Dude looked like he was 2 seconds away from dying and yet he's still with us today, thankfully. Scary to see someone in such a bad physical state like this.
@@jadedwitness9840 Music industry is as much business as artistry. They have an undeniable formula for sucess, and this goes well hand-in-hand with what they want to do as a group artistically. Also, I disagree on every album and music being similar. This band is 40 years old, and I assume you are looking at the last decade..Anthony's rapping stopped circa 1998....the heavy funk-metal stopped by 1989. They are very different today.
just to see this make me sad, but i'm grad he's alive and clean now, i don't care if he's on the rhcp or not, there's no one like John and to lose him could have been one of the hardest thing.
@@antonsupalov3855 Did you pay attention to his notebooks? The pages were all incomprehensive. Listen to how bad he sang and played. He didn't even bother to tune.
My god. Seeing this interview has made me so sad and scared for his life, even though I know it has a happy ending in the end. Drugs really mess you up. And I'm so glad he's okay now. John, live forever.
I'm a musician as well, and I had my own spurt with heroin. I also had a notebook I would use to write lyrics, and some of it is borderline illegible. Its so crazy to look back on it now. I still have it somewhere. He probably wrote a lot of that shit while nodding out
@@sharinganchidori100 Not really. Layne could very well be alive now if he had access to a doctor that could legally prescribe him controlled doses of medical-grade heroin and crack. From 1982 to 1995, Dr. John Marks prescribed legal pharmaceutical heroin, amphetamine and cocaine/ crack for 450 addicts in the UK: m.ua-cam.com/video/Zy_86iVhmkQ/v-deo.html The crimes commited by addicts dropped in 93 percent. Their health was significantly improved as they were using clean drugs instead of black market adulterated garbage, cut with substances even more noxious than the drugs themselves. Many addicts became productive members of society. And Marks had zero overdose deaths between his patients, even though addicts injected alone at home and some of them took truly massive doses - simply because the drugs were legal and doses were predictable, so that they knew exactly how much they were taking. It was only when the British government put an end to Marks prescription program that addicts went back to street drugs and 41 died within two years and the rest went back to crime and prostitution, showing very clearly that most of the problems attributed to illicit drugs are actually caused by their illegality. Based on Marks prescription program, Switzerland started a national prescription heroin program for addicts who failed at methadone in the 90s. They basically solved their heroin crisis by doing that, dramatically reducing the death, crime and addiction rate. And based on Switzerland's experience, the Netherlands started their own prescription heroin program, and again, it was a huge success, turning criminal problematic addicts into productive members of society - 80 percent of addicts on the Dutch prescription heroin program have some kind of job. Today, tens of thousands of people are dying every year because the illicit heroin supply is poisoned with fentanyl/ fentanyl analogue drugs. Those deaths are avoidable. They would not be happening if users were prescribed measured doses of legal, pharmaceutical heroin.
@@eduardomunoz2915 Yes 👍 I know layne was heartbroken 💔 and had completely given up,but John is living proof that if you’re down to the very bottom,you can still pick yourself up and start over again.I am a huge Alice In Chains fan and a chili peppers fan‼️I’m just wishing that Layne would have made the turnaround like John did,that’s all‼️😢Layne is sorely missed by many😞💔✌️👍‼️
Damn, this is hard to watch. Having been a Coke, Heroine, Xtacy & meth user many years ago I remember those "talking corpse moments" all too vividly. It's much more horrifying from the user's perspective & those nightmares never completely leave you. He has my condolences because the drying-out takes years & is worse than death. It's a living hell & a cruel torture we do to ourselves. I'm sad he had to go through it.
Yes hard to watch...been in and out of recovery since 2004(heroin, crack, booze, xanax)but currently been all good since 11/21/2017...ugh brings back shame...much better now.
Your right! It takes years for your brain to try and mend itself. And sadly, you will never ever be the same as you were before. It's the hardest thing I have ever been through in my life, and it's been two years since I touched any Heroin. Don't ever try it is all I can say, because if it's "your" drug, and that "magic" hits you just right, it's going to be almost too late. You will do anything to continue to relive that feeling.
