The story of John Frusciante, told through a collection of video filmed during his time with the Red Hot Chili Peppers from 1989 to 1993, & again from 1999 to 2008, & the especially dark periods of his life between those years.
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@spidey51664 роки тому
Who's here after they announced Frusciante coming back to RHCP
@Prodbystaymes4 роки тому
Rainingman right here
@RochelleEskue4 роки тому
I'm here wishing him a Happy Belated.
@Redfoxx4eva4 роки тому
@@RochelleEskue 5:36 im here for this.
@PaulMendes044 роки тому
who knew world will be greater again..
@Khazoumi4 роки тому
the only good thing that happened in 2020
@savannahsmith8616Рік тому
Hey everyone. I’m Troy’s (Everyday Struggles) sister. I just wanted to let everyone know that he passed away last month. A couple weeks before he passed he got to see John and the rest of RHCP live. He was so happy and I was so so happy for him that he got to see John. He was also very proud of this compilation video. He loved RHCP. I miss him dearly. Rest In Peace brother.
@MarkWilliams-xu7doРік тому
I’m sorry to hear that and pray for your peace Savannah.
@Vize_IronРік тому
I'm so sorry for your loss. Can't even imagine what your going through, my sister means everything to me and I'm sure you meant the world to Troy. Much love, and stay strong!
@lunastellare3916Рік тому
Sorry for your loss 🙏🤍💫
@mehdalinРік тому
💗💗💗💗
@QuixotikelixerРік тому
I’m sorry for your loss. May his soul rest in peace
@Lebowski555 років тому
I love John Frusciante. He was destined to join the brilliant musicians dead at 27 club. But he didn’t. He pushed through and made his absolute best art after his recovery. Fucking inspiring
@scarlettgomez71173 роки тому
That's what made me love him even more ♥️ he reborn from chaos as bird phoenix
@davidwile12773 роки тому
His best art was pre heroin
@sheila112272 роки тому
Hell Yeah!!!
@Sprtschk2 роки тому
Eh, he's never topped Niandra. Jmo, of course...
@aleksastamenkovic55262 роки тому
@@Sprtschk Idk i actually prefer smile from the streets you hold, but its very subjective. To me that album is otherwordly.
@Luapnampahc5 років тому
I remember him saying that music isn't just about the notes. He said music includes the silence between the notes. Like the space between molecules.
@larrygarza3615 років тому
That's tight
@TheMeridian8085 років тому
Wow... How much time did it take you for completing that deep notion into a sentence...
@Chacaraman5 років тому
Isn't this what the short weird looking man told the guy playing the trumpet
@billpeart4 роки тому
Bill bruford was quoted many years ago saying that rhythm is the space between the beat
@Luapnampahc4 роки тому
@@billpeart Cool, thanks. Learnt something today
@samhain1835 років тому
"and flea said not everyone can hear the ghosts...only we can hear them." God I love Flea
@brianmcpartlan86645 років тому
hahahaha true that
@fordelianas54694 роки тому
I love Flea's love for John
@ICee7124 роки тому
@G Worsham BSSM was the album he was referring to hearing ghosts on. I recall him saying he grew to despise Under the Bridge because it represented the fame and money that he hated
@jazcastellanos1874 роки тому
thats a real friend right there
@codiejman5334 роки тому
yupp people tend to forget that Flea and his funky bass playing is a big part of how they got on the road to success. Yes John propelled them to the next level but put a mediocre bass player in there and it wouldnt be the same. at the end of the day i get those bass rhythms stuck in my head just as much as any other part of their sound. if not more.
@bigbowlowrong46944 роки тому
John’s junkie phase music sounds like the random shit that goes through my mind when I have a bad fever.
@chicanapunkLA4 роки тому
Lol, yes yes
@glacierfruits53503 роки тому
I actually unironically love niandra lades and usually just a t shirt, I'm so glad he didn't make another as he'd probably be dead before the end; but it's a fucked up twisted beautiful mess and it got me through some shitty places
@jmpsthrufyre3 роки тому
But fever dreams are when shit gets real fr fr
@RPostVideos3 роки тому
I have not had this has of a fever ever. LMBO 😂
@mham835 років тому
I really get a good vibe from Flea, he seems like a very genuine human being
@beemelonhead13 роки тому
Everyone talks about John's guitar skills and I agree. He's one of my faves but one thing I've always noticed and loved about him is his harmonies he sings behind Anthony. They are beautiful and adds so much to the songs.
@astoerbrauck6 років тому
Without John, the RHCP would've never get where he has brought them. As a musician John Frusciante is a whole different level.
@FreakinRican69695 років тому
really though, who cares? at this point in their career, they have NOTHING to prove anymore. they're still playing cause they love to do so. what's wrong with that? be grateful of the music they made instead of constantly comparing it....
