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.
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.
@@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.th-cam.com/video/Zy_86iVhmkQ/w-d-xo.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😞💔✌️👍‼️
@@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.
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
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 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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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
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 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...
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....
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.
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
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.
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
Not without adding. Hillel Slovak, Andrew Wood, Kurt Cobain, Scott Weiland, Chris Cornell, Chester Bennington; as the list goes on, I ease myself to change the subject 😢
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.
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.....
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
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 really don't want to write a comment that i feel is important in someway at all and have it misunderstood entirely. the first time i watched this interview was a year and a half ago, more or less. ever since ive discovered john as an artist which was approximatly the same time ive always looked up to the music he has made and the abnormal addictions he has come to learn from which is rare. since watching that video, and watching it again i can see what john is actuly feeling at certain
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.
I hope more of his art from this time will be released, but I doubt it. There was a fire in his apartment and a lot of his guitars, notebooks and recordings were destroyed. He says in an old interview that he also gave some of his early recordings dating back to his teenage years to a friend and they got lost. Bummer.
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.
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
yeah i noticed he said that as well but i've never heard or read any thing about anthony and john not getting along. maybe one day he'll speak up about it.
moments. i hate writing this because i don't know if im correct in any way at all. besides john as a person which is a legend not like many other musicans for generaly the music they have made but how intreasting of a person he is, and i only know what ive barely reasearched and proably didn't interpet correctly in any way. besides the small talk which i hope can actualy mean something to anyone in any way at all. i am truly glad i have come to have grow as the person i am to truly appreicate
i agree with every word. it's been almost traumatic for me to see this man who i love more than my dad in this situation..but after all, he kinda had to go through this whole experiences because that made him what he is today. back in BSSM days, he was a just a little egoist spoiled little teenager. the near-death experience he had when there was a fire in his house (which he barely escaped) changed his whole perspective. and RHCP music was different if he didnt went through all this stuff.
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.
He was in such pain, So Glad that he turned his Life around. He actually inspired me to pick up the guitar and give it a shot. Anthony used to Bully him so much, not sure if that's what lead him down that path of using, but I'm sure it didn't help
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.
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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.
This man was so close to death here. It's in his eyes. I'm so happy he made it out.
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.
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🌶🌶🌶
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.
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...
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.th-cam.com/video/Zy_86iVhmkQ/w-d-xo.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
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.
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 TH-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
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 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.
he was a big syd barrett fan, regularly covers his songs
and his story is worryingly similar to syds
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.
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.
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
"slipped into another dimension... turned into an interviewer"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.
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 👌✨
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.
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 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
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.
Thanks for pulling through and giving us great music, John.
Jesus this is depressing, how close he was to death how far away he is now. Man its crazy
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.
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.
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
Sometimes i rewatch this to better perceive/listen to his earlier solo stuff, it speaks way more when u try and gauge his despair :)
The cat sitting on the back of the couch is a vibe
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(:
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
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 crazy, this man went through so much. He was totally unrecognizable
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
Imagine how great it would be if layne Staley would have made the same recovery as john frusciante.
Not without adding. Hillel Slovak, Andrew Wood, Kurt Cobain, Scott Weiland, Chris Cornell, Chester Bennington; as the list goes on, I ease myself to change the subject 😢
This reminds me Of my brother, I cannot stop watching this video , only to give myself hope my brother comes out of his addiction.
I cant believe its John Frusciante :(
A shadow of himself
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.
Damn, this is brutal. So glad he seems to be doing well now. He's so talented.
I didn't know he was like this.......
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.....
It makes me cry so much i love him so much !
Completely geeked out here. Glad he found his way to better health and better days.
wow, he's so devasteted..he's one of my fav guitarist..I'm happy that now he is out of drugs
Maan seeing him all strung out like that makes me really sad :(
So glad he got clean
The message here is JUST SAY NO!
Breaks my heart to see John like that :(
The genius behind RHCP
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
damn i fucking cried. hardest thing to watch, prepare yourselves.
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...
this is so sad seeing my hero like this. im so glad hes clean now
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
its so good to seee him recovered and writing agian
This is so sad to watch but at the same time,happy that John is okay now.How I wish,Layne also made it through.😥
“Because I love you”
John to Flea from his deepest and darkest pit. ❤️
It’s great that he is ok and he back with rhcp can’t wait to here the new album
Jeez, if you ever feel like you can't improve, just watch this. You can come back from death
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
Scary as hell. It’s a miracle he didn’t die
Happy birthday John.
Imagine how difficult it is for him to watch this
My thoughts:( heartbreaking
this is heartbreaking.
it kills me seeing him like this, it honestly makes me feel so sad to think he was like that. im soooo glad he's better now.
so so sad to see how much emotional pain this man was in.
i really don't want to write a comment that i feel is important in someway at all and have it misunderstood entirely. the first time i watched this interview was a year and a half ago, more or less. ever since ive discovered john as an artist which was approximatly the same time ive always looked up to the music he has made and the abnormal addictions he has come to learn from which is rare. since watching that video, and watching it again i can see what john is actuly feeling at certain
It hurts so much to see him like this
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.
seeing john like that made me cry
I hope more of his art from this time will be released, but I doubt it. There was a fire in his apartment and a lot of his guitars, notebooks and recordings were destroyed. He says in an old interview that he also gave some of his early recordings dating back to his teenage years to a friend and they got lost. Bummer.
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.
man....this interview both scares and depresses the hell out of me.
I died laughing when he said he fills up a notebook every couple of weeks and it cut to his huge ass handwriting
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
soul destroying to see your hero in this state :(
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
definitely one of my favorite guitarists
yeah i noticed he said that as well but i've never heard or read any thing about anthony and john not getting along. maybe one day he'll speak up about it.
It's pretty sad to see a idol that way. Thanks goodness he's turned his life around.
So glad he made it out of all that! Amazing!
Did he ever record the song he plays in this video?
If so, what is the name of it?
I actually really enjoy the guitar.
moments. i hate writing this because i don't know if im correct in any way at all. besides john as a person which is a legend not like many other musicans for generaly the music they have made but how intreasting of a person he is, and i only know what ive barely reasearched and proably didn't interpet correctly in any way. besides the small talk which i hope can actualy mean something to anyone in any way at all. i am truly glad i have come to have grow as the person i am to truly appreicate
i agree with every word. it's been almost traumatic for me to see this man who i love more than my dad in this situation..but after all, he kinda had to go through this whole experiences because that made him what he is today. back in BSSM days, he was a just a little egoist spoiled little teenager. the near-death experience he had when there was a fire in his house (which he barely escaped) changed his whole perspective. and RHCP music was different if he didnt went through all this stuff.
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.
notice he didn't mention anthony? i dnt think he wanted to work with him anymore
He was in such pain, So Glad that he turned his Life around. He actually inspired me to pick up the guitar and give it a shot. Anthony used to Bully him so much, not sure if that's what lead him down that path of using, but I'm sure it didn't help
I Love him
im so glad john is ok
john is an example for every addict in this world.... he needed this to be what hes now .....Aguante frusciante and the red hot
What song is John playing at 2:17?! It sounds good lyric-wise and I like the guitar. I really want to know! thx
this interview is very disturbing but somehow, quite beautiful
man its so fucking sad how bad he got, I'm so glad he has better times ahead.
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.
i can hope for you fifleman that seeing this video could instill some hope for you and recovery. i truly wish you well.