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54 years old (Born on March 05, 1970)

American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer; He is famous from Guitarist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and acclaimed singer-songwriter.

He has two brothers, Erik and Michael and two sisters, Anna and Lily. Once went to an audition for Frank Zappa's band at the age of seventeen, but left before he actually auditioned. He realised he wanted to be in a band where he could 'get girls and do drugs', and knew he wouldn't be able to do that if he was in Zappa's band. Made a short film about his house called "Stuff" in 1993 with actor friend Johnny Depp and Butthole Surfers singer Gibby Haynes. The film was shown on Dutch TV directly after an interview special John did for a Dutch TV channel in 1994. It featured slow-motion film of the inside of his house, over-dubbed music and John reading some of his poetry. It also featured a cameo by LSD hero Timothy Leary and "flower-arrangement" (according to the end credits) by Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell. Frusciante is pronounced "Froo-shon-tay" He will be releasing six new albums on "The Record Collection" label before the end of the year. The first of the six will be called "Will to Death".

His ex-girlfriend was Stella Schnabel, daughter of artist/director Julian Schnabel (Basquiat, Before Night Falls), who provided the cover art for By The Way and took some of the promotional photo's.

In the video of "Scar Tissue" he is driving the car. He doesn't have his licence and doesn't intend to get it.

Guitarist (1988-92; 1998-2009) for the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

He left the Chili Peppers in the middle of their tour for "Blood Sugar Sex Magik;" subsequently, he became addicted to heroin and nearly lost the battle. However, he checked into rehab and got clean, rejoining the Chili Peppers in time for "Californication" in 1999.

Voted the best guitarist of the last 30 years in a poll led by BBC Radio 6 in April 2010 (bbc.co.uk)

He appeared on the Mars Volta album "De-loused in the commatorium" on the track "Cicatriz ESP"

Is of Italian decent.

Once took his cats to an expert to determine if and how they feel music. (google.com)

Attended classes at the Musicians Institute of Technology.

Paints and does yoga.

Was discovered by Bob Forrest and ended up in Red Hot Chili Peppers. Interestingly enough, Bob Forrest also discovered Josh Klinghoffer, who replaced Frusciante in the band. (redhotchilipeppers.com)

Father works as a judge

Recorded a song called 'Height Down' with the late actor River Phoenix.

John admitted that he used the funds from his second solo album - Smile from the streets you hold - for drugs, which is why he is ashamed of it. He took the album off the market in 1998 and even has copies of it at home, which he never lets family or friends hear.

He released an internet album as a gift to his fans. It is available on his official website. It has been called by fans "From the sounds inside", while John never gave the album a name. When asked about "From the Sounds Inside" during an interview, he was confused as to what it was and had to be informed.