John Frusciante discography

Frusciante with Red Hot Chili Peppers at the 2006 Voodoo Experience in New Orleans

The discography of John Frusciante, who is best known as the former guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, consists of eleven solo albums and four EPs, as well as two albums with collaborators Joe Lally and Josh Klinghoffer under the name Ataxia and one EP and one album under the alias of Trickfinger. Frusciante left the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1992 after he got tired of the growing success of the band. He released his first solo album, Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt, in 1994 on American Recordings. His second record, Smile From the Streets You Hold, was released in 1997 and later taken off the market at his request in 1999. After returning to the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1998, Frusciante recorded Californication with the band and subsequently released his third solo album, To Record Only Water for Ten Days, in February 2001 on Warner Music Group.

Red Hot Chili Peppers released By the Way in 2002, with Frusciante taking a central role in the songwriting. Following the album's tour, Frusciante released Shadows Collide with People in 2004; it became his first solo album to influence a music chart and is his only solo album to date featuring Chad Smith. In 2004, Frusciante switched from Warner Brothers to the Record Collection label and released a series of six records in six months. Four of six included collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Josh Klinghoffer and the period produced collaborations with Fugazi members Joe Lally, Jerry Busher, and producer Ian McKaye.

Frusciante began working with Omar Rodríguez-López in 2001 and has since collaborated on many recordings under both artists' names. Frusciante also was considered an honorary member of The Mars Volta from 2002 to 2008, occasionally performing live with the band from 2003 to 2006. Frusciante served as executive producer on Rodríguez-López's first film, released in 2010, The Sentimental Engine Slayer, which was filmed in 2007.

In 2006, the Red Hot Chili Peppers released their Grammy Award-winning double album Stadium Arcadium, their last to feature Frusciante as lead guitarist. Frusciante began work on his tenth solo record, The Empyrean, shortly thereafter and subsequently released the album in early 2009. In December 2009, Frusciante revealed that he had left Red Hot Chili Peppers more than a year earlier, during their hiatus. 2012's Letur-Lefr EP and Sect In Sgt EP (the latter recorded under the alias of Trickfinger), the full-length follow-up PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone, its experimental sequel, 2014's Enclosure and his 2015 album, Trickfinger, his first full length album recorded under alias Trickfinger, are his succeeding solo releases since leaving the Chili Peppers. Frusciante has also gone on to collaborate as Speed Dealer Moms with Venetian Snares, Swahili Blonde and Kimono Kult with his now former wife, Nicole Turley, and with the Black Knights.

Solo material

Studio albums

Year	Title	Notes
1994	Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt Label: American Recordings (#68-02) Released: March 8, 1994 Formats: CD, cassette	Debut solo album. Taken off the market in 1998 at Frusciante's request. Has since gone back into print.
1997	Smile From the Streets You Hold Label: Birdman (BMR #016) Released: August 26, 1997 Formats: CD	Taken off the market in 1998 at Frusciante's request and remains out of print. Planned for re-release by Frusciante in the future.
2001	To Record Only Water for Ten Days Label: Warner Bros. Records (#48045-2) Released: February 13, 2001 Formats: CD, cassette	First solo release on Warner Bros. Records.
	From the Sounds Inside Label: Self-released Released: 2001	Internet release only.
2004	Shadows Collide With People Label: Warner Bros. Records (#2-48660) Released: February 24, 2004 Formats: CD, vinyl	First album on which Frusciante collaborated with Klinghoffer, and only album with Chad Smith. Peaked at #191 on the Billboard Top 200; #11 on Top Heatseekers, #46 on the Official German Album Chart and #53 on the UK Albums Chart.
	The Will to Death Label: Record Collection (#48800-2) Released: June 22, 2004 Formats: CD, vinyl	Peaked at #109 on the UK Albums Chart.
	Inside of Emptiness Label: Record Collection (#48907-2) Released: October 26, 2004 Formats: CD, vinyl	Peaked at #34 on the Independent Albums chart.
2005	Curtains Label: Record Collection (#48595-2) Released: February 1, 2005 Formats: CD, vinyl
2009	The Empyrean Label: Record Collection Released: January 20, 2009 Formats: CD, vinyl	Peaked at #151 on the Billboard Top 200; #7 on Top Heatseekers and #105 on the UK Albums Chart.
2012	PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone Label: Record Collection Released: September 25, 2012 Formats: CD, vinyl, digital, 32 bit / 96,000 kHz WAV files, cassette	Peaked at #99 on the German Official Album Chart.
2014	Enclosure Label: Record Collection Released: April 8, 2014 Formats: CD, vinyl, cassette	Peaked at #112 on Belgium's Flanders Ultratop chart.
2015	Renoise Tracks 2009-2011 Label: Self released on Bandcamp Released: November 24, 2015 Formats: Digital Download	Internet release only. Collection of tracks recorded from 2009 to 2011. Made available for free on his personal Bandcamp account, alongside other tracks.

