John Frusciante is known for loving classic guitarists Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa, but when it comes to modern music, it turns out that the Red Hot Chili Peppers six-stringer favours garage rock — specifically Ty Segall, as well as John Dwyer of Osees.
Guitar World asked Frusciante to pick his favourite modern-day guitarists, and he named four: Segall, Dwyer, Cory Hanson of Wand, and Zach Irons (son of original RHCP drummer Jack Irons).
Frusciante named Twins and Manipulator his favourite Segall albums, calling him a "great all-around musician." According to Frusciante, Segall "is so good at making the instrument and the amplification respond to his feelings — you never know what it's gonna sound like next. His playing has that deceptive 'careless' quality that can only actually be done by people who are so intense as souls, that when they don't give a fuck, you hear conviction and sincerity. In his carelessness, what comes across is that he cares deeply."
As for Dwyer, Frusciante praised the musician's "very serious sense of humour" and cited his favourite albums as Protean Threat, Orc and Smote Reverser. He complimented Dwyer's versatility and sonic evolution, and said, "His guitar parts are extremely inventive — he uses both vertical and horizontal space in amazing ways, and creates guitar parts that assist in the big picture of what the band as a whole is saying, which often means he's able to say a lot by barely playing at all. It seems he cares mainly for the overall statement being made by the group, rather than standing out or any crap like that. And he's another one of these people whose energy rides like an express train through the instrument."
Read Exclaim!'s review of RHCP's new album Unlimited Love.
Guitar World asked Frusciante to pick his favourite modern-day guitarists, and he named four: Segall, Dwyer, Cory Hanson of Wand, and Zach Irons (son of original RHCP drummer Jack Irons).
Frusciante named Twins and Manipulator his favourite Segall albums, calling him a "great all-around musician." According to Frusciante, Segall "is so good at making the instrument and the amplification respond to his feelings — you never know what it's gonna sound like next. His playing has that deceptive 'careless' quality that can only actually be done by people who are so intense as souls, that when they don't give a fuck, you hear conviction and sincerity. In his carelessness, what comes across is that he cares deeply."
As for Dwyer, Frusciante praised the musician's "very serious sense of humour" and cited his favourite albums as Protean Threat, Orc and Smote Reverser. He complimented Dwyer's versatility and sonic evolution, and said, "His guitar parts are extremely inventive — he uses both vertical and horizontal space in amazing ways, and creates guitar parts that assist in the big picture of what the band as a whole is saying, which often means he's able to say a lot by barely playing at all. It seems he cares mainly for the overall statement being made by the group, rather than standing out or any crap like that. And he's another one of these people whose energy rides like an express train through the instrument."
Read Exclaim!'s review of RHCP's new album Unlimited Love.
