Great solo John Frusciante

[stillballin227]

NOGGERS

[euclidera]

JOHN FRUSCIANTE DON'T HAVE ONE BEST SOLO, ALL THE JOHN SOLOS ARE THE BEST

[dngrouscrgo]

flea's 10 seconds at the end was better than fruciante's entire thing

[beerbaron00]

i understand his solo is very simplistic here, but hell, this song is good enough that almost anything from the minor scale thrown in sounds great....

also this was after john hadnt played guitar for like, 6 years, but nontheless the emotion is there.

[jdman331]

haha John looks like he could be playing with the stray cats

[buddhablazin]

Frusciante's possibly my favourite guitarist of all time, but every so often he kinda sucks. This would be one of those times.

[ijustfartedsoloud]

i never like the solos on this song when he plays it live, i don't know why,

maybe because i just prefer the original on the album but hes so fuckin good

[petepetruzzi]

im a guitar player but chads little drum fill at 0:37 was awesome. so much energy

[vieri031]

He should finally remember his solo from the album. Some of his improvisation is just picking one note...

[chardcliff]

@vieri031 who cares... its still awesome

[HMDopeman]

Really clean guitar sound .....

[FootballnSoccer]

@SlavetoNeffy Agreed!!!

[FootballnSoccer]

@SlavetoNeffy hence why he is going to music school to learn his damn theory finally!

[Sebrewer32]

He looks so cool here, I wish I was into them around this time...

[matthweused]

haha awesome haircut.

thaat s siiick!

i fuckin love it!

[FootballnSoccer]

not all shredders lack emotion! Misha Mansoor and Tosin Abasi play w soul! So does Joe Satriani!

[ElJefeUltimo]

@FootballnSoccer excuse me, but Joe Satriani has no soul. Tosin Abasi is raw though. Don't know about that other fella

[metalrules13]

@ElJefeUltimo Are you serious? Every guitar player has soul. Don't blame them if you are too retarded to understand and appreciate their music.

John Frusciante on the other hand sucks balls. He can't even play his own solos live, LOL.

[ElJefeUltimo]

@metalrules13 My man, don't hate on Frusciante. Watch live in Slane. Suck my balls.

[metalrules13]

@ElJefeUltimo I don't hate him, I just pointed out how much he sucks.

[ElJefeUltimo]

@metalrules13 Well, let's agree to disagree. I think John Frusciante rules. You are permitted to slurp my sack.

[metalrules13]

@ElJefeUltimo I'm not surprised that you want me to "slurp your sack", since the vast majority of John Frusciante's fans are faggots. But no thanks.

[FootballnSoccer]

@ElJefeUltimo check out this band Periphery. If you dont like screaming music, get the instrumental version. Dude composes all three guitar parts. Hes insane. And just because you said Tosin Abasi is raw you get major kudos just for knowing who he is. But check out misha, he helped write some of the riffs in the Animals as Leaders album.

[vizcacha5]

@charliesplinter

can she do it with her eyes closed?!?! what now!

[vizcacha5]

@charliesplinter

your probably one of those emotionless robot shredders right?? who only think about speed and no emotion at all.

[matthweused]

@vizcacha5 good i hate it thats not art if you got NO feelings at all in your music.

youre so right!

[Captainnemostarlight]

search mtv music awards red hot chili peppers for the whole song.

It's from 2000

[Captainnemostarlight]

/watch?v=QZJ8XmxKeN4

full performance.

It's fucking brilliant

[viperabs]

This is proof that simplicity can sound great.

[sircharliesavior]

this is the vma performance in 2000. its a very melodic sounding solo. love the middle and end of it. rather listen to this then yngwie malmsteen

[eye1of2death1]

fucking weak

[Jewfee43]

@eye1of2death1 wheres ur solo with your multi platinum band? oh thats right your just a nobody who has internet access.

PWNED

[1999californication]

listen: I have seen a-lots of californication live and this is his closest solo to the original-exciting solo at first and at the end-not the middle

[Wakeboardaddict]

yeah this is older bro

[anniewasbornfirst]

Holy shiiiiz. I love the matching mohawks.