EPs

Year	Title
1997	Estrus EP Label: Birdman Backed with "Outside Space" Released: 1997 Formats: Vinyl
2001	Going Inside Label: Warner Bros. Records Backed with "Time Is Nothing", "So Would've I", "Last Hymn", and "Beginning Again" Released: March 5, 2001 Formats: CD
2004	The Brown Bunny Label: Tulip Records, Twelve Suns Motion picture soundtrack; Frusciante contributed five songs: "Forever Away", "Dying Song", "Leave All the Days Behind", "Prostitution Song", and "Falling" Released: May 4, 2004 / April 26, 2014 (reissue) Formats: CD, vinyl (bootleg), vinyl (official 2014) limited to 1,000 copies []
	DC EP Label: Record Collection (#48877-2) Backed with "Dissolve", "Goals", "A Corner", and "Repeating" Released: September 14, 2004 Formats: CD, vinyl
2012	Letur-Lefr Label: Record Collection Backed with "In Your Eyes", "909 Day", "Glowe", "FM", "In My Light" Released: July 17, 2012 Formats: CD, vinyl, digital, 32 bit / 96,000 kHz WAV files, cassette
2013	Outsides Label: Record Collection 3 song EP plus one bonus track Released: August 14, 2013 Formats: CD, vinyl, digital, 32 bit / 96,000 kHz WAV files, cassette
2015	4-Track Guitar Music Label: Self released on Bandcamp 6 song EP Released: November 24, 2015 Formats: Digital Download

With Josh Klinghoffer

Year	Title
2004	A Sphere in the Heart of Silence Label: Record Collection (#48949-2) Released: November 23, 2004 Formats: CD, vinyl

Trickfinger

Year	Title	Notes
2012	Sect In Sgt Label: Neurotic Yell Records Released: July 30, 2012 Formats: Free digital download	Two song EP of sampled music released under the alias/moniker of Trickfinger The full version of the title track was released for free digitally in November 2015
2015	Trickfinger Label: Acid Test (Absurd Recordings) Released: April 7, 2015 Formats: CD, vinyl	Debut album of acid house music released under the alias of Trickfinger

Ataxia

Year	Title	Notes
2004	Automatic Writing Label: Record Collection Released: August 10, 2004 Formats: CD, LP	First half from the ten track session Ataxia held in 2004. Ataxia is John Frusciante on guitar and vocals, Joe Lally on bass, and Josh Klinghoffer on drums.
2007	AW II Label: Record Collection Released: May 29, 2007 Formats: CD, LP	Second half of the Ataxia session Released the same day as other albums John appears on, Omar's Se Dice Bisonte, No Búfalo and Perry's Satellite Party