@travisperry45155 років тому
frusciante is the reason that klinghoffer is with rhcp so they still have him to thank
@SebastianGerges5 років тому
honestly
@CP-kb1du5 років тому
100% Fact
@DaytonaCharger1075 років тому
@@FreakinRican6969 Every single RHCP fan should care. The best music came about when John was in the band, and THAT is why they are still playing today. John, Flea, and Chad are one of the best trios in music. I'm thankful to have been around since John's joining the band and old enough to remember it as they were hitting it big. I've seen them in concert many times and the best were with John. Josh K. can play well but his backing vocals and improvisation while playing live just does not compare to how great John was while in RHCP. No worries, I still bought the 2 CDs that they released with Klinger and do enjoy some of the songs. When they come near where I live, I still go see them because I'm still a fan of the RHCP. Peace.
@justinmitchell64885 років тому
Dude walked through Hell, mentally and physically... and lived to tell his tale.
@superawesomescience9113 роки тому
John is one of those dudes that can't help but write music. Regardless of his band status, he's writing and writing and writing. A true musician.
@cch3123 роки тому
Dude was hot as hell when he was young even by today's standards. Glad that he made it through his down times.
@oliviagrace837Рік тому
Yes omg im 15 and couldn’t agree more
@rogerklinck33155 років тому
I am so glad he did not die from the heroin. I sometimes wonder if John knows how admired he is by so many. I for one think he is a great guitarist, maybe the best I have ever seen.
@charlottehanna90925 років тому
Or heard?
@julienpillonca66862 роки тому
@@charlottehanna9092 or touch ?
@TheRubberMatch2 роки тому
He said recently that the love People still have for him after all these years is large reason he returned to RHCP
@cosmiccomedy7394Рік тому
He knows to some degree certainly and I'm so glad that he knows. He has a special place in my heart because it feels like all the highs and lows that I've experienced John has been there too and he's made incredible art from all the different stages of the journey. His music is like a warm blanket or a pillow I need to scream into. It's hard to put into words the connection he's made me feel but I'm forever grateful for him and his music.
@EH889267 років тому
This video was.... Fruscinating
@koopakid7157 років тому
Eric Hubacheck stupid. get out
@EH889267 років тому
Diego Garcia :( so stupid it's....... Frusctrating?
@koopakid7157 років тому
Eric Hubacheck ok...i wont lie, THAT time i chuckled lol
@skywriter08107 років тому
Eric Hubacheck I found it Fruscianstrating.
@empathcaroline25867 років тому
Eric Hubacheck 😂😃
@F1rstResponder7 років тому
John Frusciante seems to be one of the most interesting humans on the planet. He's just someone you'd almost never likely be able to run into, especially since he seems very reserved with himself and his thoughts, but I find his insight on the world very special.
@jakobholmes69095 років тому
Yeah and if u met him and he wasn't famous you'd prolly treat him like a fart in the wind
@abbynormal345 років тому
There are plenty of weak people on the planet that are addicts. Nothing special about it at all.
@TheMeridian8085 років тому
you're pathetic...
@F1rstResponder4 роки тому
@ijcn0jir3nvjn3fjcifn if i were 12 now then 2 years ago writing this id be 10. Let me know if you find a jf fan that young, most seem to be a lot older lol
@F1rstResponder4 роки тому
@@jakobholmes6909 ok you could argue i know who he is cuz he is famous but his talent is different, so why does that matter
@dilldowschwagginz26744 роки тому
Soul to squeeze was one of his most brilliant guitar pieces. Love that song
@hussydahustla4 роки тому
Dilldow Schwagginz incredible sound
@marccooper764 роки тому
Soul to squeeze was the first cassette tape I ever got. I believe it was around 1994. Still love the song and think about how many times I would listen to it, press rewind, wait, and then listen again.
@MrLouiekang3 роки тому
where i go, i just dont know
@blankfaceduser35965 років тому
You can obviously tell that each of the members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers love each other dearly.
@MikeGervasi5 років тому
We came so close to losing John. Many don't make it. I'm glad he did. RHCP aren;t the same without his guitar and fantastic backing vocals.
@jw89304 роки тому
Flea said it best. He doesn't really care about money. When you have a musician that doesn't care about money, they don't hold back anything and you will witness one of the most beautiful things you will ever see or hear..
@crunchchannel93917 років тому
After he cleaned up and came back he looked way different i thought. Its like the drug stole some of his appearance. I didnt think it was the same guy at first
@janeydoeth8207 років тому
Rondo McBower because his septum collapsed, he had all of his teeth removed and implants put in, and some jaw reconstruction due to a really bad oral infection. He does look much different than 90's Frusciante, but better imo
@kikyosnail14646 років тому
Rondo McBower its because he so fucking hairy now. Trust me if he just shaved he would look way younger
@TheAlmightyClipse6 років тому
Yeah it still fucks with my mind, how he looks nothing like he did.. Completely different facial structure and everything... Everytime I see the John before leaving and the one after, I have a hard time believing it's the same guy, fuck heroin and all the shit he was doing...
