Fuck what a painful interview! I really dig John's guitar work, it's a part of my soul. I grew up on it but he needs some guidance! He needs to know that it's OK to be liked, to have your art be appreciated. It's OK to be popular! Just don't abuse it in any way. I reckon it's like an extreme yet false humility here. He knows deep inside that it's nice, it's great that other people dig his music but there's this little demon telling him to not accept it 'coz if he does, he's being a sell-out.
he is not talking that his music was the only great music, he just says thats the olnly kind of music he wanted to hear at that time was like the music he recorded on the album
@retrohippie Where did you find out all this? I mean, is there some massive database of Frusciante info that I have missed? Or is the info just in the magazine articles? Oh man, I would love an autobiography from Frusciante.
@retrohippie this makes me even sadder, i mean he left once but he returned and we were all happy and everything and now hes gone again..it seems like he erased everything..like he doesnt give a fuck..
I believe this is post Chili Peppers, and at the begining of his heavy drug years. His soul searching years, so to speak, and his almost killing of his human flesh year.
if you see the video of his shows, and janms in 97 he was with brown hair and looked like worst at vpro 94, he played moist vagina of nirvana in some shows and looked very sick, like going to death, the qualit of this video is not good but he looks better in that shows, i think its in the end of 97
this is the unpredictable, spontaneous confused ,jumbled ,scramble brained behaviour of an ex Crack/Meth addict. Some sort of psycho stimulant addiction. His body movements the way he talks just ooze Crack/meth brain damage.
Its odd only a couple of years later he seemed completely normal even if he still looked a little shell shocked from his hellish decent into a full on 5 year drug ordeal. but yeah its not pretty!!!
It's strange, he still looks like BSSM 1991 John here, but by the time he joined the peppers a year later, he was starting to look completely different.
@XxxBOMBTRACKxxX yeah i know aye, i was just thinking that.... but in between this interview and him rejoining the band two things happened to john that changed his looks. He fell of stage in 97 and broke his nose (ouch) and then somtime after that he had a really fuckin band gum/tooth infection type thing and had to get ALL his teeth replaced and well the operation from that would have changed his facial features heaps.
I feel like when he tells the smoking teabags story someone should hold up a sign that says, "LAUGH". There's an awkward pause as Keith and the other dude just aren't amused.
is it wrong that i find this funny. the guy is obviously wiped out on Crack or Coke or Crystal Meth, Speed whatever. They expect him to give a coherent interview, the way they just sit there. trying to be polite when he is off his rocker is hilarious.!!!
@hundhun17 actually he was probably on some pills,cuse when you go on rehab,so you cant just quit take a drugs day to day,hence you need take methadon and other things...Probably hence he seems like on something...It was during his rehab..If that make you sense
he was still using at this time but he doesnt look as bad as the '94 video because he had cleaned up some and started using more crack then heroin, and if you notice he just got his dentures in and in anthonys book he had his teeth out cuz of an oral infection got a script to valium and ate the whole bottle and then relapsed, but more so on crack where before he was using persian heroin and cocaine
@cassynchris3 actually he was probably on some pills,cuse when you go on rehab,so you cant just quit take a drugs day to day,hence you need take methadon and other things...Probably hence he seems like on something...It was during his rehab..If that make you sense
Can we clear something up! While it's true that the priority of SFTSYH was to raise money to sustain his drug habit, it certainly ISN'T true that the songs were created in that spirit. A majority of the tunes were recorded around and during the time of his first album, Niandra LaDes (and before!) It's a compilation of his usual heartfelt, emotionally driven music released for drug money.
sad to say he was STILL a hard core junkie and was only reasling Smile From The Streets You Hold for drugs and drugs only. He looks better since 1994 in this interview but i dont understand how if he is still the same way. And sad that unforntunallty he banned the album becase it was made for only drugs and he obviously is not a junkie now
@ksbrownie1 actually he was probably on some pills,cuse when you go on rehab,so you cant just quit take a drugs day to day,hence you need take methadon and other things...Probably hence he seems like on something...It was during his rehab..If that make you sense
i just love john....i don't care if he thinks he's too cool for the world here(cause he's high as all hell) but the guy makes his guitar sing, scream, express every emotion and for that and for all the music he's brought into this world i love him unconditionally
@DustNRoses actually he was probably on some pills,cuse when you go on rehab,so you cant just quit take a drugs day to day,hence you need take methadon and other things...Probably hence he seems like on something...It was during his rehab..If that make you sense
In 1994 only nirvana, maybe alice in chains was mading good music , for real...Frusciante is a genius that was really mad in 1993/94 the time he just quit rhcp
@mrdpscow actually he was probably on some pills,cuse when you go on rehab,so you cant just quit take a drugs day to day,hence you need take methadon and other things...Probably hence he seems like on something...It was during his rehab..If that make you sense
i love john more than anything in the world, but him saying hes humble and non egotistical and then saying there wasnt any good music out in 1994 except his, or that hes sitting there making that guy hold the mic to his mouth the whole time or when he says that the music wasnt meant for the public, just himself, but oh, hed release it anyway, is kind of hypocritical.