With Red Hot Chili Peppers

See also: Red Hot Chili Peppers discography

Studio albums

Year	Title	Notes
1989	Mother's Milk Label: EMI Released: August 16, 1989	Debut album with Red Hot Chili Peppers
1991	Blood Sugar Sex Magik Label: Warner Bros. Records Released: September 24, 1991	Frusciante left the Chili Peppers during the album's tour in 1992
1999	Californication Label: Warner Bros. Records Released: June 8, 1999	First album after returning to the Chili Peppers in 1998
2002	By the Way Label: Warner Bros. Records Released: July 9, 2002
2006	Stadium Arcadium Label: Warner Bros. Records Released: May 5, 2006	Left the band again in 2009, this time without any tension

Live and compilation albums

Year	Title	Notes
1992	What Hits!? Label: EMI Released: September 29, 1992	Frusciante plays guitar on songs "Higher Ground", "Knock Me Down", "Under the Bridge", "Show Me Your Soul", "Taste the Pain", "Johnny, Kick a Hole in the Sky"
2003	Greatest Hits Label: Warner Bros. Records Released: November 11, 2003	Frusciante plays guitar on all songs except "My Friends"
2004	Live in Hyde Park Label: Warner Bros. Records Released: July 26, 2004	First and only live album released by the Chili Peppers
2012	Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP Label: Warner Bros. Records Released: May 1, 2012	Digital-only release commemorating previous HoF inductees upon the 2012 induction of RHCP. John is featured on 4 of the 6 tracks.

With The Mars Volta

See also: The Mars Volta discography

Studio albums

Year	Title	Notes
2003	De-Loused in the Comatorium Label: GSL (GSL #75), Strummer, Universal (B#0000593-02) Released: June 24, 2003	Back Vocal, additional guitar and synthesizer treatment "Cicatriz ESP"
2005	Frances the Mute Label: GSL (GSL #96), Strummer, Universal (B#0004129-02) Released: March 1, 2005	First two guitar solos on "L'Via L'Viaquez"
2006	Amputechture Label: GSL (GSL #126), Universal (B#0007214-02) Released: September 12, 2006	Rhythm guitar, lead guitar, except on "Asilos Magdalena"
2008	The Bedlam in Goliath Label: Universal (B#0010617-02) Released: January 29, 2008	Guitar
2009	Octahedron Label: Warner Bros. Released: Released: June 23, 2009	Guitar

With Omar Rodríguez-López

See also: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez discography

Studio albums

Year	Title	Notes
2004	A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume One Label: Gold Standard Laboratories Released: August 31, 2004 Formats: CD, black 2LP, digital	Mini-moog on "Dyna Sark Arches" & "Here The Tame Go By" A 100 on "Here The Tame Go By" Guitar on "Dramatic Theme" & "The Palpitations Form A Limit"
2007	Se Dice Bisonte, No Búfalo Label: GSL Released: May 29, 2007 Formats: CD, brown marble LP, black LP, digital	Guitars on "If Gravity Lulls, I Can Hear the World Pant" Released the same day as Frusciante's AW II & Perry's Satellite Party
	Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) Label: N2O Records Released: December 15, 2007 Formats: CD, Grey marble 2LP, digital	Vocals & lyrics on "Glosa Picaresca Wou Mên"
2010	Omar Rodriguez Lopez & John Frusciante Label: Sargent House, Rodriguez-Lopez Productions Released: April 30, 2010 Formats: CD, black LP, translucent red LP, digital	Guitars, bass, synthesizer "0=2" & "0" were released on 7" single in 2005/2006 (see below)
	Sepulcros de Miel Label: Sargent House, Rodriguez-Lopez Productions Released: May 30, 2010 Formats: Purple LP, orange LP, digital	Guitars, synthesizer

Singles

Year	Title	Notes
2005	The Special 12 Singles Series Label: GSL Released: physical 2005, digital 2006 7" yellow splatter vinyl single	"0=2", "0" recorded in Spring 2003 Later released on the ORL & JF album in 2010 Credited as Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez and John Frusciante
2015	"Fight For Love" Self-released: November 24, 2015 Formats:	Guitars, drum machine "Recorded one sunny afternoon in November 2013" Interpretation of a song from the film Casa De Mi Padre by Will Ferrell & Génesis Rodríguez

With Speed Dealer Moms

Year	Title	Notes
2010	Speed Dealer Moms Label: Planet Mu Records Released: June 12, 2010 / TBA (reissue) Formats: LP, digital	A collaboration of experimental electronic music, between John Frusciante, Aaron Funk of Venetian Snares and Chris McDonald. They have released one eponymous EP so far.

