Frusciante joined the Chili Peppers at the age of 18 after the death of guitarist Hillel Slovak, and first appeared on their album Mother's Milk (1989). His second album with the band, Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991), was their breakthrough success. Overwhelmed by the band's newfound popularity, he quit in 1992. He became a recluse and entered a period of heroin addiction, during which he released his first solo recordings: Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt (1994) and Smile from the Streets You Hold (1997). In 1998, he completed drug rehabilitation and rejoined the Chili Peppers, taking them to major success with their albums Californication (1999), By the Way (2002) and Stadium Arcadium (2006). He left the Red Hot Chili Peppers again in 2009 to focus on solo work, and rejoined in 2019.
Frusciante's solo work encompasses genres including experimental rock, ambient music and electronica. He released six albums in 2004, each exploring different genres and recording techniques. In 2009, Frusciante released The Empyrean, which features Chili Peppers bassist Flea and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer. Frusciante also releases acid house under the alias Trickfinger. With Klinghoffer and Joe Lally, he has released two albums as Ataxia.
Frusciante was named one of the greatest guitarists by Rolling Stone and Gibson, and in a BBC poll. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2012.
Frusciante's musical style has evolved over the course of his career. Although he received moderate recognition for his early guitar work, it was not until later in his career that music critics and guitarists alike began to fully recognize it: in October 2003, he was ranked eighteenth in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Frusciante attributes this recent recognition to his shift in focus, stating that he chose an approach based on rhythmic patterns inspired by the complexity of material Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen produced. On earlier records, however, much of his output was influenced by various underground punk and new wave musicians.
In general, his sound is also defined by an affinity for vintage guitars. All the guitars that he owns, records, and tours with were made before 1970. Frusciante uses the specific guitar that he finds appropriate for a certain song. All of the guitars he owned before quitting the band were destroyed when his house burned down in 1996. The first guitar he bought after rejoining the Chili Peppers was a 1962 red Fender Jaguar. His most-often used guitar, however, is a 1961 Sunburst Fender Stratocaster that was given to him as a gift from Anthony Kiedis after Frusciante rejoined the Chili Peppers in 1998. He has played this guitar on every album since rejoining the Chili Peppers, and their ensuing tours. He also owns a 1955 Fender Stratocaster, his only Strat with a maple fretboard. Frusciante's most highly appraised instrument is a 1955 Gretsch White Falcon, which he used twice per show for the songs Californication and Otherside. Since 2006, he only uses it for the latter song, saying there was "no room for it", preferring multiple Stratocasters for the Stadium Arcadium tour. Virtually all of Frusciante's acoustic work is played with a 1950s Martin 0–15.
After leaving the Red Hot Chili Peppers, he switched to using a Yamaha SG as his primary guitar for his solo work. "With the Yamaha SG, I could play along with guitar players who were playing, say, Les Pauls, and feel like the sound matched what I was hearing on the record. ... People like Robert Fripp, Mick Ronson, Tony Iommi, and particularly John McGeoch from Siouxsie and the Banshees, who played a Yamaha SG, which is why I bought one in the first place". Frusciante has also noted his increased use of the Roland MC-202 for his electronic music, saying that he was at the point "where I thought as much like a 202ist as I did a guitarist ..." The MC-202 has been his primary melodic instrument in his electronic music.
With the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Frusciante provided backing vocals in a falsetto tenor, a style he started on Blood Sugar Sex Magik. He thoroughly enjoyed his role in the Chili Peppers as backing vocalist, and said that backing vocals are a "real art form". Despite his commitment to the Chili Peppers, he felt that his work with the band should remain separate from his solo projects. When he returned to the Chili Peppers in 1998, Kiedis wanted the band to record "Living in Hell", a song Frusciante had written several years before. Frusciante refused, feeling that the creative freedom he needed for his solo projects would have conflicted with his role in the band.
Anne
John Frusciante Lyrics
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You know we'll find your
It's a matter where pride flies out the window
I never got the weight off the ground
I just forgot what's up and what's down
How many get the way I feel now
There's no regret
There's just the sense that
There's so much that happened today
The Gods of the city have called my name
It means more to them than it means to me somehow
I left my body
I left my fate
But it is so hard to keep away now
Nothing is final because it seems all the while
There wasn't anything for me
I always faked my smile
There's so many careless angels responsible for me
They give me disease
They give me a pain in my neck to feed off me
Saying pay us the cost and we'll be gone
Now they shut my eyes and I can't see now
These are the times I was scared of
These are the fares I pushed out of my way
Now they've come back here to haunt me
It's plain to see who the winner and loser will be
The song 'Anne' by John Frusciante is a haunting and introspective representation of the singer's complex emotions. The lyrics describe a sense of being lost, of feeling like there is nothing left to come his way. The sad and lonely tone of the song is evident from the opening lines where he highlights that he can't hide and they'll find him. He then proceeds to describe a world in which nothing feels certain to him anymore, where he can't distinguish between what's up and down. He talks about the sense of weight that he carries, and how he's just forgotten what it feels like to be truly happy.
The chorus then reflects the isolation he's experiencing, with lines such as, "There's no regret, there's just the sense that nothing is coming my way." This sense of isolation continues throughout the song, highlighting the idea of feeling lost in a world that no longer feels familiar to you. There's a sense of hopelessness to the song, where Frusciante seems to be questioning his very existence. It speaks to the human condition of feeling lost and alone, even when surrounded by people.