@DimebagsLeftToe he didnt originally want to release his first album, he said himself that he enjoyed just playing it for friends, but his friends got him to release it through Rick Rubin if I remember correctly. Plus when he was like this it seemed like he was trying so hard to not be a "rockstar" that he ended up coming back around to it from the other direction
@Savatije123 pot is not in the same category as any other drug. how about u subsitite alchohol (one of the worst drugs on the planet) or his valium addiction for the minor "drug" pot
@DimebagsLeftToe he IS a humble guy at his core. Some drugs, however, make you feel like the most important person on the planet. And in general he was right with what he said in this interview even if he was fucked up.
1. i don't think he meant that his music was just the greatest but that he was one of the only ones doing it for the love of music and the music out at that time was being made mainly for money.
2. an interviewee traditionally doesn't hold the microphone
3. At the time that he was making the music it wasn't meant for public consumption but later realized how easy it is to share music with others, he obviously doesn't care to make a profit from it.(He made it pretty clear.)
@DimebagsLeftT he has really high that whole time, if you look up some of his favorite music he mentions plenty of stuff from the 90's, he's said before that Fugazi was his favorite band, most of their stuff was released in the 90's, I even think they put one out in 94, he's just really high or something
You know, they were interviewing JOHN, so he gave them long, informative answers. Also, he said he tries to be humble. It's something he considers, whereas most popular musicians wouldn't even talk about it. Granted he minces words sometimes, but he didnt come off as arrogant here, just a bit intoxicated, perhaps.
I don't think he was back with the peppers at this time because of his tee shirt "Fuck The Chili Peppers " haha , hard to see it on the video , but this is what the shirts says .
does he have new teeth or what? i didnt undestand so well his history, he had a teeth replacement and then he went to the rehabilitation ? or he had all together?
@carliarce When he quit the band, he was a full time druggy and when he did that, he never took care of his teeth. So when he got sober, he had to get all of his teeth removed and got dentures.
@carliarce I don't know...it's not really clear. But I know for sure that he has dentures in here. He was back with RHCP in 1998 but he must have been in rehab somewhere at that time.
'I'll give myself to the world, even if they don't want me me I don't care'. For exposing his thoughts and dreams and sharing his words thankyou so much John xx
isnt he undergoing the rehabilation process at this point? thats why the interview is so interesting I think because he is in a transformation stage, he looks healthier maybe in the 1994 interview because now the heroin has caught up with him, he has been using for longer
i don't understand shit, thank god you are now in your place john, i bet he doesn't know how people (like myself) loves him, but truly love, like almost a brother to me. he teached me through videos and dvd's and interviews and MUSIC, what music is .. thanks john
@Str1keRS1R yeah this is odd, he entered rehab in january 1998, and there is when they discovered that had that infection in his mouth, but that teeth are new, guarantee
This is probably the most powerful advert for not doing hard drugs....or any drugs at all...I have seen many of my heroes (and friends) in a fucked up place (thanks youtube)....but John here takes the cake....So glad he got out of that state of mind and away from smack n crack, cos he really is a great guy and mega-fuckin-talented. Those dudes doing the interview are fuckin parasites though, how low can you go?
@RacismIsSchism I'm guessing "stutaggart" is calling them "parasites" because they're giving an [indept] interview with him while he's this spaced? I dunno. To be honest, I actually understand a lot of the points JOhn is making :) I'm very glad he's still kicking sober, and is alive, he's a hero of mine :)
@RacismIsSchism@RacismIsSchism I'm guessing "stutaggart" is calling them "parasites" because they're giving an [indept] interview with him while he's this spaced? I dunno. To be honest, I actually understand a lot of the points JOhn is making :) I'm very glad he's still kicking sober, and is alive, he's a hero of mine :)
@RacismIsSchism i don't think they are parasites but, anyway, the guy on the right is keith morris, original vocalist for black flag and vocalist for circle jerks, founding member of both, john frusciante probably idolized him when he was a young punk rocker :)
you should possibly consider that John NEEDED to go thru the heroin days to arrive where he did/is....
I personally HEAVILY subscribe to the thinking that youve got to live in the dark, and quite possibly be even nearly drownded by the dark to know where you dont want to be!
Meaning:
experiencing HEAVILY what you dont want,
can give you a far clearer direction and focus on the road you DO want
@stutaggart I see it differently. This is an example how love, faith , determination, and honest evolution through your life create miraculous healing and transformation. No need to look down on anybody buddy. Specially someone who provides probably the most honest and pure music out there.