@benkeily74546 років тому
Daniela Lobos Pérez aa
@igorpirilo82955 років тому
his nose is bigger than before
@mountainmeister79967 років тому
Well said Flea at the very end, your such a humble man. RESPECT!
@olivergard5726 років тому
its unfortunate that his word were that he respected him musically, but not really as a person. Maybe im reading too much into it but its what that felt like.
@abbynormal345 років тому
Flea should of said, 'he was an addict"
@swaggeristicninja5 років тому
That clip of flea talking about John at the end makes me wanna cry. You can really see the genuine love and appreciation from him
@skywriter08107 років тому
"Breaking the girl"is a valuable song in the repertoire of songs I use for guitar instruction. Most every young player wants to shred, shred and shred. No one spends time on rhythm. This clip of Breaking the girl is great, thanks.
@janeydoeth8207 років тому
Pietro Psalm it is from the documentary Funky Monks, if you want to see more of it and how they recorded the song. You can find it on UKposts 😉
@skywriter08107 років тому
Janey Doeth Thanks, Janey.
@thaidozy7 років тому
Pietro Psalm I was at a drum clinic Chad Smith did about 15 years ago and he said Flea came up with the tom roll in the main drum pattern and how important it is to listen to your band mates and take each others ideas on to make the songs the best they can be. That was a huge moment in my musical development.
@olivershagnasty77047 років тому
Pietro Psalm it sounds like "manic depression" by hendrix, for those who didn't know.
@Z28ak6 років тому
Shredding is just about showing off. Anyone can shred with enough practice. Frusciante makes great music and that is what it is and should always be about !
@pockyeatingpanda3 роки тому
It’s so hard watching the parts where he’s deepest into his addiction. Absolutely heartbreaking.
@Medes064 роки тому
The best guitar player since Hendrix. It is not about how good you are, it is about what you create and mix with the rest of instruments. He is a genius.
@riccardopagnin76344 роки тому
Yeah, bud.
@spencerwells13283 роки тому
Wrong. SRV is better.
@alternativebus14733 роки тому
That would be David Gilmour but I love John
@Medes063 роки тому
@@alternativebus1473 not for me. What john does, or used to do with the peppers it was just amazing. The albums could be better the one from pink floyd, but that's it. Alive and jamming??? that's another level. My opnion
@schizoidman59573 роки тому
that would have been SRV and Rory Gallagher
@Jalerbo4 роки тому
John is truly one unique human being, I love how we know nothing about him, he is like a ghost who left a lot of art behind
@davidkneitel18404 роки тому
He's not the egomaniac, murdering, guy some make him out to be.
@Ulvmannsskjebne5 місяців тому
What do you mean about this? What has happend?
@itzed7 років тому
I have seen all those videos before many times. But you have done a great job arranging them to tell a story. A story that luckily will still continue.
@mcblahflooper946 років тому
Damn I can't imagine how much it'd suck to have footage of your heroin addiction all over the internet.
@MienemLeben5 років тому
There is a lot of artists all over UKposts with that problem!
@CirclingtheFringes5 років тому
I agree, but then again, one can make something very beautifull and strong out of his weakness or imperfections. As a recovered drug addict, i myself went through a hard time with therapy and depression, but now i just did my first lecture to a group of patients. I was so nervous, but i felt it did something with other people. That is a rush as strong as drugs itself.
@MienemLeben5 років тому
Circling the Fringes How long have you been clean now? My 22 year old son is a recovering drug addict. Right now he just got out of jail from possession of LSD, Xanax and Percocet and is in a halfway house in a different state (because he got arrested in a different state)! He now has a felony and no one will rent an apartment to him without being out of jail at the very least a year! It's very sad and it breaks my heart! I attend ALANON meetings to help me cope and knowing I am not the only parent out there going through this! I pray he doesn't relapse! Stay Strong and it's such a good deed speaking to others who are suffering or has suffered as well!
@CirclingtheFringes5 років тому
@@MienemLeben I have been clean for almost 4 years now, and i take one day at a time. Try to be happy with the small things. Everything i do is done because i choose to. Like everything in the past. My advice to every parent is: dont judge too hard. Addiction is an illness, your child is a victim. Try to stay on the good side of him. I know he will make mistakes for sure, and there will be fights. But if you keep talking you can create an open vibe in which both can make mistakes and in which both give and recieve compliments. If you just forbid everything and judge it there is no room for learning and learning means error. Good luck to everyone.
@notsure47465 років тому
If it's any consolation to John, this has far more impact than words ever could in cautioning against heroin use. It reduced a musical giant to rubble, a brilliant mind into a bumbling, scab covered lunatic. And this is someone who could afford a heroin habit, so at his worse he was better off than the average junkie. Don't do heroin, kids. Thankfully he survived the ordeal.
