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John Frusciante

John Frusciante was born in the year 1970 and he is a composer, producer, singer and guitarist.  He was the guitarist of Red Hot Chili Peppers since 1988 up to 1992 and again 1998 up to 2009. He was able to record over five studio albums with this rock band.  He is a solo artist and he was able to release eleven solo albums with five EPs. His recording ranges from the ambient music and experimental rock to electronic and new wave. In the year 2015, John released a debut album with his alias Trickfinger. He recorded also with other artists such as The Mars Volta and he was his studio guitarist.  He released two albums with Joe Lally and Josh Klinghoffer and was called Ataxia. He had different collaboration with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Klinghoffer.

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John Frusciante joined Red Hot Chili Peppers and he first appeared in Mother’s Milk.  The following album was Blood Sugar Sex magic and it was a breakthrough success. He become overwhelmed by the new popularity of the band and quitted in the year 1992.  During this time, he became the recluse and he entered in a long period where he abused drugs and it was the time he released the solo song called Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirts together with the Smile from the Street You Hold. In the year 1998, the completed the rehabilitation and he rejoined Red Hot Chili Peppers.

In his biography, John Frusciante was born in the Queens of New York and his father was called John Sr and he was a trained pianist while his mother was a vocalist but she gave up the career so that he can be a stay at home wife.  The family lived also in Arizona and in Florida and her father was a judge at Broward county until 2010. When her parents separated, his mother and John moved to live in California. He is of the Italian descent.  

 He was involved with musician Toni Oswald but the couple split and he got involved with Stella Schnabel and Milla Jovovich.  He got married to Nicole Turley who was a lead vocalist and a drummer for Swahili Blonde. They divorced and Nicole was seeking for the monthly allowance of 75,000 dollars a month of upkeep. He said that John’s net worth was over 14 million dollars and she was entitled to get more money.  The judge passed the ruling and said that she should be paid 53,000 dollars a month which was a third of what she wanted. John also paid the legal expenses of Turley. John is a godparent to the daughter of Flea called Sunny Bebop Balzary and was born in the year 2005. John plays his guitar emphasizing on the appropriate structure, tone and melody.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 5 Mar, 1970
Age: 50 yrs
Occupations: Guitarist
Singer-songwriter
Singer
Record producer
Citizenship: United States of America
Birth Place: Astoria
Education: Musicians Institute
Gender: Male
Description: American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer
Twitter Id: Johnfrusciante
Net Worth 2021: 25 million
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Last Modified: Jun 26 2020
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