I wonder if John sometimes looks back to this interview... I imagine myself being him now and I bet it would feel very strange to watch this after so many years... but this is a great example of the fact that there is always hope! Today sucks, tomorrow even more but next week will be awesome!
@@stephensullivan1879 he does not fuckin blow. A lot of his guitar parts are a lot more difficult than they sound. I dont know if you even play guitar, but go learn Snow on guitar if he blows. Dude is seriously under rated as a guitarist. Greatest ever? Not even close, but hes definitely a killer guitarist, no way around it.
He was a full on smackhead, amd his life looked like it was coming to the end. I am so so so glad he is back, healthy and clean now. Because he is one of the greatest guitarist ever. And we need him and his amazing music
This made me cry. Seeing John like that. He was going through a horrible period in his life and I'm SO glad that he got over his addiction because not many people can. I'm happy that he's healthy again...
Man, this really hit me hard, John is probably my favourite guitarist and someone I'd want to be like, watching at him like this, singing and playing like that gave me more goosebumps than even his best solos (Which usually give me a lot of feels). It's just sad
Makes me sad seeing him this way but I'm thankful he was strong enough to get himself together. He might be high but he's very sincere and honest. I know he never cared for the spotlight but his music is a gift to everyone and will continue to be.
my god. that notebook he showed. his brain is totally broken. so glad that he pulled through. the crazy thing is that he looks like a COMPLETELY different person. when i first saw this i was freaking out. really sad.
I was only seven at this time, saw it for the first time about six years ago. I think that if I was as big a fan of John Frusciante in 1994 as I have been for the last ten or so years, I would probably have been so upset I would've cried for weeks and probably been depressed for years. He is such a talented musician and an inspiration to me. I hope to one day turn my passion for music into something as tangible as he has done. Long live.
I remember watching this over and over when I was about 13 and vowing to keep myself and everyone I love the HELL away from drugs for as long as I lived. I'm so thankful my hero here got better in the late 90's.
Kinda pitiful to see him like this. The good thing is that this isn't the last way we saw him. The nice thing is that he didn't die from his addiction. It's pretty inspiring.
This isn't rock n roll.. This videos clearly is a low point in John's life, he's one of the most gifted musicians of our time but he took the wrong path somewhere down the line. This is actually really sad and painful to watch. Rock n Roll isn't about the drugs and booze.. It's all about the music and its rebellious nature.. Basically what I'm trying to say is you don't have to be a drug addict to be a rock star.. The good thing is he seems okay now and back with the RHCP hopefully making some more of that beautiful music...
Daanesh Sharma Don’t get me wrong, I know people can be great at whatever without drugs and I’m not trying to glorify drug use in anyway but with that said, I’ve thought a lot lately about what RHCP would be without the extensive drug use. It was such big part of all of them at one point or another and before they were (IMO) writing really good melodic songs they were putting on shows with fast paced unique sounding music. I feel like in their case drugs actually had a huge part in what made them what/who they are
i honestly think his music at this point was one of the most beautiful things It's an acquired taste and it's bad that he was all jacked up on heroin But to see that deeply into someone's soul through a tape recorder is just amazing.. I mean, he did so much with just a crappy guitar or two, not even drums he made so much happen....
Niandra was almost completly recorded at the same time as Blood sugar sex magic!!! He didn't make much music afterwards... even the songs in "Smile..." were old songs, songs taken off from the Niandra recording session .. At this stage, he hardly recorded anything. I think the only ones where "Life's a Bath", " I Can't See Until I See Your Eyes " , "Estress" ....this songs (from SMiles from the streets you hold) really reflect´s this period of time.
This shit is uncanny, like seeing John now is so nice just looking at this it scares me. There's something off, it just seems like a fictional analogue horror production with the old footage, the schizophrenic notebooks. I'm so glad he's alive and well today.