@danbosch-5 років тому
One of the most beautiful things I have ever heard that brings chills to my spine and tears to my eyes almost every time is Frusciante's solo on "I could have lied". Few people can bare their soul with their instrument like he can.
@Germstahh7 років тому
This was great man. I love watching anything I can about John but this video really showcased how much of a great friend Flea was - and still is - to John. Great job
@leonawroth25166 років тому
Great editing. Saw almost all of those parts separately, but to see them in one video put together chronological adds so much information. Thanks for your work :)
@robspunk7 років тому
Thanks, I normally have to find these individually. Love John
@michaelsigala70494 роки тому
I just want to say thank you man. I've always watched this video and was so focused on its art that i never really realized how well put together this is and im appreciative that someone put so much time in to something someone else probably would've just tossed aside. I guess you just got a talent for creating
@jenndelgado856 років тому
This is a beautiful video. Thank you for putting it together.
@luciustitius6 років тому
How i wish John Frusciante would pick up his guitars again, combine them with his fabulous electronica skills and his sensational songwriting abilities and his unique, stirring and authentic voice. I hope he finds the will and the energy to make this happen. I would give a toe if this would persuade him...
@wetham44616 років тому
Lucius Titius he's still making music, brother. he has a youtube channel "johnfrusciantetv"
@fraezma5 років тому
Check out Gustavo Cerati I believe it would be something similar to that
@AshokSingh-bc1zl5 років тому
TheJudge01 underrated comment
@jackillin5 років тому
@TheJudge01 It's because all the default embryos are female with the basic human blueprint having nipples and the X vs Y chromosomes only kick in around week 6 and will then start developing the sex organs of either a male or female.
@dallasonfire6044 роки тому
Have you listened to his album The Empryean ?? Its amazing
@1996Jacqui6 років тому
This is so very well made, thank you so much for putting this all together.
@resonancebody83805 років тому
how u possibly can recover from the state John was in when he stated that he likes to shoot up, back to the sober dedicated full beloved and wanted member of the peppers, playing biggest stages again, is just stunning and inspiring , wonderful
@croman59314 роки тому
this is one of my favorite videos of all time, can't say how many times I've watched it
@trinityforcebfh88877 років тому
I'm so happy to finally see a vid like this, its like all loose parts come together now. Beautiful words of flea at the end. Loved this.
@lv-mh3zi4 роки тому
Very good concept of the video, no anoying background explanations, just raw footage from which you can extract every bit of information you need without interuption.
@jfb11886 років тому
When John first came back to the band, his live playing and the band’s live stuff was so fucking tight. That stuff blew my mind.
@niknarg81506 років тому
frightening what drugs can do with people.
@fuzzyechoes5 років тому
It makes me want to change, but I don't know how.
@rodriguezelfeliz46235 років тому
@@fuzzyechoes just keep trying, no matter how many times you fail, dont give up and step by step yo might make it
@swan15505 років тому
completely changed his voice and appearance so sad
@bromidrosis32385 років тому
Certain drugs you should add. Heroin ruins lives and no good comes from it.
@rebeccaspratling28655 років тому
It's more the addiction and trauma their trying to escape than the drug itself. There's lots of people who use drugs recreational or social who don't become addicts. Their brains aren't deficient in dopamine the way an addicts brain is. To create a world free of drug addiction we must protect children from becoming damaged but sadly that seems impossible these days. 😔
@AirGuitar6 років тому
Really great video dude! John's quickly entering my top 5 guitarists for sure!
@dragon75905 років тому
Been a fan since I was in the 4th grade and Under the Bridge came out. Those images of John all strung out are forever burned in my head and can't tell you how glad I'm for him that he made an amazing recovery and added so much more great music. He's one of those guitar players that plays with his entire heart and soul. If you're going to be a musician or artist of any kind you have to be willing to give it your all and devote that kind of passion to it.
@VaughnBrown19657 років тому
this is awesome. the first time I saw them was in '89 and I've seen them every time I've had the chance ever since then. they were an opening band first time I saw them. they've come a long way and I've grown with them.
@torrespedro24654 роки тому
Now the legend is back
@MyTube77707 років тому
Very strong video. Thanks, man!
@suwarnpant7 років тому
Wow this is what I was looking for....very well made. IMO John has to be one of the greatest guitarist of modern times. His music changed so much after he came back from that dark period. Less punk more 70s vibe & embellishments. I got introduced to chilli peppers in early 2000s, John's tone sticks out and influences almost every song thereafter.
@offdutyjie6 років тому
Frusciante's story really reminds me of like... a sort of fallen superhero type of a story. Really soaring and falling so far deep - beyond self darkness to a deep deep depth far down - And then rebounding and soaring back to the light - coming back and beating himself in the depths of his darkness and coming out so strong and vibrant. Really wished he would of stayed with the RHCP - but I guess sometimes you gotta take a different step in a new direction to explore yourself. I guess his story tells us that you can beat all odds and take matters into your own hands and move yourself forth no matter what you've been through. FRUSCIANTE FOR LIFE!!