@stutaggart i agree with RacismIsChism.. the guy probably asked john 2 questions throughout the video.. john just talks alot and is extremely interesting
@stutaggart Maybe u dunno that the guy is Keith Morris (Black Glag/ Circle Jerks), a Punk icon and one of Frusciante's greatest influences and best friend...
@stutaggart I don't think he ever really was in a shitty state of mind, just super body damaging lol, but you can tell he never lost himself really i think. i think he is wierding the shit out of these interviewers haha
@stutaggart you realize one of those guys is Keith Morris the original singer of Black Flag and one of John's heroes? John is high here so he's not making sense, and if John saw this today he'd admit it.
Of course it doesn't give me comfort to know that he was still on drugs at this point but he sounds like a bit of cunt here and i'm just glad that there was a good reason for it.
I think he sounds half weak, have confident because the drugs are wearing off. Obviously the drug withdrawal would make it the worst year of his life. Certainly sounds a lot better than in 1994. Then again, the Life's A Bath video shot the same year shows him at clearly as low as he could go.
@tc1927 yeah but as far as i know he was cleaning up around the time of this interview. it seems that he was at the peak of his addiction (at least to heroin) when he did the interview in 94 with mtv where he literally looks like a skeleton covered in skin
man i love john but his attitude in this particular interview pissed me off a bit. he seemed really self righteous and insensitive. whereas his music is the opposite. love the guy but think he's a lot cooler now-a-days. i went through a phase where he could absolutely do no wrong in my mind, but since i've grown out of it a bit i can look at this without bias and say i disagree with a lot of the things he's saying. like smashing glass bottles and shit? not sure if that was necessary
Yeah, it's weird how he still seems so negative towards Anthony and the Chili Peppers in this video and then the next year he joined them again and was apparently humble and positive again. Wonder what happened in a year to change his attitude so much.
@matbellers , yeah exactly... it's really a miracle... but I believe that some kind of ray of life, really, had helped him through all those dark times... led him out of this...
Anyway, John can be a real example for all the people who can't find the strength within themselves to beat the addiction and give up...
poor man ... i dont think so , a drugaddict cant be an example for all the people ... he isnt God! , he's just a human being tryin' to be better, c'mon... i had troubles with the drugs too and im not an example for all the people , God is an Example , not a guitarrist from california c'mon
this was filmed before he went to rehab, because his second album was made for drug money. but his teeth are different. he must have gotten them removed arter he quit heroin cold turkey, and then went to rehab for his addiction to alcohol and cocaine.
Where in the hell did you get that from? He didn't speed or Meth. He was into dope and coke. He might have quit dope at this point but was still drinking and smoking crack. He never did speed.
I think what he meant was speed balls. He might have shot meth but I'm pretty sure what he meant was a seed ball, where you shoot coke and herion at the same time.
Fuck what a painful interview! I really dig John's guitar work, it's a part of my soul. I grew up on it but he needs some guidance! He needs to know that it's OK to be liked, to have your art be appreciated. It's OK to be popular! Just don't abuse it in any way. I reckon it's like an extreme yet false humility here. He knows deep inside that it's nice, it's great that other people dig his music but there's this little demon telling him to not accept it 'coz if he does, he's being a sell-out.
sthnwatch 3 days ago
As fucked up as he is right here, I still love him lol.
mjloverthatsme 3 weeks ago
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mjloverthatsme 3 weeks ago
and again Keith morris (the guy with the dreads ) proves hes a real cool guy
cky92ahoy 1 month ago
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cky92ahoy 1 month ago
he is not talking that his music was the only great music, he just says thats the olnly kind of music he wanted to hear at that time was like the music he recorded on the album
brnsktpunk 1 month ago
0:47 is he using cocain?
ECavani7 2 months ago
Had his teeth already been replaced when this was recorded?
Alpinestars91 2 months ago
@Alpinestars91 Yes, he has cheap dentures in here...
He recently had them replaced with actual implants (in his rejoining rhcp years)
retrohippie 2 months ago
@retrohippie Where did you find out all this? I mean, is there some massive database of Frusciante info that I have missed? Or is the info just in the magazine articles? Oh man, I would love an autobiography from Frusciante.
Alpinestars91 2 months ago
@retrohippie this makes me even sadder, i mean he left once but he returned and we were all happy and everything and now hes gone again..it seems like he erased everything..like he doesnt give a fuck..
kingnothing189 2 months ago
@kingnothing189 not true man.
BloodSugarSexMagik10 2 months ago
@BloodSugarSexMagik10 hope so..its just that it leaves you that specific feeling :/
kingnothing189 2 months ago
@kingnothing189 yeah deff i understand, im HUGE FRUSCIANTE fan. He's human ya kno? things change
BloodSugarSexMagik10 2 months ago
Damn, he is FUCKED up here.
