Why john frusciante left the chili peppers

The Chili Peppers camp has not commented on Frusciante's departure, although sources say the group -- which has started work on a followup to 's "Stadium Arcadium" -- has brought in Josh Klinghoffer, who toured with the band in and has worked with Beck, Gnarls Barkley, Perry Farrell, PJ Harvey, Tricky and others.

He's also recorded with Frusciante, including on the solo album "The Emyprean," which came out in January. It's not known if Klinghoffer is considered a permanent replacement or if he'll perform with the Chili Peppers at the Jan. In the online message Frusciante -- who's released 10 solo albums -- writes that, "To put it simply, my musical interests have led me in a different direction.

Upon rejoining, and throughout my time in the band, I was very excited about exploring the musical possibilities inherent in a rock band, and doing so with those people in particular. A couple of years ago, I began to feel that same excitement again, but this time it was about making a different kind of music, alone, and being my own engineer. I understand and value that my work with them means a lot to many people, but I have to follow my interests. For me, art has never been something done out of a sense of duty.

It is something I do because it is really fun, exciting, and interesting. Over the last 12 years, I have changed, as a person and artist, to such a degree that to do further work along the lines I did with the band would be to go against my own nature. There was no choice involved in this decision. The idea for the chorus of that song is a really overdriven, heavy over the edge kinda thing.

Flea revealed a disturbing John Frusciante remark a couple weeks ago. Jeff could play beautiful songs on guitar but also heavy songs like Ethernal Life and fast songs like Vancouver with really interesting chord progressions and tunings.

Rock News Advertising Staff Podcasts. Sign in. Log into your account. However, it wasn't much longer before Frusciante left RHCP, leading to a long break between albums and one of the group's most divisive periods. However, we're going to get to that later, because just like drummer Jack Irons whom Smith replaced , Frusciante didn't just leave the band once. Yes, he's back with them once again, but there were two long stretches where he wasn't a member of RHCP.

So why did the talented guitarist quit on two separate occasions? If you're an year-old guitar prodigy, one would assume that there wouldn't be anything better than joining a promising act you also happen to idolize.

At first, John Frusciante was stoked to be a part of the Red Hot Chili Peppers family, but as the band kept getting more popular, he felt less and less comfortable with his burgeoning stardom, as noted by Louder. Unlike his bandmates who relished the higher profile they enjoyed thanks to "Mother's Milk" and "Blood Sugar Sex Magik," the young guitarist felt more comfortable playing in smaller venues, just like he did early on in his first RHCP stint.