I completely agree, some of my favorite albums are the ones where he's completely in pieces like Niandra LaDes. It's definantly not for everyone but when you get in the right mind-set you get so much emotion and feeling from the songs it's incredible. His music back then was like a journey into a soul of someone begging for help.
Everytime i listen to his flawless performance at slane castle i wonder how much of this misery and linsanity comes out in those emotionally intense solos
interviewed by the police after the fact and Rivers family requested the 2 songs they wrote for Liandra be taken off the album. The whole situation sucks bc they were like soul mates and were extremely close and I think that the whole thing drove John deeper into his addiction. Its crazy bc I am a huge fan of both guys and this period of Johns life was extremely sad in many different ways
thanks for posting this interview, its great for ppl to see past all the glamour and glitz of being a so called "rock star".. i've been close to where john was and its not fun.....
This guy is amazing, I've been where he was, I kicked it in 2012. I thought it gave my music so much soul. He's with us now compliments of Devine intervention.
yeah of course say intereviewer in response to john in another dimension lol... this phase of his is about death, he had to die on certain levels so he could live free of the usual concerns that separate you from the moment in which you create music...."you mind if I play one from then?"... still humble, not imposing on anyone even though people impose on him with what they feel he is supposed to do... he survived because of his honesty...i don't support drugs but i try not to judge, some people do more harm as owners of a company to their employees or as a parent
Geez, I almost felt physically ill watching that. I wasn't expecting him to look so... on the brink of death. Like all of you, I'm just glad he picked himself up and became the Jesus of contemporary guitarists.
It’s tragic if you know the story of how he got here. It’s one of life’s unfair, cruel lessons of the harshness of the world. Anthony was insecure, jealous, and cruel to John bc he recognized his immense talent and greater skill variability. John also had a beautiful voice which probably threatened Anthony. Poor guy looked up to him and was just stoked to be apart of the band. He ends up here, like this. Anthony goes on to a life of fame and frontman legacy. It’s not fair. John was a good guy and sport. It’s not right that heart of gold people who aren’t diabolical or manipulative are those who lose the harshest and the meanest, and absolutely never deserve it.
Remember he fell into a pretty deep depression after the Chili Peppers where he thought he was a terrible guitar player/musician and thought he would never be able to play so he focused on painting instead. So he was pretty rusty up until Californication came out.
I hate it so much when everyone is like "this was just...so sad", seroisly he chose to go into this state and even now he says that the whole experience (1993-1997) was somthing that he really needed to do as a person. John states that during that time he was traveling into himself and figuring his spirituality out and how he fit into it all. Even though he is glad hes out of that place, he says it was the best thing he ever did and enabled him to be who he is now. He does not regret it.
It's funny just thinking about it, and how amazing he's been since, but when you think into it, this is really upsetting. He almost died, it's a miracle he actually survived.
when you're there it's so hard to get back....you've been so far and then you're back....probably the best fight of your life ! you are for me one of the best creativ musician on earth.
Its sad to see him in that state but honestly he is who he is today because of his past experiences with drugs. Same goes with all the peppers. They are so inspirational, John mainly, to see and listen to their outlooks on life. The book Scar Tissue summarized it up for me
I can clearly see the Syd Barrett influence in him in his early 20s. I'm 25 and have lived this life style since my late teens right when I became a huge fan of both Barrett and Frusciante. I threw myself into a drug-fuelled-experimental phase in life trying to figure myself out as well as life itself. Love Syd Barrett but it's dangerous being one of his fans lol.
Sounds like you were experimenting with the wrong drugs. "Experimenting" can mean a guided psychedelic retreat in the Amazon rainforest with lasting benefits or it can mean doing uppers all night every night until you have a heart attack or doing smack which almost always results in addiction and ruining ones life. I see drug use as being about personal choice of which there are many. This video is an example of someone who made a very bad choice.