With Swahili Blonde

Year	Title	Notes
2010	Man Meat Label: Manimal Vinyl Released: August 4, 2010 Formats: CD, black LP, digital	Swahili Blonde is an experimental band led by John's wife, Nicole Turley, for which John plays guitar on all recordings to date. Guitar, backing vocals on "Red Money" (David Bowie/Carlos Alomar cover)
2011	Psycho Tropical Ballet Pink Label: Manimal Vinyl Released: November 15, 2011 Formats: CD, blue LP, digital	Guitar
2012	Covers EP Label: Neurotic Yell Records Released: March 16, 2012 Formats: Digital	Guitar, backing vocals on "Red Money"
2015	Deities in Decline Label: Manimal Vinyl Released: TBA Formats: LP, digital	Guitar

With Kimono Kult

Year	Title	Notes
2014	Hiding In The Light Label: Neurotic Yell Records Released: March 4, 2014 Formats: Bandcamp digital download	A group of co-conspirators consisting of members of Swahili Blonde, Bosnian Rainbows, and Dante Vs Zombies including Nicole Turley, Dante White-Aliano, Laena Geronimo, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, and Teri Gender Bender. Their debut is a digital 4-song EP on the Neurotic Yell bandcamp page. Guitar on "La Vida Es Una Caja Hermosa" & "La Cancion De Alejandra"

With Black Knights

Year	Title
2014	Medieval Chamber Label: Record Collection Released: January 14, 2014 Producer of and collaborator on the second album by the Wu-Tang Clan affiliates
2015	The Almighty Label: Record Collection Released: June 16, 2015 Producer of and collaborator on the third album by the Wu-Tang Clan affiliates
TBA	All Skills No Luck Label: Record Collection Released: TBA Producer of and collaborator on the fourth album by the Wu-Tang Clan affiliates