Line by Line Meaning
Anne you can't hide
Anne, you cannot avoid the inevitable
You know we'll find your
We will find you no matter where you hide
It's a matter where pride flies out the window
When we are desperate, we are willing to let go of our pride
I never got the weight off the ground
I could not get my life in order
I just forgot what's up and what's down
I lost my sense of direction
How many get the way I feel now
How many people understand the way I am feeling at the moment?
There's no regret
I do not feel any remorse
There's just the sense that
All I feel is
Nothing is coming my way
Nothing is happening for me
There's so much that happened today
Today was so eventful
The Gods of the city have called my name
The people in power have taken notice of me
It means more to them than it means to me somehow
They care more about my actions than I do
I left my body
I am disconnected from reality
I left my fate
I no longer believe in destiny
But it is so hard to keep away now
However, it is difficult to escape the consequences
Nothing is final because it seems all the while
It seems that nothing truly ends
There wasn't anything for me
There was nothing for me to gain
I always faked my smile
I pretended to be happier than I actually was
There's so many careless angels responsible for me
There are many people who have influenced my life blindly
They give me disease
They have given me problems that I must now deal with
They give me a pain in my neck to feed off me
They cause me constant frustration and use my resources
Saying pay us the cost and we'll be gone
They demand payment for their actions, and will leave once they have received it
Now they shut my eyes and I can't see now
Now I am unaware of what is happening
These are the times I was scared of
These are the moments that I feared
These are the fares I pushed out of my way
These are the problems I ignored in the past
Now they've come back here to haunt me
Now they are back to make my life more difficult
It's plain to see who the winner and loser will be
It is obvious who will win and who will lose in this situation
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Anne you can't hide
You know
We'll find you
It's a matter where pride flies out the window
I never got the weight off the ground
I just forgot what's up and what's down
How many get the way I feel now
There's no regret
There's just the sense that
Nothing is coming my way
There's so much that happened today
The gods of the city have called my name
It means more to them than it means to me somehow
I left my body
I left my fate
But it is so hard to keep away now
Nothing is final because it seems all the while
There wasn't anything for me
I always faked my smile
There's so many careless angels responsible for me
They give me disease
They give me a pain in my neck to feed off me
Saying pay us the cost and we'll be gone
Now they shut my eyes and I can't see
Now
These are the times I was scared of
These are the fates I pushed out of the way
Now they come back here and haunt me
It's plain to see who the winner and loser will be
francesca e tullia
Anne you can't hide
you know we'll find you
It's a matter where pride flies out the window
I never got the weight off the ground
I just forgot what's up and what's down
How many get the way I feel now
There's no regret
There's just the sense that
Nothing is coming my way
There's so much that happened today
The gods of the city have called my name
It means more to them than it means to me somehow
I left my body
I left my fate
But is so hard to keep away now
Nothing is final because it seems all the while
There wasn't anything for me
I always faked my smile
There's so many careless angels responsible for me
They give me disease
They give me a pain in my neck to feed off me
saying pay us the cost and we'll be gone
they shut my eyes and i can't see now
These are the times I was scared of
These are the fates I pushed out of the way
Now they come back here and haunt me
It's plain to see who the winner and loser will be
Axl Frías
Anne you can't hide
You know we'll find your
It's a matter where pride flies out the window
I never got the weight off the ground
I just forgot what's up and what's down
How many get the way I feel now
There's no regret
There's just the sense that
Nothing is coming my way
There's so much that happened today
The Gods of the city have called my name
It means more to them than it means to me somehow
I left my body
I left my fate
But it is so hard to keep away now
Nothing is final because it seems all the while
There wasn't anything for me
I always faked my smile
There's so many careless angels responsible for me
They give me disease
They give me a pain in my neck to feed off me
Saying pay us the cost and we'll be gone
Now they shut my eyes and I can't see now
These are the times I was scared of
These are the fares I pushed out of my way
Now they've come back here to haunt me
It's plain to see who the winner and loser will be
Franco Goñi
"Anne"
Anne you can't hide
You know
We'll find you
It's a matter where pride flies out the window
I never got the weight off the ground
I just forgot what's up and what's down
How many get the way I feel now
There's no regret
There's just the sense that
Nothing is coming my way
There's so much that happened today
The gods of the city have called my name
It means more to them than it means to me somehow
I left my body
I left my fate
But it is so hard to keep away now
Nothing is final because it seems all the while
There wasn't anything for me
I always faked my smile
There's so many careless angels responsible for me
They give me disease
They give me a pain in my neck to feed off me
Saying pay us the cost and we'll be gone
Now they shut my eyes and I can't see
Now
These are the times I was scared of
These are the fates I pushed out of the way
Now they come back here and haunt me
It's plain to see who the winner and loser will be
IceMaster972
Now I understand why he went solo. Because he's fucking awesome!
Samuel Nguyen
@I Amm Satrio bro, Frusciante saw your comment and listened. Thanks!
All4n
@I Amm Satrio He's back
Catherine McCurry
I fucking agree, girl! He is very much so awesome!!!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Rusty James
He always had solo output
I Amm Satrio
I want see him once again with Chilli Peppers
Friedrich Nietzsche
A masterpiece of true musical genius.
ralph borat
Thus spake
MaloureTV
@Mark Oenning no, he is actually right, this is above "masterpiece", there isnt even a word for it, but it is levels above
Mark Oenning
@Mmmmmmmmmhmmmmm ?