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Justin Hawkins explains why he thinks John Frusciante is overrated
In his podcast, The Darkness guitarist discussed why he gets “nothing from John Frusciante’s guitar playing” – and why he thinks no good rock 'n' roll has ever been played on a PRS
Mike Watt: “I think for every 7-string bass they should make a 1-string!”
The patriarch of punk unravels his punk rock roots and the making of his 1995 solo album Ball-Hog or Tugboat?
Josh Klinghoffer thinks Red Hot Chili Peppers were making “cooler music” with him: “I was shocked when I heard their new record”
The guitarist says he doesn’t want to badmouth his former band, but the experience of hearing their latest recordings with John Frusciante was “tough”
Watch the trailer for Flea’s new podcast series
First guests on the show will include Rick Rubin, Patti Smith and Thundercat
Watch Vulpeck's Joe Dart break down Flea and Victor Wooten's slap bass technique
How Will Smith brought back, er, slap: "The two main slap basslines of our generation were Will Smith samples..."
John Frusciante gets struck with cramp, forcing him to stretch his fretting fingers in the middle of a blistering live solo
The 53-year-old succumbed to cramp despite having one of the most intense warm-up routines around, which includes plenty of finger strengthening and a Sous Vide cooking machine
John Frusciante says this YouTuber’s mindblowing theory on the secret to his Scar Tissue sound is... dead on
The Red Hot Chili Peppers man says Paul Davids’ idea about his Scar Tissue tuning is absolutely right – he just didn’t know he’d done it
Why Flea’s bass track had to be fixed in the mix on Alanis Morissette's hit record
Mix Engineer Chris Fogel: “Flea was way out of time on You Oughta Know”
Watch a 17-year-old John Frusciante shred like a hair-metal guitar hero in newly unearthed footage
One year before he joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Frusciante could be found tearing up the fretboard of a Kramer-inspired SuperStrat with two-hand tapping, blinding legato and Floyd Rose whammy bar squeals