Other contributions and guest appearances

Year	Title	Notes
1988	Kristen Vigard – Kristen Vigard Label: Private Music Released: August 21, 1990	Guitar on "Slave To My Emotions"
1999	Anytime at All – Banyan Label: CyberOctave Released: February 23, 1999	Guitar on "Grease the System" and "La Sirena" Flea also performs on "Grease the System", and there is a video of the "La Sirena" recording Collective of nearly two dozen musicians led by Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins John's first recording since his recovery in 1998
	Rev – Perry Farrell Label: Warner Bros. Released: November 11, 1999	Guitar on "Rev" along with Tom Morello & Stephen Perkins Compilation record of Jane's Addiction, Porno For Pyros, and solo work
	You Come and Go Like a Pop Song – The Bicycle Thief Label: Artemis, Musicrama, Goldenvoice Released: September 21, 1999 / 2001 reissue	Guitar on "Cereal Song" Only record to be released by Bob Forrest fronted band along with Josh Klinghoffer
2000	Fishbone and the Familyhood Nextperience Present: The Psychotic Friends Nuttwerx – Fishbone Label: Hollywood Records Released: March 21, 2000	"Shakey Ground" (The Temptations cover) along with Flea & Chad Smith
	A System For Shutting Everything Out – Kevin Haskins & Doug DeAngelis Things Behind The Sun OST	Unreleased
	Demos of Milla Jovovich	Guitar on "Bring It On" Unreleased
2001	Blowback – Tricky Label: ANTI-, Hollywood Records Released: July 2, 2001	Guitar on "Girls" along with Anthony Kiedis Guitar and vocals on "#1 Da Woman" along with Flea & Josh Klinghoffer
	The Id – Macy Gray Label: Epic Released: September 17, 2001	Guitar on "Sweet Baby" along with Erykah Badu
2002	24 Hour Party People Soundtrack – Various Label: FFRR Released: April 9, 2002	Guitar on "New Dawn Fades" (New Order cover) along with Moby and Billy Corgan
	American IV: The Man Comes Around – Johnny Cash Label: American Recordings, Universal Released: November 5, 2002	Guitar on "Personal Jesus" (Depeche Mode cover) Guitar on "We'll Meet Again" (Ross Parker, Hughie Charles)
2003	We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to Ramones – Various Label: Columbia Released: February 11, 2003	Guitar on "Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World" and also on "Havana Affair" along with Red Hot Chili Peppers (Ramones covers) Recorded: 2000–2002 during By The Way sessions
	Dragonfly – Ziggy Marley Label: Private Music Released: April 15, 2003	Guitar on "Rainbow in the Sky" along with Flea
	Underworld OST – Various Label: Lakeshore Released: September 2, 2003	Guitar on "Bring Me the Disco King" (David Bowie cover, Danny Lohner remix) along with Maynard James Keenan
	Unearthed – Johnny Cash Label: American Recordings, Universal Released: November 25, 2003	Guitar on "Heart of Gold" (Neil Young cover) along with RHCP
2004	Tempo Technik Teamwork – Ekkehard Ehlers Label: Staubgold Germany Released: October 19, 2004	Guitar on "Grisaisse 1"
2005	The Word Is Live – Yes Label: Rhino Released: August 23, 2005	Liner notes
2006	Music for the Divine – Glenn Hughes Label: Frontiers Records (Europe), Yamaha (Japan) Demolition Records (US), Sony BMG (Australia) Released: June 9, 2006	Guitar and backing vocals on "Nights in White Satin" (The Moody Blues cover) Guitar on "This Is How I Feel" Entire album performed and produced by Chad Smith
	Modern Folk and Blues: Wednesday – Bob Forrest Label: Lakeshore Released: September 19, 2006	Guitar and backing vocals on "Dying Song" (his own song from The Brown Bunny OST) Guitar contributions on other tracks
2007	Samurai Workout	DVD by John's stepfather with some guitar tracks
	Ultra Payloaded – Satellite Party Label: Columbia Released: May 29, 2007 Formats: CD, digital download	Guitar on "Hard Life Easy" along with Flea Released the same day as Frusciante's own AW II and Omar's Bisonte
	The Dub Room Special – Frank Zappa Label: Zappa Released: August 24, 2007	Liner notes for soundtrack of the film
	Hourglass – Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode singer) Label: Mute, Virgin Released: October 22, 2007	Guitar on "Saw Something"
	8 Diagrams – Wu-Tang Clan Released December 11, 2007 Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download	Guitar on "The Heart Gently Weeps" (George Harrison interpolation) along with RZA, George Drakoulias, Erykah Badu, and Dhani Harrison
2008	Digi Snacks – RZA Released June 24, 2008 Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download	Guitar and co-production on "Up Again" along with George Clinton and Kinetic 9 Guitar on "You Can't Stop Me Now"
	George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love – George Clinton Label: Shanachie Released September 16, 2008 Formats: CD	Guitar on "Let The Good Times Roll" along with RHCP The last song Frusciante recorded as a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
2009	The Spirit of Apollo – N.A.S.A. (North America/South America) Label: ANTI- Released: February 17, 2009	Guitar on "Way Down" along with RZA & Barbie Hatch
	Exquisite Corpse – Warpaint Label: Manimal Released 2008 (self release) October 6, 2009 (large release) Formats: CD, digital download	Mixed Mellotron on "Billie Holiday" (Josh plays drums)
2012	Vol. 1 – VAGENDA / Nicole Turley Label: Neurotic Yell Records Released May 12, 2012 Formats: Bandcamp digital download	Guitar on "I Wanta Go" Guitar on "The Golden Corale" along with Viv Albertine (Swahili Blonde remix)
	DOXXOLOGY – BIG DOXX (Kehinde "Doxx" Cunningham & Nicole Turley) Label: Neurotic Yell Records Released: December 12, 2012	Guitar on "Indigenous Rhythm"
2013	You're The Father of My Songs – Amanda Jo Williams Label: Neurotic Yell Records Released May 21, 2013 Formats: 12-inch vinyl, digital download	Piano, organ
	Vol. 2 – VAGENDA / Nicole Turley Label: Neurotic Yell Records Released: November 21, 2013	Guitar on "H (heart) H" (WEAVE! remix) Original WEAVE! EP, New Funk Romance, released July 24, 2012
2014	Pleasure Pyramid – Sexual Castle (Ivory Lee Carlson & Nicole Turley) Label: Neurotic Yell Records Released: TBA April 20, 2014 (demos)	Guitar on "Flip The Scrip"
2015	Paper Gods – Duran Duran Label: Warner Bros. Released: September 11, 2015 Formats: 12-inch vinyl, CD, digital download	Group's 14th studio album Guitar on "What Are The Chances?", "Butterfly Girl", "The Universe Alone", "Northern Lights" (on deluxe version)
	A Raw Youth – Le Butcherettes Label: Ipecac Released: September 18, 2015 Formats: 12-inch vinyl, CD, digital download	Group's third full-length, produced by Omar Guitar and synth bass on "My Half"
TBA	The Album – AcHoZeN Label: urSESSION Released: TBA	Project comprising Shavo Odadjian (vocals, guitar), RZA (vocals, keyboards, samples, beats, guitar), Kinetic 9 (vocals), Reverend William Burke (vocals)