SubsistenceSC 2 months ago
is this really 1997?
MohandasSOV 2 months ago
John is definitely not clean here. Maybe he was "trying" to get clean...but he was a good year away from any sort of real solid cleanliness...
Amsterdam74yeah 2 months ago
Signing autographs is bullshit. Talk to the man, get inside his mind.
Amsterdam74yeah 2 months ago
I believe this is post Chili Peppers, and at the begining of his heavy drug years. His soul searching years, so to speak, and his almost killing of his human flesh year.
Kozmikreeko31 3 months ago
@Kozmikreeko31 This is right after his drug years. He had just gotten clean here.
thehoeks 3 months ago
if you see the video of his shows, and janms in 97 he was with brown hair and looked like worst at vpro 94, he played moist vagina of nirvana in some shows and looked very sick, like going to death, the qualit of this video is not good but he looks better in that shows, i think its in the end of 97
brnsktpunk 4 months ago in playlist John Frusciante interviews
He looks better here than he did in 1994.
BejnXander 4 months ago
@BejnXander i dont think so... the quality is just lower. just listen to his speech...
THEsallback 4 months ago
@THEsallback He did get sober briefly because his body had a fifth of the blood he was meant to have. Maybe this interview was around that time.
BejnXander 4 months ago
@BejnXander maybe. he already had tooth implants in this interview so it is probably true
THEsallback 4 months ago
@THEsallback All in all, I'm just glad he's back in the land of the living.
BejnXander 4 months ago
this is the unpredictable, spontaneous confused ,jumbled ,scramble brained behaviour of an ex Crack/Meth addict. Some sort of psycho stimulant addiction. His body movements the way he talks just ooze Crack/meth brain damage.
Its odd only a couple of years later he seemed completely normal even if he still looked a little shell shocked from his hellish decent into a full on 5 year drug ordeal. but yeah its not pretty!!!
hundhun17 5 months ago
...what was I saying?...
omarkaya42 5 months ago 12
It's strange, he still looks like BSSM 1991 John here, but by the time he joined the peppers a year later, he was starting to look completely different.
XxxBOMBTRACKxxX 6 months ago 2
@XxxBOMBTRACKxxX
because he got teeth implants :O
i know the old frusciante looks totally different
canibaldance 5 months ago
@XxxBOMBTRACKxxX yeah i know aye, i was just thinking that.... but in between this interview and him rejoining the band two things happened to john that changed his looks. He fell of stage in 97 and broke his nose (ouch) and then somtime after that he had a really fuckin band gum/tooth infection type thing and had to get ALL his teeth replaced and well the operation from that would have changed his facial features heaps.
Christophanus 5 months ago
fuck that if it wasnt for the fans he would just be a junkie on the streets with no money. sign autographs. thats the least he could do.
hershysquirts187 6 months ago
I feel like when he tells the smoking teabags story someone should hold up a sign that says, "LAUGH". There's an awkward pause as Keith and the other dude just aren't amused.
jwatson626 6 months ago 2
This interview is exactly as long as the first song of John´s last album, and reminds me of the legendary drummachine TR-909.
ghbsow 6 months ago
wow, our hero can barely articulate his thoughts, however i like how hes dissing on anthony: he loves signing authographs
DreaminMyLifeAway 7 months ago
Wow, he is sooo fucked up here. It's sad, like watching a turtle on it's back struggle.
Moskau43 7 months ago
was this b4 or after the peppers asked him to rejoin and go to rehab?
ksbrownie1 7 months ago
@ksbrownie1 before
whattherichardd 6 months ago
@ksbrownie1
before rehab
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0:52 guy on the right is like "lol, wtf is this guy one?"
okamasphere 7 months ago
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okamasphere 7 months ago
is it wrong that i find this funny. the guy is obviously wiped out on Crack or Coke or Crystal Meth, Speed whatever. They expect him to give a coherent interview, the way they just sit there. trying to be polite when he is off his rocker is hilarious.!!!
hundhun17 7 months ago
@hundhun17 actually he was probably on some pills,cuse when you go on rehab,so you cant just quit take a drugs day to day,hence you need take methadon and other things...Probably hence he seems like on something...It was during his rehab..If that make you sense
bibi5027 6 months ago
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missdikk 5 months ago
he was still using at this time but he doesnt look as bad as the '94 video because he had cleaned up some and started using more crack then heroin, and if you notice he just got his dentures in and in anthonys book he had his teeth out cuz of an oral infection got a script to valium and ate the whole bottle and then relapsed, but more so on crack where before he was using persian heroin and cocaine
cassynchris3 7 months ago
@cassynchris3 actually he was probably on some pills,cuse when you go on rehab,so you cant just quit take a drugs day to day,hence you need take methadon and other things...Probably hence he seems like on something...It was during his rehab..If that make you sense
bibi5027 6 months ago
Can we clear something up! While it's true that the priority of SFTSYH was to raise money to sustain his drug habit, it certainly ISN'T true that the songs were created in that spirit. A majority of the tunes were recorded around and during the time of his first album, Niandra LaDes (and before!) It's a compilation of his usual heartfelt, emotionally driven music released for drug money.
