Anthony Kiedis on John Frusciante's first and second departure from RHCP 

I like his solo stuff better than the peppers anything

@@justinjay9501 listen to Venice queen or death of a Martian

Basically, he survived what Hillel couldn't. Speaking of tormented geniuses. He had it too. Wow.

Freaking love the man. Some of his solo work is nothing short of brilliant. And of course much of his work with the Peppers.

Not the biggest rhcp fan, but I love johns solo albums.

I'd say Kirk Hamett too. Dude is just a teenager with gray hair.

Dyeing his hair and facial hair black helps a lot. But still he does look great for 60

@@masterlarila Yeah, makes you wonder about whether or not he's also dyeing his pubes. So many questions, so few answers.

Blood sugar sex magic........

He looks good but hasnt changed? Come on now. lol. We all age, its ok.

I’ve seen that darker Kiedis side before, in on of his interviews with Conan decades ago.. Painful to watch.

Also the delight of having John, with his unique style, back better than ever nullifies any regretful feelings. I'd say there is a bit of retrospect here, understandably.

@@rickg8015 hes ego based

@@johnkiefer3768 used to be. he matured a lot over the years, but ppl seem to overlook it coz his stage presence is based on the "energetic , funky guy", but if u listen to some of his later interviews u can see that he is trying his best to make peace with himself and the world around him.

@@rickg8015 I must've missed those interviews.

Anthony is Charlie Chaplin reincarnated in the 90s he was a ripped long haired skater surfer dude now he’s a Charlie Chaplin with the hitler / Chaplin stache haha 😆

And Zane like a 16 year old hipster.

When he dresses

@@caperboy1169 hahaha...

@@bradenrodriguez5183 Zane lowe is so annoying, he asks really long ass questions, just for the sake of hearing himself speak.

@@user-od6jn2wv3u Yes! Also a marine biologist and an importer/exporter.

@@artvandelay5157 don't you also manifacture latex?

@@artvandelay5157 Are you a judge??

@@artvandelay5157 I heard about you in the news saving a whale! You are a true hero!

Anthony's book covers a fair bit of what happened when John left the first time.

The greatest con artists of all time you mindless weasel. Go watch Urban Dance Squad, Fishbone and 24-7 Spyz, all the bands that were shit canned by the music industry once they had these suck up puppets to fill the niche of alternative funk. They're scum, suing the fans isn't enough to get you to see that?!! Chilli pepper fans are the most prominent and we'll bred conformists to the hand of corporate rock, stupid people who have no idea what came before and the reason for the resurgence of racism around the world. Cannot have a band with black and white people mixing, or even a black man who rocks with the counter culture. These are the blow hard perspectives of the fluoridated masses, lazy and miseducated... If you hate the bands I just mentioned, after listening to them, then you can be a Chillis fan... but know what you are....

BTW, I was around when the whole thing kicked off... Nirvana were ridiculed until the Kurt died... Dave Navarro couldn't deal with the shit and I have a suspicion that Fruscante was also subjected to various types of cataclysmic pretentions from the rest of the band. When they played Daytona, a guy I knew was playing with the opening act, The Prickle Dwarfs... He had been a huge fan, until he met them and he called them the most unlikeable group of junkies who acted like spoiled rich kids. Also, I have another guy who worked with a producer for the Coneheads movie who was present during the filming for the video for Soul to Squeeze. Remarkably he said exactly the same thing, called them sperm burping fuck witted moronic assholes..but he was always more tolerant than myself when it came to being critical of this steaming pile of molten horseshit that passes for music...

@@YesterdayWentTooSoon He's telling his experience, it's interesting. Only fanboys are allowed to talk about rhcp?

words of wisdom mate!

Thanks. Please take a moment to go watch Urban Dance Squad Fishbone, 24-7 Spyz and you'll see why I am so angry with this band. Their music is so bad too, it's like they love to drag everything down to their level... If anyone can find a great live performance by the chillis I promise I will be open minded and watch it, but every time I try it's just a thin sounding, repetitive and useless show.

Definitely more evolved than most bands get, at any stage.

The guitarist John Frusiante is a murderer. He gave River Phoenix a fatal drink at the Viper Room in 1993. He never got River help he died. John is an awful untrustworthy person. He is a 🐍 slithering. Evil and cold. A untrusting coward. He left River DIE! He is a scumbag.

Why can’t it be both tho homie

@@spookubus of course it can.

Flea and Chad are the band and the musical backbone. Anthony adds his stupid shit and give them a unique sound/look. John just fits in. Literally plug anyone in for John and it still works fine. John is one of the most over-rated modern pop guitarists.

@B M 1 you’re going to get hate for this comment but I agree with you. Growing up when we were teens my friends and thought John was good. There were some songs that were super lame in this period-especially on the btw album-but we liked his playing, never thought he elevated some of cornier stuff. I’m guessing it’s younger people or something but the Internet has definitely raised his status to cult-like. He’s good but not groundbreaking. He’s not the only one in the band. Like you said with that rhythm section it’s plug-n-play, for the most part.

@@bm3410 Olá, mais não seriam os mesmos com a voz única de AK

Hollywood

John doing Billies

a genius

Crazy right

AHUAHUAHUAHUAHUUHAHUAHUAHUAHUAHUA!

Without John on the guitar, different band . John is a genius , he's is the final piece which fits everything together

@@georgegershwin327he was making archaic electronic music, like 90s jungle

I can think of a lot of bands like that.

Heard that too. John wanted to keep writing with RHCP. But everyone else wanted to take some time off.