DVDs and videos

Solo music videos

Year	Title	Director(s)
1997	"Life's a Bath"	M. Polish
2005	"The Past Recedes"	Mike Piscitelli

Additionally, the entirety of John Frusciante's album To Record Only Water for Ten Days was made into a series of short experimental films directed by Vincent Gallo in 2001. This film was never given any official release, though the videos were shown on MTV2.

Red Hot Chili Peppers

DVDs

Year	Title
1991	Funky Monks Distributed by: Warner Bros. Records Directed by Gavin Bowden Formats: VHS and DVD
2001	Off the Map Distributed by: Warner Bros. Records Compiled and directed by Dick Rude Formats: VHS and DVD
2003	Live at Slane Castle Distributed by: Warner Bros. Records Released: November 17, 2003 Directed by Nick Wickham; recorded at Slane Castle, County Meath, Ireland on August 23, 2003 Formats: DVD and UMD

Music videos

Year	Title	Director(s)
1989	"Higher Ground"	Drew Carolan
	"Knock Me Down"
1990	"Taste the Pain"	Tom Stern and Alex Winter
	"Show Me Your Soul"	Bill Stobaugh
1991	"Give It Away"	Stéphane Sednaoui
1992	"Under the Bridge"	Gus Van Sant
	"Suck My Kiss"	Compilation footage from Gavin Bowden
1999	"Scar Tissue"	Stéphane Sednaoui
	"Around the World"
2000	"Otherside"	Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
	"Californication"
	"Road Trippin'"
2002	"By the Way"
	"The Zephyr Song"
2003	"Can't Stop"	Mark Romanek
	"Universally Speaking"	Dick Rude
	"Fortune Faded"	Laurent Briet
2006	"Dani California"	Tony Kaye
	"Tell Me Baby"	Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
	"Snow ((Hey Oh))"	Nick Wickham
2007	"Desecration Smile"	Gus Van Sant
	"Hump de Bump"	Chris Rock

References

General

Specific

External links

• Official website
• Official discography
• John Frusciante at AllMusic
• John Frusciante discography at Discogs