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February 22, 2007

COVER Cover Story: The New Guitar Gods

PLUS: Watch an exclusive video of their jam session
May 12, 1998

Grapevine

John Frusciante is Red Hot again, the fall of the Fall? &

Recordings and Reviews

Curtains

The most recent of a slew of albums from the Chili Peppers guitarist: Slow down, man! John Frusciante has a whole lot to sing about these days. Still riding the post-heroin-addiction wave of creativity that helped him revive Red Hot Chili Peppers, the guitarist released four solo albums and an EP i...

2004 RS: 2of 5 Stars

D.C. EP

2004

Shadows Collide With People

2004

To Record Only Water for Ten Days

2001

Niandra Lades & Usually Just A T-Shirt

1995

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Biography

Possibly the most fucked-up record ever issued by a major label, ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante's home-recorded solo debut is not for the squeamish. Unspeakably sloppy but often genuinely moving, it's full of tortured beauty: the sound of a man scraping away at his own mind's breaking point, letting both his id and his imagination run loose. Hence, for instance, a lyrical, Hend...

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