Man, this is John Frusciante, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers ex-guitarrist,he is a genius and he was considered the best guitar player in the last 30 years :) this video is only showing what drugs can do with a person,it's very sad, but nowadays he is fine.
anyone who loves his music should be immensely happy to see him alive and healthy now...plus, he's more creative now than ever. but, there's something about that draw to the dark side that is so seductive to creative people. it's interesting. he'd be the first to admit to that, im sure. that thing he said about reading about bowie and other 603/70s musicians taking drugs when you yourself are out, to live vicariously through them..totally have done that. weird times. :/ happy he's doing well now
Completely fucked. A terrible part of his life, so glad he's okay now, in the Chilli Peppers or not.
And this was AFTER he wrote under the bridge...
D3c56789 Slayer uhhh Anthony wrote under the bridge ...
Badbanax negatory, john wrote the song it's debatable if Anthony wrote his lyrics but john wrote the song
He looked really heroin chic tho
He’s back with him! Praise The Most High!!!
Dude looked like he was 2 seconds away from dying and yet he's still with us today, thankfully. Scary to see someone in such a bad physical state like this.
For him to overcome his addiction and create Californication after his rehabilitation is remarkable. He's a pure genius and so glad he is still here.
I just wish the peppers were a good band aside from the fact that he’s in them.. they aren’t. Every song is the same.
@@jadedwitness9840 Music industry is as much business as artistry. They have an undeniable formula for sucess, and this goes well hand-in-hand with what they want to do as a group artistically.
Also, I disagree on every album and music being similar. This band is 40 years old, and I assume you are looking at the last decade..Anthony's rapping stopped circa 1998....the heavy funk-metal stopped by 1989. They are very different today.
This man was so close to death here. It's in his eyes. I'm so happy he made it out.
just to see this make me sad, but i'm grad he's alive and clean now, i don't care if he's on the rhcp or not, there's no one like John and to lose him could have been one of the hardest thing.
Yeaaa i dont think hes clean today
@@samuelroberts9243 he is
HES BACK 😁
“I love playing with flea”
“I love playing with chad”
“I love looking into my amp”
“I love the shapes”
“I love the sound”
Anthony- 🤨
Anthony was cruel to him at that time. John was younger and admired Anthony.
but I wasn't happy with anything else
@Lala Loopsy not true he has proven his lyricism through countless songs but he does fuck up his singing on the occasion
"... looking at all the shapes of sound floating around ..."
He said " looking " not love
Thank god john made it through this area
Welcome back Jhon Frusciante (2019)
I actually was looking for this comment 😂😂😂😂😂😂😍💗💗💗💗💗💗
Hell Yaaa awesome Christmas gifts🌶🌶🌶
Movie scripts and mathematics. Heroin is a hell of a drug!
why?
@@antonsupalov3855 Did you pay attention to his notebooks? The pages were all incomprehensive. Listen to how bad he sang and played. He didn't even bother to tune.
@@JoseHenrique-xg1lp to be honest it was eerily good imo
Looks like more than just Heroin too. Heroin is a drowsy drug. Look at how wide open his eyes are, that's gotta be crack or meth. Maybe coke
He was on crack too.
My god. Seeing this interview has made me so sad and scared for his life, even though I know it has a happy ending in the end. Drugs really mess you up. And I'm so glad he's okay now. John, live forever.
I think his notebooks are on heroin too
Sad but funny 😂😂😂😂😂😂😭
I'm a musician as well, and I had my own spurt with heroin. I also had a notebook I would use to write lyrics, and some of it is borderline illegible. Its so crazy to look back on it now. I still have it somewhere. He probably wrote a lot of that shit while nodding out
Tyler Durden that’s the funniest comment I’ve ever seen on UA-cam I spit my drink out ....
I could see some heroin splatters on one of those pages. That's what it looked like for sure
Lololol
If only John could have gotten through to Layne to show him it was possible.
