This month Rockfile finds John Frusciante, guitarist with the fabulously wonderful Red Hot Chili Peppers, giving the low-down on the more comic side of his life and throwing in some strange tales of sex majik. You have been warned!
John Frusciante
Name:
John Anthony Frusciante
Date of Birth:
5th March 1970
Previous Occupation:
None
Favourite Chili Peppers track:
I don’t own anything, the universe does (obviously misunderstood the question)
First record that you bought:
Kiss ‘Alive’
Favourite item of clothing:
Rain
Favourite Musician:
Flea
Favourite Food:
Cigarettes
Ideal night in:
Listening to the Velvet Underground, lying on my couch
Describe your bedroom:
Loft-style, decorated with Syd Barrett, Velvet Underground and David Bowie Ziggy Stardust posters.
Name the books that have been most significant in your life:
Sexus: The Rosy Crucifixion 1 by Henry Miller; anything by Krishnamurti
Would you have cosmetic surgery:
No
Best friends:
Bill, Flea, Anthony, Randy
Person you most despise
I wouldn’t contaminate this page with their name
Irrational fears or phobias:
They are not mine, they are evil invaders of my space (again, some confusion over the question)
Worst habit:
Picking my nose in public
Biggest mistake of your life:
I learn from them all
Biggest triumph of your life to date:
Making the new album, ‘Blood Sugar Sex Magik’
First sexual experience:
Getting head from Rachel listening to ‘Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy’ by Brian Eno
Strangest place you’ve had sex:
In a cave with an invisible girl in Costa Rica
Sexual fetish:
Woddy Allen
Most interesting place visited while on tour:
The cosmic red sky that the energy of our music creates on stage
Do you believe in life after death:
The only thing that separates life and death at all are the words
Guiding motto:
None
Last will and testament
None
Interview by Trish Jaega