@prissiananda10476 років тому
Jie Lee from the Netflix movie I watched, 'to the bones', there was a quote: "many facilities we have prevented ppl from reaching rock bottom, but for some of them the bottom is crucial".
@shebamaree90265 років тому
John's story/life mirrors Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd
@Bigbrotherthunder5 років тому
Jie Lee that’s what he’s always been to me as well. I used to watch this documentary multiple times a week shithoused and fucked up a couple years ago.
@danielblauw29784 роки тому
Without John the rhcp would never have mainstream success
@ponkli64824 роки тому
I genuinely love this man. He’s the reason I continue playing the guitar, or music in general. I strive to have as much of an understanding of music as this wonderful man. So glad that he’s finally back!
@pingponghappytime5 років тому
Nice compilation. Truly one of the most soulful guitarists of the era, who really did come back from the dead.
@deniecebasso53677 років тому
Every time I watch some of the "dark years," I thank god Froosh is still with us. I have seen people look healthier than he did and DIE! I'm an ex-addict/alcoholic and currently a counselor. I've seen and heard damn near everything. I'm a bit unconventional in that I'm FOR the legalization of all drugs. I also believe in moderation, various drugs definitely enhance creativity in any form. However, someone like me (or John) cannot use "moderately." We will take, shoot, drink until the shit is gone. There's no such thing as saving some for later. Ha! Like I said though, so glad John is still here amongst us! (I've been clean/sober going on 9 consecutive years.)
@NickAnderson30006 років тому
the first part sounds like how it feels to shoot coke sober 2 months:)
@emm3525 років тому
U just described a dope fiend
@MrKmanthie5 років тому
@@NickAnderson3000 YOWZA! What a feeling... (clean for 15 years)
@marentes1334 роки тому
Did u just call him froosh ?
@ShinySoupCan4 роки тому
Congrats
@christosnicolaides275 років тому
The most emotional video i have ever watched
@CamronWiltshire5 років тому
Great video, John you are my favorite guitarist for all time. Godspeed and party on.
@tonyreyes81907 років тому
Awesome snl video I have only seen it once before. Some rare clips. Ty. Nice to have everything on UKposts and this has some stuff other videos don't
@NicolasCageisGod7 років тому
i love this. really well made
@EverydayStruggles7 років тому
Thanks!!
@NicolasCageisGod7 років тому
Everyday Struggles you're welcome :)
@jenniferlana26677 років тому
Meddie Diablo hhhhhh
@arthurdent68286 років тому
Christ some people are easily impressed..
@tomdijk55496 років тому
Christ some people are easily butthurt..
@Twofirmfeet10247 років тому
Ayyy another Frush video on yt for me to consume a couple of thousand times :]
@jeanweaver69892 роки тому
His solo work has blown my mind for years, huge fan. Music so deep and unique, seriously in a genre of its own
@jacksonpuckett61154 роки тому
Thank you JF for all you and your solo music have done for me. You'll never know.
@twothreebravo23745 років тому
It's amazing to hear him interpret how addiction feels in his head through his music while on heroin. That's why he looked so relaxed lying on the floor, he found something that matched the thoughts and feelings in his mind.
@Zeonoid6 років тому
I realize he was the one that influenced Californication the way I love it for
@Benjamenho5 років тому
Great collection of video footage, thanks a lot ;)
@gemineye767 років тому
Pulls off that note sustain right there in the beginning at the end of that whammy solo, and his face shows exactly how I feel listening to it! He was always their best. I like his solo works too. Great player, great feeling. True artist.
@videk92697 років тому
john is the only person who looked better after he stoped using heroin xd
@smedleybutler87877 років тому
Vid Pavlovič more like Alistair Crowley. hes no Christian.
@fraezma5 років тому
Hahaha
@LuisPerez-yt6bc5 років тому
Probably cause he has money
@jayhallman66665 років тому
His face changed throw surgery’s. All his teeth rotted out by drugs and neglect. He was able to get all that fixed because he’s rich!
@markvietti5 років тому
haha you with hes and athiest
@meloderieugif22944 роки тому
11:40 You can say Flea really loves John
@djkneecaps914 роки тому
They needed each other and it was amazing. We re all lucky to witness such a great pairing of musicians who gave us so much
@sylviab.70105 років тому
this was very well done i am crying
@Ty4Tiberius4 роки тому
It’s nice to watch a long TV show and see some great character development. But it’s simply amazing to see it in real people.