Layne was far too gone and heartbroken. All we'd could do was watch him burnout like a flamming comet
@@sharinganchidori100 Not really. Layne could very well be alive now if he had access to a doctor that could legally prescribe him controlled doses of medical-grade heroin and crack. From 1982 to 1995, Dr. John Marks prescribed legal pharmaceutical heroin, amphetamine and cocaine/ crack for 450 addicts in the UK: m.ua-cam.com/video/Zy_86iVhmkQ/v-deo.html The crimes commited by addicts dropped in 93 percent. Their health was significantly improved as they were using clean drugs instead of black market adulterated garbage, cut with substances even more noxious than the drugs themselves. Many addicts became productive members of society. And Marks had zero overdose deaths between his patients, even though addicts injected alone at home and some of them took truly massive doses - simply because the drugs were legal and doses were predictable, so that they knew exactly how much they were taking. It was only when the British government put an end to Marks prescription program that addicts went back to street drugs and 41 died within two years and the rest went back to crime and prostitution, showing very clearly that most of the problems attributed to illicit drugs are actually caused by their illegality. Based on Marks prescription program, Switzerland started a national prescription heroin program for addicts who failed at methadone in the 90s. They basically solved their heroin crisis by doing that, dramatically reducing the death, crime and addiction rate. And based on Switzerland's experience, the Netherlands started their own prescription heroin program, and again, it was a huge success, turning criminal problematic addicts into productive members of society - 80 percent of addicts on the Dutch prescription heroin program have some kind of job. Today, tens of thousands of people are dying every year because the illicit heroin supply is poisoned with fentanyl/ fentanyl analogue drugs. Those deaths are avoidable. They would not be happening if users were prescribed measured doses of legal, pharmaceutical heroin.
That was my first thought after watching this interview
@@eduardomunoz2915 Yes 👍 I know layne was heartbroken 💔 and had completely given up,but John is living proof that if you’re down to the very bottom,you can still pick yourself up and start over again.I am a huge Alice In Chains fan and a chili peppers fan‼️I’m just wishing that Layne would have made the turnaround like John did,that’s all‼️😢Layne is sorely missed by many😞💔✌️👍‼️
@@sharinganchidori100 true,and im so sorry that is
Damn, this is hard to watch. Having been a Coke, Heroine, Xtacy & meth user many years ago I remember those "talking corpse moments" all too vividly. It's much more horrifying from the user's perspective & those nightmares never completely leave you. He has my condolences because the drying-out takes years & is worse than death. It's a living hell & a cruel torture we do to ourselves. I'm sad he had to go through it.
Glad you got through it buddy 🖐️
Yes hard to watch...been in and out of recovery since 2004(heroin, crack, booze, xanax)but currently been all good since 11/21/2017...ugh brings back shame...much better now.
Your right! It takes years for your brain to try and mend itself. And sadly, you will never ever be the same as you were before. It's the hardest thing I have ever been through in my life, and it's been two years since I touched any Heroin. Don't ever try it is all I can say, because if it's "your" drug, and that "magic" hits you just right, it's going to be almost too late. You will do anything to continue to relive that feeling.
Can relate 100% dude, a daily struggle for sure. All the best 👌✨
They should show this in schools for those anti-drug talks. I am scared shitless :/
My heart is kinda empty when I see John in this state... He is such a loving person... Thank god he is clean now, anyway he is my god...
He was about as far out as you can go and still make it back. What an amazing accomplishment to make it back from death's doorstep
I wonder if John sometimes looks back to this interview... I imagine myself being him now and I bet it would feel very strange to watch this after so many years... but this is a great example of the fact that there is always hope! Today sucks, tomorrow even more but next week will be awesome!
my man survived an went on to become a god
he's not god but one of the best on earth !
bradley gerard He was great before this period of his life
He literally became jesus
God my dick he fucking blows
@@stephensullivan1879 he does not fuckin blow. A lot of his guitar parts are a lot more difficult than they sound. I dont know if you even play guitar, but go learn Snow on guitar if he blows. Dude is seriously under rated as a guitarist. Greatest ever? Not even close, but hes definitely a killer guitarist, no way around it.
He was a full on smackhead, amd his life looked like it was coming to the end. I am so so so glad he is back, healthy and clean now. Because he is one of the greatest guitarist ever. And we need him and his amazing music
And this wasn't even when he was at his worst. I'm so glad he made it back and he's alive and healthy now.
