Fact File: 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:
I learn from them all.
Biggest triumph of your life to date:
Making the new album, ‘BloodSugarSexMagik’
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:
Woody 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 Haega