jazzercizor 9 months ago
8:20 wow you can feel he really didn't want to straight up admit he was a junkie, that must have been tough for him to say.
okamasphere 9 months ago
sad to say he was STILL a hard core junkie and was only reasling Smile From The Streets You Hold for drugs and drugs only. He looks better since 1994 in this interview but i dont understand how if he is still the same way. And sad that unforntunallty he banned the album becase it was made for only drugs and he obviously is not a junkie now
ksbrownie1 10 months ago
@ksbrownie1 John almost died of a blood infection in '96 and was sober for a few months.
Subdelirium42 8 months ago
@Subdelirium42 that was in 97
brnsktpunk 4 months ago
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@ksbrownie1 actually he was probably on some pills,cuse when you go on rehab,so you cant just quit take a drugs day to day,hence you need take methadon and other things...Probably hence he seems like on something...It was during his rehab..If that make you sense
bibi5027 6 months ago
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donnagiuliana 10 months ago
i just love john....i don't care if he thinks he's too cool for the world here(cause he's high as all hell) but the guy makes his guitar sing, scream, express every emotion and for that and for all the music he's brought into this world i love him unconditionally
musicgetsmehigh1989 11 months ago
how crazy would it be if john gave you all his music, lol.
robuzy 1 year ago
here he was still addicted to crack and alcohol. It wasnt until his stint in rehab in January of 1998, that he got completely clean.
adamcarp83 1 year ago
@adamcarp83 but he looks better than 1994, but Niandra Lades is the best album he ever made..
johnsydjimi 1 year ago
He sounds like a complete junkie this entire interview. He's great, but damn.
DustNRoses 1 year ago
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@DustNRoses actually he was probably on some pills,cuse when you go on rehab,so you cant just quit take a drugs day to day,hence you need take methadon and other things...Probably hence he seems like on something...It was during his rehab..If that make you sense
bibi5027 6 months ago
Oh and question...did John get reconstructive surgery to his nose to...or did his nose just get broken?
XXcatbones 1 year ago
@XXcatbones ive read that he sustained a broken nose from a fall he took but im not 100 percent positive on that
adamcarp83 1 year ago
@XXcatbones broken..badly
bibi5027 6 months ago
It seems like this is when he got his new teeth....i thought he got his new teeth sometime after the album: smile from the streets you hold
XXcatbones 1 year ago
Inside my brain
You know I'm livin' baby
Inside my brain
I'm upstairs..
- Angry Samoans
gothos1000 1 year ago
spero di non vederlo mai più in questo stato...
mcdomwarningsign 1 year ago
"i mainly just stayed in a room and shot speedballs for 5 years"
ha ha ha i love him
ketium 1 year ago
in 1997 has he ever quit drugs?
youtubbeisshit 1 year ago
In 1994 only nirvana, maybe alice in chains was mading good music , for real...Frusciante is a genius that was really mad in 1993/94 the time he just quit rhcp
youtubbeisshit 1 year ago
I hate how his way of speaking was changed from him doing drugs :(
Naruke0 1 year ago
Damn! At 8:20 he says, "I mainly just stayed in a room, and shot speedballs for like 5 years..." A speedball is a combination of heroin and cocaine.
ArshaAsteraki 1 year ago 3
he dosn't even sound like a heroin addict, he sounds like he just trips balls all the time
mrdpscow 1 year ago
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@mrdpscow actually he was probably on some pills,cuse when you go on rehab,so you cant just quit take a drugs day to day,hence you need take methadon and other things...Probably hence he seems like on something...It was during his rehab..If that make you sense
bibi5027 6 months ago
There is a Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness picture on the fridge in the background =D
leercup 1 year ago
i love john more than anything in the world, but him saying hes humble and non egotistical and then saying there wasnt any good music out in 1994 except his, or that hes sitting there making that guy hold the mic to his mouth the whole time or when he says that the music wasnt meant for the public, just himself, but oh, hed release it anyway, is kind of hypocritical.
DimebagsLeftToe 1 year ago 12
@DimebagsLeftToe yep, but then again his mind isn't completely there.
RacismIsSchism 1 year ago 18
@RacismIsSchism haha yeah. gotta love him
DimebagsLeftToe 1 year ago
@DimebagsLeftToe Thats not egotistical at all, just honesty! He's explaining the way he felt, sugar coating it to me is egotistical.
and I'm sure the interviewer would get over it, alot of interviewers do hold microphones anyway!
