they've been relevant for about a decade... they probably shouldn't set their sights too high.

[bfitz]

I loved Blood Sugar Sex Magic. Some of the best strat tones ever committed to recording.

- i hear that man its like he was possessed by the strat and his marshall amp and just lashed out these amazing sounds, solo for mellowship slinky one of the best one take solo's ever

[jangle]

I always liked JF more than RHCP in general but both usually left me a bit cold.

Once Kiedis and especially Flea became a generic punk/funk double act to be photographed at Hollywood events and used as a catch-all reference to wild n crazy white boys it all got old very quick.

[Bensen]

So little love for the RHCP and frusciante really surprises me. I thought they were one of the few really inventive rockbands of the last 20 years (next to ratm and nirvana maybe).

I also like BSSM most, but I love the other albums too. They are all very unique instead of endless repeat. Also Frusciantes guitarplaying is instandly recognisable and even if you don`t like it, you must admit that there are not that many recognisable guitarists out there

[Deacon Blues]

I also really liked Navarro on One Hot Minute.

me too! i like navarros work on that album more than any of his jane's stuff. i like it just as much as BSSM.

John is a really talented guy, i hope he stays away from the dope

[billyp77]

john is amazing and yeah i hope he does stay away form the dope. although some of the latest peppers stuff i dont care for, the earlier stuff with hillel and john up to when he left the first time has some great guitar work. i have a few bootleg vids of john on the mothers milk tour when he was a youngster and he plays his ass off

[Wendigo]

Nobody plays Hendrix like Frusciante.

Yeah that's the thing...he's not actually playing hendrix, but you would think so by the sheer number of cliches he whaps out per minute...

[Ace]

I personally think they could do better (the chillis)....

I don't know, I don't think they've been relevant for about a decade... they probably shouldn't set their sights too high.

Sights too high... All they need is another song about california and its money in the bank for them

[nmendoza]

I personally think they could do better (the chillis)....

I don't know, I don't think they've been relevant for about a decade... they probably shouldn't set their sights too high.

Sights too high... All they need is another song about california and its money in the bank for them

That's the thing, I liked some of their earlier stuff, but around the turn of the century (ha) they started recording the same song 12x for each album and it got a little old. Wish they would've quit while they were ahead.