This made me cry. Seeing John like that. He was going through a horrible period in his life and I'm SO glad that he got over his addiction because not many people can.
I'm happy that he's healthy again...
Wise up
he was a big syd barrett fan, regularly covers his songs
and his story is worryingly similar to syds
Man, this really hit me hard, John is probably my favourite guitarist and someone I'd want to be like, watching at him like this, singing and playing like that gave me more goosebumps than even his best solos (Which usually give me a lot of feels). It's just sad
Trust me dude, you dont want that smoke
2:40 --> 2:45 scared the living hell out of the person sitting next to me 😂
I woke my neighbours up.
With headphones on.
Lol
Makes me sad seeing him this way but I'm thankful he was strong enough to get himself together. He might be high but he's very sincere and honest. I know he never cared for the spotlight but his music is a gift to everyone and will continue to be.
my god. that notebook he showed. his brain is totally broken. so glad that he pulled through. the crazy thing is that he looks like a COMPLETELY different person. when i first saw this i was freaking out. really sad.
I was only seven at this time, saw it for the first time about six years ago. I think that if I was as big a fan of John Frusciante in 1994 as I have been for the last ten or so years, I would probably have been so upset I would've cried for weeks and probably been depressed for years. He is such a talented musician and an inspiration to me. I hope to one day turn my passion for music into something as tangible as he has done. Long live.
I remember watching this over and over when I was about 13 and vowing to keep myself and everyone I love the HELL away from drugs for as long as I lived. I'm so thankful my hero here got better in the late 90's.
Kinda pitiful to see him like this. The good thing is that this isn't the last way we saw him. The nice thing is that he didn't die from his addiction. It's pretty inspiring.
I cant believe its John Frusciante :(
A shadow of himself
Jesus this is depressing, how close he was to death how far away he is now. Man its crazy
Doesn't get much more rock and roll than this.
Yea, if RR is a life of misery and pain, and two steps away from death.
This isn't rock n roll.. This videos clearly is a low point in John's life, he's one of the most gifted musicians of our time but he took the wrong path somewhere down the line. This is actually really sad and painful to watch. Rock n Roll isn't about the drugs and booze.. It's all about the music and its rebellious nature.. Basically what I'm trying to say is you don't have to be a drug addict to be a rock star.. The good thing is he seems okay now and back with the RHCP hopefully making some more of that beautiful music...
Daanesh Sharma Don’t get me wrong, I know people can be great at whatever without drugs and I’m not trying to glorify drug use in anyway but with that said, I’ve thought a lot lately about what RHCP would be without the extensive drug use. It was such big part of all of them at one point or another and before they were (IMO) writing really good melodic songs they were putting on shows with fast paced unique sounding music. I feel like in their case drugs actually had a huge part in what made them what/who they are
i honestly think his music at this point was one of the most beautiful things
It's an acquired taste and it's bad that he was all jacked up on heroin
But to see that deeply into someone's soul through a tape recorder is just amazing..
I mean, he did so much with just a crappy guitar or two, not even drums
he made so much happen....
Niandra is one of my fav albums.
It’s so weird that Niandra is actually his masterpiece, like it’s better than anything the Peppers ever did… but he was on the verge of death
lol how can you be serious about that 😂
I think he’s beautiful here as well. Haunted but gorgeous.
Niandra was almost completly recorded at the same time as Blood sugar sex magic!!! He didn't make much music afterwards... even the songs in "Smile..." were old songs, songs taken off from the Niandra recording session
.. At this stage, he hardly recorded anything. I think the only ones where "Life's a Bath", " I Can't See Until I See Your Eyes " , "Estress" ....this songs (from SMiles from the streets you hold) really reflect´s this period of time.
"slipped into another dimension... turned into an interviewer"lol !
This shit is uncanny, like seeing John now is so nice just looking at this it scares me. There's something off, it just seems like a fictional analogue horror production with the old footage, the schizophrenic notebooks.
I'm so glad he's alive and well today.
I didn't know he was like this.......