[mariusikxd]

this is not a great solo is a lame one

[CarpeDiem1Brooks]

I don't ever remember seeing them with this style of hair post 99 (Aka Californication, album and song release) soooo.....

When did this happen?

Could someone tell me, cause Im really interested...

I mean Anthony had blond short hair, flea had a bit of a fro, and John had long hair from what I remember around Calis release, and even By The Way they didn't look like this???

WHEN WAS THIS?

[mitsaruki]

i think its the 2000 tour cuz johns hair was long in 99 and i know he cut it soon after

[billiepoeh]

about 2001 i guess (:

[DrewHandcock]

Californication tour they all shaved their heads into mohawks plrobably around 99-00' period you can see on the backstage footage on the greatest videos dvd them doing it.

[bladibla06070]

they had mowhawks in 2000-californication tour USA

[FlorisFrusciante]

i guess this was one of the last gigs from the californication tour, if you really wanna know, this is from the Off the Map dvd

[en4sm8zn7g8]

No its not

[FlorisFrusciante]

it's not? Well atleast it's from the same era then..

[en4sm8zn7g8]

That's right. It's from their mohawk era which is 2000ish

[billiepoeh]

did u guys notice the bassline from flea at the end ? that was freakin awesome !

[BigPanda94]

That bass line was awesome.. o.o

[SkynyrdRocks412]

I wouldnt say this is his greatest solo. I absolutely LOVE JF and all his stuff but he's had a lot more solos that are wayyyy better than this. Personal favorites are the ones in Funky Monks and the live versions of Scar Tissue.

[xxcarademonoxx]

for me the best solo is the one in stone cold bash, first flea with and amazing bass solo and then john

[freebrainstorms]

YUM.

[roboben95]

what key is JF in?

[zaki9090]

where can i find the full version of this californication performance?

[xXxDeeturtlexXx]

LUV THE MOHAWK PERIOD

[ludvik199t]

this solo is beautiful

[humbucker08]

I didn't appreciate it the first time I saw it but I do like the way it's clean and simple. Sounds great on that Gretsch White Falcon.

[eversmot]

Jf is god, but he goes out of key at 0:37 :[

[ludvik199t]

actually he doesnt

[eversmot]

Actually he does.

[guitarplayer407]

John can't fuck up his own song or go out of key. He wrote it.

[geletmote]

never thought of it that way.. i guess so ay

[Mrsully51693]

it is impossible for JF to ever go out of key! haha but like i heard that he used really HEAVY stings on that guitar so its hard to bend

[stealadams]

john frusciante is my favourite guitarist, but i think what flea did just after the solo is incredible. That deserves the focus here

[billiepoeh]

exactly ! that was just amazing

[Antom1234]

fucking love this. So minimal but meaningful.

[popozzo]

not a great solo....

[ASpanishguy]

i think it is

[casxadw]

John still has its white falcon.

He dont use it in live shows anymore because he experienced some tecnical problems with it.

such as in Woodstock 99' concert.

[arrisfilms]

john got rid of his white falcon =[

[affenarsch87]

did he?

[arrisfilms]

he said there was no room for it in his collection

[affenarsch87]

when did he say that?

I'm pretty sure he still has it.

[Aleksand89]

I think that his Gretsch White Falcon 1956 went to some museum,so i've heard.

[airdriven16]

chyea no hate on frusciante, but flea's rebound at the end there- so melodic- he always improvises beautiful lines like that. man, what a player.

[grade7evangelical]

hey johnfrusciantezzz listen to kirks solo on fade to black

[johnfrusciantezzz]

yes kirks good too but listen to this new musicians...count 3 excelent guitarist and groups that started playing from 2000' and that they are not satan metal or emo...god save us rockers :]

[michalkrucan]

This solo wasnt as good, as he could and can.

I think that what flea did right after the solo seems far more intresting.