@@minorking1385 Plus that they made 28 songs and barely play some of them live

John's always seemed more into writing than the longer tour cycles. I think I heard at that point, John was burned out on touring and writing and recording again would just mean another tour. I think his solo work was one way to release music without needing to tour.

John had already been doing solo music for years at that point. He was drifting into making more electronic music around the time Stadium Arcadium was being made and he mostly continued that for the next decade and a half until he rejoined RHCP again. John is the kind of person who cares more about the act of creating music than living the rockstar life, but I also think after being away from the band for a while he had the itch to be back with them again. AK, Flea, John, and Chad have a musical chemistry that can't be matched and I think John recognizes that and it's a big reason he keeps coming back.

John was glad to take the 2 years off. Was so happy having free time that he decided to never go back. Flea talked to him about the idea of taking a 2 year hiatus, and John was like, "Hmmmm, how about a forever hiatus?"

Timestamp??

@@mikerusso703 the very beginning

@@marythecat4182 lol "the very beginning." the entire video is the beginning, it's 2 minutes long. That guy asking for a timestamp lmaoooo

yeah thats smart dude, yeah, yeah

Yep. Could you imagine being in a band with a flake like that and dropping whatever guitar player you have whenever they want back in? Weird relationship.

@@allthingsclassicrock If that guitarist is John Frusciante, yeah, I can imagine that. The material they've made with him is their most vital and lasting, so of course they'd wait for him and accept him back. The great thing about this band is at least they made original work with Navarro and Klinghoffer and didn't try to be what they couldn't without John.

@@MarcusFenix50 opinions vary. I don’t think they’ve done anything really memorable with frusicante in twenty plus years. Well outside of the Tom petty rip off I guess. The latest album continues that trend imo. At least with Navarro they made a daring album despite what was going on behind the scenes. I don’t think frusicante is above reproach but maybe it’s just me. People seem to worship him.

⁠​⁠@@allthingsclassicrockso you’re only discounting stadium and infinite love? That leaves all his other albums lol. With Navarro it sounded like to me they were trying to make a grunge album, including the loud quiet dynamics. Just bad corporate rock music. Hire a hot guitar player and chase trends.

Johns seeking flea who is dressed like death or the executioner in the end, still he wants to play up against flea - the screaming parts, so good, not really playing a bad performance a little slow but cool tones. This is what myths are made of - Yin is about to loose the yang, must have been crazy. But we still talks about it and that is cool.

You sound super stoned I like this

Hey man not everyone hates you, I love you! And I appreciate that our love for RHCP has brought us together in this comment section. I hope you find your peace. Always bear in mind you are some person’s reason to be happy. Stay strong!

Get a pet dude a dog will love you more than most humans.

That is Zane Lowe.

he's just putting a lot of flowers in his words. John didn't really take 12 years off just to "process", he wanted to give his solo career a shot and the music he was making for himself was nothing like rhcp.

You could if you contributed something of value to the world like he has.

Yet millions of people went to converts when Dave and Josh were on guitar. I like John but for me the Rhcp are foremost Anthony and flea as they are and were the original creative powerhouses of the band. Chad is a beast on drums but if he left the band still is rebuild able. No Anthony or no flea then there's no Rhcp band.

I saw them at Lollapalooza in 92, with that guy Eric on guitar, and it had no magic.

@@glennoc8585 millions of people going to see a "brand" not a band

Yea the book is called scar tissue

Certainly an interesting read

Yes, the book is called Emit Remmus. It was a best selling novel in the 70s, and indeed has nipple's in it.

He looks like (is?) Zane Lowe… ex BBC Radio 1 DJ & MTV guy from way back…

@@wing8ian yes it’s Zane Lowe

I like the hat and jacket

What’s wrong with his clothes?

@l o l there’s nothing wrong with what he’s wearing. try switching channels once in a while and you’ll see there’s a lot of different people in this world with different ideas. Or o dunno maybe travel to a different country, or maybe a different state, or city, or at the very least out of your home and away from the internet.

@@GoemonLovesFujiko it’s just a joke, no need to take it seriously.

Can people wear whatever they want? Jesus

1 person looks like the 3 stooges? Think on that for a minute man. Doesn't make much sense does it?😂

Just saw the comment below

Oh that old story keeps coming up.

You are a crazy person, and you are banned from shit-posting for 48 hours. And we all know the story of how River died. It's no secret. And to bring this post back round; all of that has cock-all to do with John leaving the band, especially in 2007... You crazy person.

And how would that explain him being in and out of the band?😂 friends who take drugs with each other die sometimes, it happens. To proclaim someone 'killed' someone when not a lick of proof exists anywhere of that fact is stupidity. Yes, they were together that night..yes River unfortunately took something that was APPARENTLY given to him by JF and sadly he passed away. Accidents happen man, especially around the drug scene.

@@brazenlilhussy5975 Because of the guilt. They didn't take drugs together, he gave River a spiked drink. River was out looking after Joaquin and Rain, and John gave River a dixie cup and River drank it and began to die. Enough liquid speedball to kill an elephant. River had no needle marks, no drug residue in his nose, just the black liquid from the spiked drink. Days later at a memorial for River, River's friend heard about John threatening to kill himself, but Depp went to his house said they will not be talking to the police and it's all over... they all covered it up and River's sister then went on tour as a backing signer for the Peppers on their One Hot Minute tour or whatever it was. And they never spoke about it again. Until film director William Richert began to share what River's girlfriend told him the day after River died...that John gave him a drink and it killed River. It's simply the truth. An inside secret of Hollywood.

@@glennoc8585 The truth always comes to light!