@coughforme215 років тому
JF is one of the few true artists. He doesn't give a fuck about any of the bullshit - he has no ego to feed - if he did he'd have stayed in the band. People with an ego would care that footage of themselves in poor health was circulating on the internet. People with no ego (and sufficient money) do not. It's great that a guy like him can pursue his art as he sees it for as long as he lives and he'll never have to defile himself living on some else's terms.
@KarlHaupt3 роки тому
Thank you for this. Beautiful
@shable14366 років тому
Thanks for the vid, hard to watch the hard times, but nice how you left that segment with the soul quote.
@JohnnyDeppIsRacist4 роки тому
Sexual Harassment: Music Sexual Harassment: Music -- Our report on the state of the music industry By Melissa Rawlins December 06, 1991 at 05:00 AM EST There’s a word for it in the music-video business, where male fantasies of young, compliant women are the very heart of commerce. ”That sexy-babe, bimbo kind of stuff that the labels always want,” says a woman who’s made rock videos for years, ”my friends and I in the industry refer to it as ‘babeage.’ It’s part of just an overwhelming predeliction for sleazy male behavior in this business.” Babeage. What would rock & roll be without it? Just peek into the fantasy world of music videos. What you see isn’t real, but real people produce those videos, and the often graphic, violent sexuality they contain. So it’s no surprise that babeage is a buzzword. Insiders say that in the world of pop and rock-an insular world ruled by six major recording conglomerates, in which only one woman (Sylvia Rhone, chairman of Atco/East West) is at the top-sexual harassment is not just rampant but epidemic, more pervasive than in any other branch of entertainment. Ugly stories come not just from the lowly but from people at all levels of the business. There’s Mary Cary, guitarist for Rosary, a female hard-rock band, describing a pawing studio owner who demanded sex in exchange for recording time. ”He told us that if we slept with him, he would get us a label deal, and he was just a sleazy little studio guy with no power.” And the notoriously raunchy band the Red Hot Chili Peppers, reversing the roles in an interview for Creem with journalist Nina Malkin, bombarded her with lewd questions about her sex life. (”They were just goofing,” their manager says.) At a radio industry convention last year, top radio consultant Randy Michaels hired a stripper, disguised as a waitress, to have her shirt ripped off during a panel on contemporary hit radio. And an executive at a major label made assignments to employees while playing pornographic tapes on his VCR - ”He did it just to humiliate us,” one woman said. ”The industry promotes the bimbo image very well,” says an ex-label executive, who left the business because of what she characterized as its unacceptably sexist environment. ”The man in music spends his day promoting bimbos on album covers, and the women in the office are viewed as just more of those bimbos. Not all men see it this way, obviously. But the violence is there. In this business, people are reduced to things, and it’s awful.” That’s an attitude that often starts near the very top - in the offices, say, of an Abbey Konowitch, 40, who in the mid-’80s was vice president for video and artist development for Arista Records. In July 1987, Arista promoted a woman named Joanne Smat into Konowitch’s department, as national manager of artist development. Although several women alleged to Entertainment Weekly reporters that Konowitch verbally abused female coworkers, Smat is the only one willing to go on the record with charges. Because she has since married and left the music business to become an advertising executive, she no longer feels her career is threatened. Other sources, male and female, have confirmed Smat’s story but stressed that if Konowitch found out their names, their careers would be ruined. kjkhhvc
@JohnnyDeppIsRacist4 роки тому
”After a very short time it became apparent that there was a certain way Abbey operated, and that I was not going to be able to handle it,” says Smat. His method of operation, she says, included repeatedly asking such questions as ”Can I bite you?” ”Can I touch your thigh?” ”Can I bite your ass?” According to Smat, he predicted that she would sleep with him on a company trip to Maui. She decided to stay home. The day Konowitch began instructing an intern in ”shooting rubber bands at my ass,” Smat says, she was so fed up she walked out of the office. She says she asked a female executive for advice and was sent to a vice president. He said he’d give her a transfer, effectively a demotion, to a secretarial position. In November 1987, she consulted lawyer Michael Holland. ”He knew of other cases where women had been physically fondled and the lawyers weren’t able to make (the charges) stick because of difficulties of proof,” she says. ”He basically said the law doesn’t work and you don’t have a choice.” ”I advised her that since she was considering other career options anyway, maybe she should just move on,” confirms Holland. Smat resigned in January 1988. Konowitch declines to comment. His attorney denies Smat’s allegations and claims Arista has no record of any formal complaints or discussions of Smat’s charges. A woman who worked with Smat and Konowitch maintains, however, that there were several formal meetings between Smat and a top Arista manager. ”One of the vice presidents,” she says, ”called up every woman who worked with Abbey and said, ‘Does he really do these kinds of things?’ And all of us said yes. Their solution was to ask us if we wanted to transfer to other departments.” ”On a day-to-day basis Abbey would say gross things,” she says. ”If you asked him for a vacation day, he’d say, ‘Scratch my back and I’ll think about it.’ And he was serious. There were two ways you could handle it. You could just laugh or ignore it or swear at him, or you could really let it get to you. Joanne didn’t want to put up with it - and she shouldn’t have had to - and she complained.” ”Complaints were made by Joanne to me,” says Roy Lott, executive vice president and general manager of Arista Records. ”The situation was analyzed. I, and others, talked to various people. And we found no basis for taking any action against Abbey Konowitch.” Konowitch’s career apparently has not been affected by any of the complaints. He is now senior vice president for music and talent at MTV, where he decides which bands’ videos get airtime. Last year he was selected as one of Entertainment Weekly‘s Power 101 (he was No. 25). Other men in music facing harassment charges have fared less well. Marko Babineau, 40, former general manager of the Geffen Records’ DGC label, resigned unexpectedly in September ”to be with his family.” On Nov. 14 his former assistant, Penny Muck, 28, filed suit against him for sexual harassment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and assault and battery. She charged, among other things, that Babineau touched her breasts and buttocks, ejaculated on a magazine he had placed in front of her, placed his erect penis in her ear, and ordered her to clean up his semen. Other women who worked for Babineau have told similar tales. His attorney has not returned this magazine’s calls. Mike Bone, 42, former copresident of PolyGram’s Mercury Records, lost his job Nov. 1, two days before allegations surfaced in the Los Angeles Timesabout his alleged misconduct in the office. In July 1990, while president of PolyGram’s Island Records, he allegedly propositioned his then administrative assistant, Lori Harris, 28, at a company party, and when he was rebuffed made it clear that her job was in jeopardy. The next morning he fired her. ”His attitude was ‘That was pleasure; this is business,”’ says Harris, who filed a harassment suit against Bone and Island Records in July, charging violation of the New York State human rights laws. ”I view him as kind of pathetic at this point,” she says, noting that she was unemployed for six months and still has found only part-time work. ”What’s ridiculous is that no one stopped him. Island Records and PolyGram don’t care what happened to me. They moved him from president of a company where he had been accused of harassing and firing his assistant to president of a new company (Mercury) where no one knew what he’d done. He got to start over.” Bone, who has denied Harris’ charges in the past, referred a reporter to his lawyer, who said Bone would not respond. Jeff Aldrich, 41, recently RCA’s senior vice president of A&R, was let go in December 1990 as a result of multiple sexual harassment complaints. At a convention in Scottsdale, Ariz., Aldrich reportedly made passes at several female employees, throwing one of them onto a bed and physically molesting her. ”Conventions are about teasing, sexual kind of stuff,” says an employee, ”but he was crossing the line. He was sticking his hand down blouses and up skirts. So anyway, we all get back from the convention Sunday and on Monday there’s a very weird vibe in the office. The woman had complained that she wanted him out of there, and they did an inquiry.” Says an RCA executive, ”When some double-digit number of women complained, we knew we had to fire him.” Aldrich is now an executive in A&R at Giant Records. A remorseful Aldrich confirmed that he was ”fired from RCA for an incident that happened at a convention that had something to do with sexual harassment.” A spokesman for Aldrich said it is ”important to know it was while he was inebriated,” and he has since entered a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. High-powered L.A. lawyer Abe Somer, 53, former head of the music department at the firm of Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, recently settled a harassment suit out of court. His former secretary, Phyllis Finkbeiner, complained that Somer instructed her to bring the office mail to his house, where he greeted her naked at the door. A former summer associate at the firm alleged similar treatment in an affidavit supporting the suit. At a poolside meeting at Somer’s home, she said, he told her, ”You seem a little uptight. If Mick Jagger and (producer) Richard Perry were sitting here, I don’t know if they’d be comfortable with you. If they wanted you to kiss them or give them a hand job, you just do it.” Managing partner Bill Cole says Somer no longer has an office at the firm but is retained on ”of counsel” status. Somer is now part of the legal department at Rondor Music Publishing Co.Somer’s attorney speculated that the allegations were ”hearsay from disgruntled former employees.” These stories certainly imply that women are routinely abused in the music business. They also say that men can be fired if enough women bring charges against them, even though the charges are untested in any court or other formal proceeding. And now that several lawsuits have hit the headlines, it seems the music business has reached a point of no return. But will any changes in the acceptability of babeage translate into real power and freedom for women? ”If we maintain our fearfulness and keep quiet about this,” says a female former executive at a major label, ”things are not going to change.” She’s afraid to give her name. - Additional reporting by Cheryl McCall, Joanna Powell, and Jean Rosenbluth ;ljkjbbn
@rickmoss95324 роки тому
He's still a young man with much more great music to come. But I promise someday they will make a movie about his life. What an enigma
@Evaquiel4 роки тому
Its so inspiring that he came back to life and the band's prime (Californication; By The Way, etc) was with the new frusciante. That's such a miracle. Such a shame he left again. But i'll always remember this story.