[iamtaliesin]

:39 omg

[johnfrusciantezzz]

i am fast guitarist but when i play fast there is no emotions in me.. im am playing guitar because i love it not like metal guitarist for money

[Jewfee43]

@johnfrusciantezzz nope because you are just strumming fast and hitting notes playing slowly you can hear the relationship between notes and the true feeling behind notes so many times have i played the same note different temp, pitch , bend slide and find a new feeling of how to use it in a song

[djbot]

@johnfrusciantezzz well have you heard of srv?

[carliarce]

@johnfrusciantezzz not only metal guitarist play fastan no emotions.. there are lotta guitarist that play slow or maybe another way but emo-less.. music is so wide

[johnfrusciantezzz]

it's not speed it's his creativity he made me play guitar he is my idol for sure

[jsanch22]

Exactly! He also made me play guitar. Frusciante, and his biggest influence, Jimi Hendrix, are by far the two largest influences on me as a musician- on guitar.  It's all due to their creativity and expression.

[cjm2493]

That could be the best live solo for californication.

[nervouswreck22]

I love the intros they also do for californication. those are freakin crazy

[Fender1990]

John is my idol

damn' this riffs rock my world

[ChicaChiliPepper]

John es el puto amo

[brandonian13]

i love them all

john and flea both are sick as hellll

and i love the hair on all of them

[hazelspratt]

look at antonys hair, its ace. John Frusciante is amazing

[7e77e17]

im pretty sure that hes playing the $30,000 white falcon hallow body. the same one he used to come up with the riff for californication

[uvalax573]

1. yes he is

2. that IS Californication, and John doesn't have a smattering of guitars, he uses about three on tour and has about twelve at home, so the fact that he plays it on the guitar he wrote it on is kind of meh

[C1paul]

no, at home he has minimum 20 guitars, in the vidso of "will to death" you can see ca. 8, the he never used in any video or concert...

[gunnar1104]

I don't think this is his best at all, but John is ASTONISHING

[Frusciante81]

John is unique,i love him, he is the best, but come on..that solo is a shit!!he is not 'him' on that concert, thats all.

john rulez!

[henkiewessel]

true

[DonFicoMontana]

True he and flea rock

[henkiewessel]

yeah flea rocks xD

[preemo55]

i mean everyone's opinion is different..good or great, its not worth splitting hairs about the difference. i love this solo because its so creative but never breaks away from the groove. when i first watched this vid i wasn't very impressed but the more i saw it the more i like it. besides you can just tell by anthony's reaction and flea's play that they are loving it too

[Niersteentje]

That guy Frusciante is REALLY a good player. I love his playing style and genius. But being a fan does not equal being biased beyond aural reason. This is not a great solo.

Saying so is an insult to his fantastic feel for music, because it puts both at the same level.

I bet if John or any other player you penguins were conditioned to idolize smeared his or her faeces over the fretboard you would still call it great and full of emotion.

[musicowned]

cause it is... if john did that, fuck! that would be the ultamite.. i would love every second of it. why u ask

because i am a fan. this is a great solo and of course its in the same level numnuts. its john playing it.

[cthulhufhtagnphnglui]

this isn't a great solo

[shk9664]

"John Frusciante Guitar solo" is amazing soo emotion, search the video. He does an orgasm at the end of the solo. hehe

[Ice2oo7]

flea is not playing too low!!flea never plays too low! he's the best bassist in the world and this solo is amazing!

[preemo55]

he puts so much feeling into his play. just goes to show you that you don't have to shred to hit a sweet solo... timing and melody a la david gilmour

[Zefilor]

HMMM, FLEA WAS PLAYING TO LOW

[kfeng3231]

i want that grestch white falcon that john is playing soooooo bad

[Fender1990]

It was VMA's 2000

[scott60158]

this is very old as you can see they look extremely young. This is the solo from Californication which he varied for his live perfomance.

[BillyCorganlikespie]

Mate if you think they look young here then check them out in the mothers milk era which was ten years before this. John was only 18.

[musicowned]

only 18..

lol

shes only 18 dont like.... lol

[kokorico22]

i love when anthony dance in this vid

[Jeremy1281988]

yea, john and flea said it means so much to them when they make music that makes anthony move, like they don't just ignore it, it really touches them which is cool.