I really don't understand why 'fans' get so zany about minute things that their idols say. It's an interview..... about 13 years old as well...
johnsfan1 1 year ago
@DimebagsLeftToe he didnt originally want to release his first album, he said himself that he enjoyed just playing it for friends, but his friends got him to release it through Rick Rubin if I remember correctly. Plus when he was like this it seemed like he was trying so hard to not be a "rockstar" that he ended up coming back around to it from the other direction
CJ3990 1 year ago
@DimebagsLeftToe after 5-6 years of constant use of heroin, pot, crack ...
would ur mind be clear ?
Savatije123 1 year ago
@Savatije123 pot is not in the same category as any other drug. how about u subsitite alchohol (one of the worst drugs on the planet) or his valium addiction for the minor "drug" pot
frusciante319 1 year ago
@DimebagsLeftToe btw most presenters hold the mic anyway they dont let people hold it
michael9100 1 year ago
@DimebagsLeftToe shut up
dedicationofyouth 9 months ago
@DimebagsLeftToe he IS a humble guy at his core. Some drugs, however, make you feel like the most important person on the planet. And in general he was right with what he said in this interview even if he was fucked up.
olitraiga 8 months ago
@olitraiga true! damn good point.
DimebagsLeftToe 8 months ago
@DimebagsLeftToe
1. i don't think he meant that his music was just the greatest but that he was one of the only ones doing it for the love of music and the music out at that time was being made mainly for money.
2. an interviewee traditionally doesn't hold the microphone
3. At the time that he was making the music it wasn't meant for public consumption but later realized how easy it is to share music with others, he obviously doesn't care to make a profit from it.(He made it pretty clear.)
rhcprxbandits 7 months ago 9
@DimebagsLeftT he has really high that whole time, if you look up some of his favorite music he mentions plenty of stuff from the 90's, he's said before that Fugazi was his favorite band, most of their stuff was released in the 90's, I even think they put one out in 94, he's just really high or something
RacismIsSchism 6 months ago 2
@DimebagsLeftToe and i guess your perfect.
fruschristian26 5 months ago
@DimebagsLeftToe
You know, they were interviewing JOHN, so he gave them long, informative answers. Also, he said he tries to be humble. It's something he considers, whereas most popular musicians wouldn't even talk about it. Granted he minces words sometimes, but he didnt come off as arrogant here, just a bit intoxicated, perhaps.
mussman717word 3 months ago
at 7:41 you can see it !
LAYNELIVES1 1 year ago
I don't think he was back with the peppers at this time because of his tee shirt "Fuck The Chili Peppers " haha , hard to see it on the video , but this is what the shirts says .
LAYNELIVES1 1 year ago
john is an honest man
Outsider557 1 year ago
FUCK BALLS!!!!! WHAT WAS HE ON
GIAMBIBROTHERS2 1 year ago
does he have new teeth or what? i didnt undestand so well his history, he had a teeth replacement and then he went to the rehabilitation ? or he had all together?
carliarce 1 year ago
@carliarce When he quit the band, he was a full time druggy and when he did that, he never took care of his teeth. So when he got sober, he had to get all of his teeth removed and got dentures.
CuteHotChiliPeppers 1 year ago
@CuteHotChiliPeppers yes.. but i can see that he had new teeth in the video.. or im not looking well ?
carliarce 1 year ago
@carliarce Yeah, pretty sure he does have new teeth or else he wouldn't have talked so different.
CuteHotChiliPeppers 1 year ago
@CuteHotChiliPeppers so when he was doing the rehabilitation he make this interview? i didnt understood that
carliarce 1 year ago
@carliarce I don't know...it's not really clear. But I know for sure that he has dentures in here. He was back with RHCP in 1998 but he must have been in rehab somewhere at that time.
CuteHotChiliPeppers 1 year ago
'I'll give myself to the world, even if they don't want me me I don't care'. For exposing his thoughts and dreams and sharing his words thankyou so much John xx
tammysayle 1 year ago
isnt he undergoing the rehabilation process at this point? thats why the interview is so interesting I think because he is in a transformation stage, he looks healthier maybe in the 1994 interview because now the heroin has caught up with him, he has been using for longer
1989lfm 1 year ago
hahaha so what am i saying. i fucking love him
goodkidsfinishlast 1 year ago
If you look closely, you can see his brain beginning to ooze out of his nose.
lelandpape 1 year ago
Holy Shit! It's Keith Morris!
IDKSOMTHIN 1 year ago
He looks better there than in the '94 interview.
BejnXander 1 year ago
how john talks ha....alot of dudes on the strip talk like this...
ultracrunchy 1 year ago
i don't understand shit, thank god you are now in your place john, i bet he doesn't know how people (like myself) loves him, but truly love, like almost a brother to me. he teached me through videos and dvd's and interviews and MUSIC, what music is .. thanks john
alexjamess 1 year ago 4
He has nice teeth here, didn't he get dentures when he checked into rehab? When did he exactly check into rehab anyway?