@nituldas98842 роки тому
first message heard and got it🔥 John and all the members of RHCP are very inspiring for this youth who are still into rock and roll thing ❣️🔥 keep making more albums
@kimberlymason37675 років тому
I always get chills hearing John play.He can make his guitar sound like it has emotions of its own.The best songs R.H.C.P. has ,John plays on.
@dustinf496 років тому
9:06 John played that song live at the 'Big Day Out' Festival in 2000 causing the crowd to rush the stage. The show had to be stopped for quite a while, while Anthony pleaded with the crowd to settle down. John refused to play until the crowd did so.
@sillylilfellah6 років тому
Dustin F is there a video of this?
@dustinf496 років тому
Christian Cepeda "Red Hot Chili Peppers- Big Day Out 2000" at 14:30
@KeilCas6 років тому
Wrong, they didn't rush the stage. That's New Zealand they crush and push each other in the crowd, it happens in every bit event.
@sebastianreyesp.71905 років тому
Untitled 11
@francomoreno77574 роки тому
He's back with RHCP!!!!
@melissamissingchriscornell25136 років тому
One of the greatest in my book! Forever a fan! This was well made....thank you for this. His heroin sessions videos are so sad. I was once addicted myself and Frusante is one of the inspirations that got and keeps me clean. Love you John!
@sonictherapy12616 років тому
I’ve always loved the percussion stomp from Breaking The Girl. So cool - well produced, Mr Rubin. 😎
@bradgotch5 років тому
I was in High school when blood sugar was released it was and is to this day a very important and beautiful memory of my adolesance. They toured the Asia pacific region in 92 and I saw them play play at Festival Hall in Melbourne it was bitter sweet as John had left the band and was replaced by Akiel. My memories of theat gig are fading to me Blood sugar sex magic is the pinacle of the chilli peppers and John Frusciante at his best.
@Rubbafingaz14 роки тому
WELCOME BACK JOHN, CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR YOU GUYS TOGETHER AGAIN ONCE MORE :-)
@timthekillermiller14 роки тому
So glad you’re back pal. So freaking glad..
@tru116664 роки тому
My favorite living guitar player. Good to see you back in the RHCP
@billjordan39524 роки тому
John is the man im glad i got to see these guys in 03 at the Palace of Auburn Hills one of the best concerts I've ever been to 👍
@johannan00323 роки тому
"i'm JOHN FRUSCIANTE OF RED HOT CHILI PEPPEEEEEEEEERS!!!" that's so fucking epic
@jeroentromp70974 роки тому
Thanx for coming back John!!
@southLAndandia6 років тому
Thank you for making this. The RHCP aren’t the same without him.
@franciscastiglione58324 роки тому
I always struggle to watch the footage of John from that, I think it was a French made film, showing him in the bottom of addiction. It's the most vivid documentation of someone's darkest period I've ever seen and it's painful to see. But to be fair, he came out of rehab like a Phoenix on fire. It was amazing.
@rafaelguzzo83926 років тому
hes got one of the most beautiful voices.
@bryanmannoia84106 років тому
lol, that is too funny!
@mahoganymarco91993 роки тому
I guess is hilarious..
@rars0n4 роки тому
I have to admit, this was a really great video.
@demelzabrooks18995 років тому
In tears 💚 much love to john and an amazing band ,their music is always magical to me
@JM-bg2ts4 роки тому
I really want one last RHCP album with John, that would be everything!
@charlieaydin13774 роки тому
Our dream is about to come through
@iammsatrio19514 роки тому
Well
@danieljohnson64772 роки тому
This aged well
@DaysofNotty2 роки тому
Got your wish!! Hope it's everything you could have hoped for back then
@oliviagrace837Рік тому
And now we got another coming too :)
@pepepepito39604 роки тому
que bueno que las personas de tu banda te quieran tanto y que bueno que por fin John vueve a la banda!
@adamisrael2 роки тому
Parts of this are so hard to watch but his recovery is so inspiring
@Mudhoney19916 років тому
A very lool vid never change John your awesome just as you are and oh my GOD doo you play some mean guitar!!🤗bless ya🤗
@sophiecat145 років тому
I miss John in RHCP. 😢💔 I know Josh is a great friend of his... but, John is part of the heart of RHCP. Not just guitar, his & Anthony’s vocals/harmonies are impeccable. Maybe again, someday... seeing him strung out. Fuck. Tears. Thank God he didn’t die...
@ryanscott25615 років тому
He is my favorite guitarist.
@markamello82385 років тому
Mine too. Who's your second favourite?
@elwolf85365 років тому
Same
@GunsNArnolds3 роки тому
thank you very much for this film
@soapalot6 років тому
I've never been a huge RHCP fan but always admired JF's guitar work. And I find his story fascinating. It's not often you see someone so close to the abyss come back like he did. He really was like a phoenix.