[detsyn]

This is not from Off the map;) But the song is on it, just not this version ;)

[hootsmoose]

is this from off the map?:) i have this! Omfg i loved search and destroy and give it away! But my favourite is What Is Soul:P awesome...

[Brosnil]

Which concert is this? Simple but impressive solo :) Great gitarist

[catfish12223]

MTV Music Awards 1999...i think

[RHCP0087]

2000 VMAs

[mrmuffin1234]

they look diffrent with shorter hair :O

[Reivajthemonk]

Anthony looks crazy in this video XD

[yurij1234]

Yes, John is amazing! He also looks younger here, does anyone know the year this was? Thanks.

[Jeremy1281988]

2000-02 sometime around there. He does look younger, but its really not that long ago.

[yurij1234]

Wow, it isn't long ago at all! Man, I have no idea why i asked that, I have this show on DVD! Lmao!

[juankamilo]

2001

[Scrotumofbodom]

love this solo, oh man I feel like flying when I hear that solo, thanks for the post, and Fleas little scale at the end was pretty sweet too

[Saladbowl]

Well, I love John, but I never liked this solo too much. Maybe a bit of reverb would have done the job. Its just a bit too many single notes that dont get to ring for my taste. But I definately agree that speed is nothing, feeling is everything, but for many people a guitar player is only impressive when he plays flashy. I love John for his chord progressions, not his solos...

[fer1284]

de eso se trata, hacer algo perfecto de la forma mas simple.

[Jeremy1281988]

seriously, if you want speed and flash from frusciante, search 'Frusciante rocking out at home' .. he is just doing whats best for the song. i think this solo is beautiful.

[CAG1993]

anothony keidis had a mowhawk??

[ice9fetus81]

freaky!!!what's so great about that!!!LOL

[BlackRadio]

Decent. But he's waaaay overrated.

[JOHNNYANGEL228]

so is your momma

[Jeremy1281988]

haha you wish overrated, he still doesn't get all he deserves. but a lot of his fans, including myself, like it that way.

[OllieOrange123]

guitarguy324 can your head be any bigger speed IS NOT EVERYTHING, john has speed but doesnt need it, he has one of the best styles to have. people like yngwie, zakk, etc are gd but are nothing compared to this, if chose a style i would 100% have this. john is a god..end of conv.

[fullcrapyea]

aww my man

[tresojos]

people really gotta stop sayin the best the best.. the best on what scale you know,, technically there s always someone better then someone else, and its just a matter of taste too.

to me he has bin a huuuuge ass inspiration and one of my first guitar teachers

[orbinsolo]

Whoa , John's awesome! Flea's god too. Great bass . Great band

[realm0bile91]

John, If you ever read this, you are awsome.

[CharlieLeek]

its funny how people call this bad, just because it has feeling behind it. I think its fab, and the bands fab!

[rhcp92]

i love the californication solo, it's so easy to play but it expresses so many feelings, it's just awesome. and i like all the other versions of this solo too, because john can make them so that they have always life and love poured into them. so for me, he's one of the best guitar players

[bonzo3231]

this is an amazing solo not for technicality but it's just so clean and refreshing for lack of other words to describe it=P

[hayleyhotness]

i actually really like this solo, it seems to have something extra that i cant put my finger on. i love it :)

[guitarguy324]

i could play a better solo than this guy! he sucks

[Jeremy1281988]

you have to realize he plays whats right for the song. you couldn't get near to his playing, dude. noone can. this was his stage of the less is more approach. if you listen to Stadium Arcadium Hey, She's only 18, or slane paralell universe, or any of his BSSM or Mother's Milk stuff, you'll know what he is about. he is easily one of the best to ever live.

[Mike3303]

Haha...guitarguy. Another moron who thinks speed and techinicality are everything.

[guitarguy324]

speed and technicality arent everything i no that. But guitarists who live by the "less is more" theory say that because they can't do more. watch my vid. i have a lot of feeling.

[frusciante420]

the thing is, john does do more, sometimes he doesn't when he doesn't need to, and everything he does has a shit load of energy and feeling

[theorigjustintime]

John Frusciante Rocking out at home

fast enough for ya?