Str1keRS1R 1 year ago
@Str1keRS1R yeah this is odd, he entered rehab in january 1998, and there is when they discovered that had that infection in his mouth, but that teeth are new, guarantee
alexjamess 1 year ago
This is probably the most powerful advert for not doing hard drugs....or any drugs at all...I have seen many of my heroes (and friends) in a fucked up place (thanks youtube)....but John here takes the cake....So glad he got out of that state of mind and away from smack n crack, cos he really is a great guy and mega-fuckin-talented. Those dudes doing the interview are fuckin parasites though, how low can you go?
stutaggart 1 year ago 17
@stutaggart why are those guys parasites? what have they done in their lifetime to achieve the title of parasite?
RacismIsSchism 1 year ago 24
@RacismIsSchism I'm guessing "stutaggart" is calling them "parasites" because they're giving an [indept] interview with him while he's this spaced? I dunno. To be honest, I actually understand a lot of the points JOhn is making :) I'm very glad he's still kicking sober, and is alive, he's a hero of mine :)
SparkLeTonGue 1 year ago
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@RacismIsSchism @RacismIsSchism I'm guessing "stutaggart" is calling them "parasites" because they're giving an [indept] interview with him while he's this spaced? I dunno. To be honest, I actually understand a lot of the points JOhn is making :) I'm very glad he's still kicking sober, and is alive, he's a hero of mine :)
SparkLeTonGue 1 year ago
@RacismIsSchism i don't think they are parasites but, anyway, the guy on the right is keith morris, original vocalist for black flag and vocalist for circle jerks, founding member of both, john frusciante probably idolized him when he was a young punk rocker :)
hgleitao 1 year ago
@RacismIsSchism haha, probably singing in the circle jerks. kids nowadays don't know shit from feces.
thailow117 1 year ago
@stutaggart My friend,
you should possibly consider that John NEEDED to go thru the heroin days to arrive where he did/is....
I personally HEAVILY subscribe to the thinking that youve got to live in the dark, and quite possibly be even nearly drownded by the dark to know where you dont want to be!
Meaning:
experiencing HEAVILY what you dont want,
can give you a far clearer direction and focus on the road you DO want
liverawkstar 1 year ago
@stutaggart I see it differently. This is an example how love, faith , determination, and honest evolution through your life create miraculous healing and transformation. No need to look down on anybody buddy. Specially someone who provides probably the most honest and pure music out there.
dieguetti 1 year ago 2
@dieguetti I agree with you totally, you said it perfectly
droptheleash0 1 year ago
@stutaggart i agree with RacismIsChism.. the guy probably asked john 2 questions throughout the video.. john just talks alot and is extremely interesting
MrEspenBakke 1 year ago
@stutaggart Maybe u dunno that the guy is Keith Morris (Black Glag/ Circle Jerks), a Punk icon and one of Frusciante's greatest influences and best friend...
TransparentVisions 1 year ago
@stutaggart Sorry, I Mean Black Flag, not clag!
TransparentVisions 1 year ago
@stutaggart you think this is bad, check out his VPRO interviews from 1994, he's waaay worse in those
jstew2009 1 year ago
@stutaggart I don't think he ever really was in a shitty state of mind, just super body damaging lol, but you can tell he never lost himself really i think. i think he is wierding the shit out of these interviewers haha
robuzy 1 year ago
@stutaggart you realize one of those guys is Keith Morris the original singer of Black Flag and one of John's heroes? John is high here so he's not making sense, and if John saw this today he'd admit it.
boogiechillen123 1 year ago
Of course it doesn't give me comfort to know that he was still on drugs at this point but he sounds like a bit of cunt here and i'm just glad that there was a good reason for it.
ThaSweetHart 1 year ago
I love how at about 50 seconds in, he forgets what he was even talking about. lol
jaywhofan 1 year ago
What does John's shirt say? Fuck.....
mikolene97 1 year ago
at this point he was still addicted to crack cocaine and alcohol.
MrMusiclover4 1 year ago
@MrMusiclover4 john did crack....?...i'm pretty sure his only addictions were only heroine?
SweetKooshy 1 year ago
@SweetKooshy yeah he did crack too
Cooderospie 1 year ago
@Cooderospie oh shit haha..damn that's pretty intense..i dont like to hear people doin crack =/...definitely causes permanent damage
SweetKooshy 1 year ago
i read he was a bigger fan of shooting cocaine than heroin
TheInundation 2 years ago
i think i saw a better quality video of this and his shirt said "fuck the red hot chili peppers"
Bayview05 2 years ago
@Bayview05 serious find it for me plz
geletmote 1 year ago
if i met john, id give him his own album with MY autograph on it
bea5ToloG 2 years ago 24
yeah that would throw him off , haha
RacismIsSchism 2 years ago 2
Nah i wouldn't say he is... he was just still getting stronger.
