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John Anthony Frusciante (born March 5, 1970, in New York) is the guitarist of the Californian band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he has featured on five studio recordings (Mother's Milk, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Californication, By The Way and Stadium Arcadium), two greatest hits packages (What Hits!? and Greatest Hits) and one live album (Live In Hyde Park). He is also active outside the Red Hot Chili Peppers, having released eight solo albums as well as collaborations with friend Josh Klinghoffer and Joe Lally of Fugazi.

Frusciante was born in Queens, New York, but he moved to Los Angeles at age 12. His father, John Sr., and his mother, Gail Frusciante, were both musicians themselves. Gail even lent her voice to the Red Hot Chili Peppers song, "Under the Bridge". John Frusciante Sr. is the judge who oversaw the recent Clonaid case.

Musical history

Mother's Milk

John Frusciante first heard the Chili Peppers on the song "Yertle the Turtle" off their second album, Freaky Styley, on a mixtape a classmate made for him in high school. He then saw the Chili Peppers in concert in 1985 and they instantly became his favorite band. John began to hero-worship Hillel Slovak, the original guitarist for the band, learning every guitar and bass part from their first three albums. Hillel, however, died from a heroin overdose in 1988 and drummer Jack Irons left the band due to personal problems. Bassist Flea and singer Anthony Kiedis eventually regrouped to continue with the band.

John had become good friends with D.H. Peligro (drummer for The Dead Kennedys) around 1988, and they often jammed together. One day, Peligro invited Flea to jam with them. Flea was so impressed by John's skill, and since he was looking for a new guitarist (their current replacement for Hillel, Duane "Blackbird" McKnight, did not have a good bond with the others) he called Anthony Kiedis over to watch John play. It was a unanimous decision: John was in. John was about to sign a contract with Thelonious Monster at the time, but Flea and Kiedis swiped him from under their noses. Needless to say, Thelonious Monster was not pleased, but the two bands remained friends anyway. Frusciante also was among the final five guitarists trying out for Frank Zappa's band, but left before the final try-out due to Zappa's strict prohibition of illegal drug use amongst musicians in his band. When John was asked to join the band he was thrilled, claiming to have "boot marks five feet high on the wall in my room for months after that call."

Soon after, Frusciante recorded his first album with the Chili Peppers, Mother's Milk. Produced by Michael Beinhorn, the album didn't stray too far from the funk that dominated the band's three previous albums: Frusciante's playing on this album is heavily influenced by Slovak's playing. According to Anthony Kiedis' autobiography 'Scar Tissue', John and Beinhorn fought often about the tone of his guitar and double layering. John's personalized guitar style was not yet fully developed at the time of this album.