John Frusciante on new Red Hot Chili Peppers material: “We saved some of the best stuff for the potential next album”

Red Hot Chili Peppers perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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This month, Red Hot Chili Peppers returned with Unlimited Love, their first album to feature the classic lineup of John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Flea and Chad Smith since 2006. But the band already have plenty of material for a second album – and potentially beyond.

In a rare interview with John Frusciante, featured in the latest issue of Total Guitar, the returning guitar hero explained how the iconic LA funk-rock outfit ended up generating such an astonishing volume of songs.

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Michael Astley-Brown
Editor-in-Chief, GuitarWorld.com

Mike is Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com, in addition to being an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict. He has a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and over a decade's experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Ed O'Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock under the nom de plume Maebe.