When ever I see John like this it makes me wanna break down and cry, but thank God its all over and hes fine now(:
I completely agree, some of my favorite albums are the ones where he's completely in pieces like Niandra LaDes. It's definantly not for everyone but when you get in the right mind-set you get so much emotion and feeling from the songs it's incredible. His music back then was like a journey into a soul of someone begging for help.
Ive been an opiate addict myself...not to this caliber...but almost...this guy is lucky he made it...so am I
Ive been worse than him. It destroys your soul
Everytime i listen to his flawless performance at slane castle i wonder how much of this misery and linsanity comes out in those emotionally intense solos
interviewed by the police after the fact and Rivers family requested the 2 songs they wrote for Liandra be taken off the album. The whole situation sucks bc they were like soul mates and were extremely close and I think that the whole thing drove John deeper into his addiction. Its crazy bc I am a huge fan of both guys and this period of Johns life was extremely sad in many different ways
Damn, this is brutal. So glad he seems to be doing well now. He's so talented.
thanks for posting this interview, its great for ppl to see past all the glamour and glitz of being a so called "rock star".. i've been close to where john was and its not fun.....
Maan seeing him all strung out like that makes me really sad :(
So glad he got clean
The message here is JUST SAY NO!
The cat sitting on the back of the couch is a vibe
Breaks my heart to see John like that :(
This guy is amazing, I've been where he was, I kicked it in 2012. I thought it gave my music so much soul. He's with us now compliments of Devine intervention.
Its crazy, this man went through so much. He was totally unrecognizable
Imagine how difficult it is for him to watch this
My thoughts:( heartbreaking
This reminds me Of my brother, I cannot stop watching this video , only to give myself hope my brother comes out of his addiction.
Sometimes i rewatch this to better perceive/listen to his earlier solo stuff, it speaks way more when u try and gauge his despair :)
“I was happy when I was on stage and I was looking at flea, or was looking at chad…”
Guess who the problem was?
Thanks for pulling through and giving us great music, John.
Mathematics LOL
It makes more sense if you take your face out of your ass
Idiot
“Because I love you”
John to Flea from his deepest and darkest pit. ❤️
wow, he's so devasteted..he's one of my fav guitarist..I'm happy that now he is out of drugs
Completely geeked out here. Glad he found his way to better health and better days.
Scary as hell. It’s a miracle he didn’t die
yeah of course say intereviewer in response to john in another dimension lol...
this phase of his is about death, he had to die on certain levels so he could live
free of the usual concerns that separate you from the moment in which you create
music...."you mind if I play one from then?"... still humble, not imposing on anyone
even though people impose on him with what they feel he is supposed to do...
he survived because of his honesty...i don't support drugs but i try not to judge,
some people do more harm as owners of a company to their employees or as a parent
Jeez, if you ever feel like you can't improve, just watch this. You can come back from death
It makes me cry so much i love him so much !
Geez, I almost felt physically ill watching that. I wasn't expecting him to look so... on the brink of death. Like all of you, I'm just glad he picked himself up and became the Jesus of contemporary guitarists.
damn i fucking cried. hardest thing to watch, prepare yourselves.
It's pretty sad to see a idol that way. Thanks goodness he's turned his life around.
It’s tragic if you know the story of how he got here. It’s one of life’s unfair, cruel lessons of the harshness of the world. Anthony was insecure, jealous, and cruel to John bc he recognized his immense talent and greater skill variability. John also had a beautiful voice which probably threatened Anthony. Poor guy looked up to him and was just stoked to be apart of the band.
He ends up here, like this. Anthony goes on to a life of fame and frontman legacy. It’s not fair. John was a good guy and sport. It’s not right that heart of gold people who aren’t diabolical or manipulative are those who lose the harshest and the meanest, and absolutely never deserve it.
this is so sad seeing my hero like this. im so glad hes clean now
Remember he fell into a pretty deep depression after the Chili Peppers where he thought he was a terrible guitar player/musician and thought he would never be able to play so he focused on painting instead. So he was pretty rusty up until Californication came out.