Backalleypeprally 2 years ago
High as a kite.
arsector 2 years ago
I think he sounds half weak, have confident because the drugs are wearing off. Obviously the drug withdrawal would make it the worst year of his life. Certainly sounds a lot better than in 1994. Then again, the Life's A Bath video shot the same year shows him at clearly as low as he could go.
DieSchwartzmann 2 years ago
no withdrawal takes a year maybe 2 months at most
Hardtack444 2 years ago
is this a hole cover?
scribblertheband 2 years ago
Was he still on drugs at this point?
tc1927 2 years ago 4
@tc1927 yeah but as far as i know he was cleaning up around the time of this interview. it seems that he was at the peak of his addiction (at least to heroin) when he did the interview in 94 with mtv where he literally looks like a skeleton covered in skin
calwel 2 years ago
That interview in 94 wasn't with MTV. It was with a Dutch station VPRO.
buickcitycomplex 2 years ago
@tc1927 hell yeaaaahhhhhh
nictruf 2 years ago
he might of been i saw some interview where he said he would clean up periodicly
hillelslovakrip 2 years ago
man i love john but his attitude in this particular interview pissed me off a bit. he seemed really self righteous and insensitive. whereas his music is the opposite. love the guy but think he's a lot cooler now-a-days. i went through a phase where he could absolutely do no wrong in my mind, but since i've grown out of it a bit i can look at this without bias and say i disagree with a lot of the things he's saying. like smashing glass bottles and shit? not sure if that was necessary
ragsyrags4mr4 2 years ago 3
Yeah, it's weird how he still seems so negative towards Anthony and the Chili Peppers in this video and then the next year he joined them again and was apparently humble and positive again. Wonder what happened in a year to change his attitude so much.
buickcitycomplex 2 years ago 2
He got sober
thats my guess of what changed his attitude atleast
nuge418 2 years ago
i was wondering why there was a circle jerks at the bottom right?, keith morris the lead singer of cj
taddeusvon 2 years ago
seedball?????....wtf...naw, speedball is heroin n coke shot in a vein, speedball with meth is not the same thats tweaker talk
taddeusvon 2 years ago
haha. makeup provided by MAC.
DimebagsLeftToe 2 years ago 3
he legit just said he shot speed balls all day for 5 years
robuzy 2 years ago
shittiest interview everrr
verdaccio 2 years ago
oO john´s heroin time
shitfacehippi 2 years ago
its awesome how john didnt become what became of most musicians and survived his drug habbits and still plays to this day:)
matbellers 2 years ago 23
@matbellers , yeah exactly... it's really a miracle... but I believe that some kind of ray of life, really, had helped him through all those dark times... led him out of this...
Anyway, John can be a real example for all the people who can't find the strength within themselves to beat the addiction and give up...
Roniel81 2 years ago
poor man ... i dont think so , a drugaddict cant be an example for all the people ... he isnt God! , he's just a human being tryin' to be better, c'mon... i had troubles with the drugs too and im not an example for all the people , God is an Example , not a guitarrist from california c'mon
myautomobilefunk 2 years ago
@matbellers yeah, he actually quit whan he was 27
superkulmedkniv25 1 year ago
john is doing waht jimmy want it to do
kharlos84 2 years ago 3
this was filmed before he went to rehab, because his second album was made for drug money. but his teeth are different. he must have gotten them removed arter he quit heroin cold turkey, and then went to rehab for his addiction to alcohol and cocaine.
misssophie119 2 years ago
@misssophie119 he didn't make the album for money he released it for money
funkyphantom1 2 years ago
john is the jimi that lived
Rumpull4skin 2 years ago 39
He was on Crack and speed at this point.
45ounce 2 years ago
Where in the hell did you get that from? He didn't speed or Meth. He was into dope and coke. He might have quit dope at this point but was still drinking and smoking crack. He never did speed.
Flipper79able 2 years ago
he did speed...i just watched an interview where he said his girlfriend at the time was sick of him sitting around the house doing speed all day
fenderbender149 2 years ago
Oh well, I guess it doesn't matter anyway. He used to be sick and now he is well. That's all that matters.
Flipper79able 2 years ago 3
What interview was that,Sounds interesting
MetalThrashingMad87 2 years ago
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its from 2001...hes wearing this bright striped shirt with like yellow and orange...there are 3 parts to it
fenderbender149 2 years ago
I think what he meant was speed balls. He might have shot meth but I'm pretty sure what he meant was a seed ball, where you shoot coke and herion at the same time.
fullmetalfunk 2 years ago
terrible pedito
miranosaca 2 years ago