[Mike3303]

John has talked about people ragging on him by his "less is more technique." I've seen the guy live. He can wail on the guitar just like any other metal guitarist. And as far as you saying that people who use less is more can't do more, that probably is one of the most ignorant statements I've ever heard. The greatest guitarists are the ones that know to hold back.

[Jeremy1281988]

dude, do you realize how shitty a fast metal sounding distorted guitar solo w/ flashy licks would sound for this song? search for parallel universe slane or frusciante rocking out at home. he just does whats right for the song dude.

[Jeremy1281988]

oh, and if your into metal guitar sounding distorted flashy solo's johns work in 1988 - 1990 is for you. he can play any style, and do it at the absolute best.

[stethoscanomaly]

terrible solo. bad band. fairly good guitarist.

[leeprechaun2610]

great solo. awesome band. amazing guitarist.

[dragfire111]

wow dude youre rude

[antoeange9092]

STREPITOSOOOOOOOOO!!!!! W Red Hot...4 everrrrr!!!!

[DazedNConfused87]

this wosnt long after he came back into the band though. hes said himself he was really rusty around this time had to learn his chops again. Still some of his best stuff on californication, simple but so beautiful

[Jack1806]

I agree with everyone saying his solos have life and love poured into them. And for those who just wanna see him play 100 notes per second.. You learn to play guitar half as good as him.. then take half as many drugs as he did then come back and give me your opinion.

[KINGJAUNS]

thats right frusciante09

[frusciante09]

this is the ranking

1) John

somewhere in the end is hendrix jimmy page and clapton

John is number 1

[Gatzko]

i dont remember who sad that this is the rancing:1.hendrix 2.page 3.eric clapton ~4.JOHN~ thats how it should be

[RhCpStUd]

no that solo was awesome makispoll fuck you

[ilovetheRHCP4ever]

Johns style seems to be like 'less is more' !

[ilovetheRHCP4ever]

John is sexy, hot, handsome and soo talanted !! <3333

[TheKillerAngels]

that was very nice. Those speed guitarists may be good, but its always better to SOUND good.

[GunsNRoses247]

I agree 100%. Plus, John can play pretty fast at times. However, he knows that is not everything. Look at I Could Have Lied. That solo is very slow and easy to play. Yet it is considered one of his best.

[MaryElle26]

John's solos are always very melodic, that's why they're so great :)

[FruZach]

For people that say this solo is bad you are terribly mistaken. A solo isn't good just cuz the guy can play it fast with 100 notes per second. This is a great solo because it's simple and melodic. He doesn't have to go nuts and play like retarded to play a good solo.

[mardybum92]

ABSOLUTELY AGREED.

You said it, it's all. A good solo isn't 100 notes per second, and you can't hear anyone. In a good solo, you can hear ALL the notes, and these notes offer you feelings, not like shit of Malmsteem or Satriani, who always play the same song but with other name.

[damnthisshit1]

agreed, i hate guitarist the two guitarist you've mention, no feelings what so ever and its lifeless. No wonder they're not mainstream. Real guitarist like john and others like jimmy page and eric clapton plays with soul and feeling

[Scrotumofbodom]

why do people say that solo was bad i thought it was great.

[Fethers17]

y is that solo bad, if theres one thing i like bout john its that most of his solo's arnt' flat out fast finger work, there more melodic and he picks each note that fits fleas bass lines perfectly

[gjs24v]

JGPhil - go screw yourself, all that solo is , is johnny frusciatne pouring his love and heart out and your sitting here saying he can do better, it doesnt matter, its waht fits johnny best

[audioslave187]

that was sick

[ilovetheRHCP4ever]

john is so good looking with that hairstyle!! :P <33

[residentre]

Anyone realize what true indiviuls they are. Just the way they move they all got their own way of dancin. Yet their a mad united band. From 28 on yoiu can see this. Damn i lov em

[ace4annie]

gifted

[Samisajerk]

plus thats a really good example of johns "less is more" style of playing