I hate it so much when everyone is like "this was just...so sad", seroisly he chose to go into this state and even now he says that the whole experience (1993-1997) was somthing that he really needed to do as a person. John states that during that time he was traveling into himself and figuring his spirituality out and how he fit into it all. Even though he is glad hes out of that place, he says it was the best thing he ever did and enabled him to be who he is now. He does not regret it.
It hurts so much to see him like this
The genius behind RHCP
DANM he was fucked up. he looks so out of it and just all together gone. and when he said "mathematics"? WHAT THE FUCK??? but am happy he is fine now
It's funny just thinking about it, and how amazing he's been since, but when you think into it, this is really upsetting. He almost died, it's a miracle he actually survived.
when you're there it's so hard to get back....you've been so far and then you're back....probably the best fight of your life ! you are for me one of the best creativ musician on earth.
The guitar is seriously out of tune xD
this is scary :S
soul destroying to see your hero in this state :(
Slipped into another dimension there..
Fuck the saddest part about this is such a quality musician would let his guitar fall out of tune....thats fuckin sad.
You should listen some of his albums, so much pain and joy at the same time, its hard to describe, even if he is in this sad moment of his life...
so so sad to see how much emotional pain this man was in.
Interviewer: How have you been?
John: Good
Clearly not lmao!
this interview is very disturbing but somehow, quite beautiful
1:34 it's all gibberish. this is sad to watch. when you're chronically high, you think you're a genius/
Its sad to see him in that state but honestly he is who he is today because of his past experiences with drugs. Same goes with all the peppers. They are so inspirational, John mainly, to see and listen to their outlooks on life. The book Scar Tissue summarized it up for me
man its so fucking sad how bad he got, I'm so glad he has better times ahead.
I died laughing when he said he fills up a notebook every couple of weeks and it cut to his huge ass handwriting
‘cus i like playing with you’ i understand that. you appreciate the company, everything else is painful
notice he didn't mention anthony? i dnt think he wanted to work with him anymore
this is heartbreaking.
I can clearly see the Syd Barrett influence in him in his early 20s. I'm 25 and have lived this life style since my late teens right when I became a huge fan of both Barrett and Frusciante. I threw myself into a drug-fuelled-experimental phase in life trying to figure myself out as well as life itself. Love Syd Barrett but it's dangerous being one of his fans lol.
Sounds like you were experimenting with the wrong drugs. "Experimenting" can mean a guided psychedelic retreat in the Amazon rainforest with lasting benefits or it can mean doing uppers all night every night until you have a heart attack or doing smack which almost always results in addiction and ruining ones life. I see drug use as being about personal choice of which there are many. This video is an example of someone who made a very bad choice.
@@tastemaker_87 i agree with you. I was young and didn't know. Im doing way better these days.
@@sharinganchidori100 that's why they say "youth is wasted on the young" I'm glad I turned down drugs when I was younger. I would have died
it's so sad seeing John like this
john is an example for every addict in this world.... he needed this to be what hes now .....Aguante frusciante and the red hot
Poor guy!! I think his own heart breaks, when he sees this!!!!
He was talking about anthony with the thigh kick & masculinity thing
just glad we didnt lose another great guitarist to heroin, bums me out everyday that i'll never get to see brad from sublime live :(
its so good to seee him recovered and writing agian
Man, this is John Frusciante, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers ex-guitarrist,he is a genius and he was considered the best guitar player in the last 30 years :) this video is only showing what drugs can do with a person,it's very sad, but nowadays he is fine.
look at the page they show as he say "mathematics"
anyone who loves his music should be immensely happy to see him alive and healthy now...plus, he's more creative now than ever. but, there's something about that draw to the dark side that is so seductive to creative people. it's interesting. he'd be the first to admit to that, im sure. that thing he said about reading about bowie and other 603/70s musicians taking drugs when you yourself are out, to live vicariously through them..totally have done that. weird times. :/ happy he's doing well now
“Movie scripts and mathematics” lmao, classic!!!
seeing john like that made me cry
man....this interview both scares and depresses the hell out of me.