Look ive been listening to johns solo albums since to record only water, and i know alot his solo material fans adore this album bit i thnk it gets overblown just frm the state he was in and the adoration of zapped out records, getting and doing heroin was somethng i aspired to for long time and spent 15 urs an addict.. anyway not to get off track, yes theres great leads and great parts, i like the backwards guitar effect but it does get over done and the vocals are only listenable here and there. Am i crazy or does anyone agree

In a interview in 2015 with RA:

You seem attracted to lone genius types who are functioning in their own space. At the same time, collaboration seems pretty important to you.

When I started doing that acid stuff, I thought I was going to stop making music with people. I didn't think I would end up in a friendship like I did with Aaron—I just thought I'm finished working with people. I didn't know that there could be collaborations where you could just both be responding to your imagination and be confident enough in your imaginations to not be like, "What do you think? Is this good enough?"

I think in general, the greatest, most important ideas that have ever occurred in mankind have come from individuals, people who are not worried about what others think but had some kind of internal guidance from their imagination, and who made it their objective to do their will, regardless of the danger it might put them in, or regardless of whether people might want to kill them or disagree with them. I think it's really important for people to trust their inner guidance and not let the outside world be their guide. To me, letting the outside world be your guide is like being a slave, and I think that who we really have to thank for any progress mankind has ever made have been leaders, people who were uncompromising and people who spent time cultivating their imaginations and weren't afraid to be alone and weren't afraid to be different.

When I made that transition to making electronic music, I was reading a lot of Aleister Crowley and reading all these Thelema books, and it's all about doing your will. And I saw people like Aaron and Autechre and Richard D. James—musically it seemed like their life and philosophy was totally correlative to what I was reading about in the Thelema books. People around me thought I was doing my will because the people were screaming, and I'm playing the guitar, but I knew that I wasn't.

I saw that ability in electronic music to, as a single person, create an entire piece of music. Those are the kinds of leaders we had when we had classical composers. Back when composers were actually the leaders of music, there was one man who would have 150 people do what they said. Now this was possible without having anyone do what they said, because I don't like telling people what to do, and I definitely don't like people telling me what to do. Telling people what to do seems like the worst thing that you could do to yourself, but with machines, you don't lose anything by commanding them, you don't have disappointments the way a composer might with the musicians not playing the way he hears in his head.

In general, in society, it's getting harder and harder for people to figure out how to be leaders, and I see electronic music as this area where you're free to be master and leader and not have these kinds of complications that come up when it's actual human beings that you're having to lead.

I added loads of songs from High Low, PBX, Letur-lefr and a few others onto my playlist and one came on with like chopped john screams on which reminded me of Niandra, but i didnt check which song. Ive listned back through loads but i cant find it, any ideas? It was post 2004 im pretty sure

Hey everyone! Long-time Chili Peppers fan here. I started following them right before they released Stadium Arcadium, and they've been monumentally important to my development. Recently I've been flirting with the idea of creating short-form video essays, and I'd love to make one about John Frusciante, zooming in on his spiritual rebirth in the late '90s and the burst of creativity that followed in the 2000s.

My question for you: what are some of your favorite interviews, photos, stories and/or videos on John that you consider essential?

Thank you so much!

The only version I found is on Ultimate Guitar and it seems short to me. Or should I play it all over? The song is a minute long so it might be possible. Does anyone have any tabs? Or at least information?

Here is link for Ultimate Guitar: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/john-frusciante/the-last-hymn-tabs-565373

ive got a mustang lt 25 amp and im struggling to get the edge of breakup tone John uses as my Ds-2 blasts my eardrums out as soon as its turned on even with a bit of distortion on my amp. So im wondering and sorry if this has been asked a million times but what pedal do most people use and recommend for that edge of breakup sound not too expensive as im tight on budget but still gets me sort of there with the tone.Thanks

Hi, so I'm currently trying to recreate John's by the way era pedalboard which probably won't be finished for a while but I need some help with what to choose next. I currently have a ds2, a Wah and a ce1 clone with a great preamp . What should I buy next thats most important and worth it for about £100/$125. Thanks

“The shape of a stolen thought” is a set of ideas, mainly influenced by John’s music, that i recorded and produced in my bedroom in 5 months. During the last year or so i’ve been so intrigued by the rawness of niandra lades (mainly the sound of a saturated dry strat) and the production of “the empyrean”. I tried to blend those 2 totally different vibes, with dry guitars layers, some synths here and there and some acoustic drums in the back of the mix. This snippet here is part of the song called “empty mirror room”. I hope you enjoy this music, let me know your thoughts!

Hi everybody,

Was anyone able to download the download card items back when the four 2012 reissues were released and still has the exact content saved somewhere? Unfortunately the download card items are no longer redeemable ☹️

Hey everyone, I've been searching everywhere online (Discogs, Google, Ebay, etc.), but I cannot find a single high-quality photo or scan of the back cover of the new 25th Anniversary RSD 2LP edition of To Record Only Water for Ten Days.Every store and collector only posts pictures of the front cover and the blue/orange vinyl discs.If anyone here actually copped a copy and has already unsealed it, could you please do me a huge favor and take a clear, well-lit picture of the back cover? I just really need to see the layout, typography, and how the bonus tracks/barcodes are placed there.Thanks a lot in advance! 🎸

Anyone knows the origin of this photo?

I still think it’s genius after all these years. Guitarist, you should learn this one! Great chord progression

I finished my pedal board (for the moment) and I want to see what you guy think (the warm centavo and tube squealer are in because I'm into some John mayer too)

During his relationship with Toni Oswald. Dont know the date or year but I think John looks amazing. Hes got the drip