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Dave Navarro and John Frusciante

Dave Navarro on how he and John Frusciante finally played together for the first time after decades of friendship

By Matt Owen published

The former Red Hot Chili Peppers and current Jane’s Addiction guitarist has long had a close relationship with Frusciante, but they didn’t play together until 2020

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Guitarist Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction and Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters perform onstage with their new band NHC during day 2 of the Ohana Festival Encore weekend on October 02, 2021 in Dana Point, California.

Dave Navarro finished an album with Taylor Hawkins – then he lost his friend, his band and his love of guitar playing

By Matt Owen published

The returning Jane's Addiction guitarist opens up on his struggles to play guitar after the tragic passing of his collaborator in supergroup NHC

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Tom Morello playing a PRS alongside Dave Navarro

Tom Morello shreds Dave Navarro’s PRS – with his teeth –as he joins Jane’s Addiction to tear through Mountain Song

By Matt Owen published

Morello swapped his Soul Power Stratocaster for Navarro's signature Custom 24, and wasted no time getting to grips with the unfamiliar terrain

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Jane's Addiction perform live with Dave Navarro at London’s Bush Hall

Dave Navarro has played with Jane’s Addiction for the first time in 3 years following his long Covid battle

By Phil Weller published

The band's classic lineup have reunited for their first show together since 2010 – and they marked the occasion with a brand-new song

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Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarists

Red Hot Chili Peppers survived 5 guitarist swaps, and each one shook up their sound. Here’s how the band’s guitar style evolved with each personnel shift – and what you can learn from them, too

By Jamie Hunt published

From Hillel Slovak to the second coming of John Frusciante, we trace the RHCP funk-rock sound through five guitarists

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Red Hot Chili Peppers play a concert on May 11, 2013 at Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon

Flea names the one bassline that he would “go back and fix” from the Red Hot Chili Pepper's 1995 album, One Hot Minute

By Scott Malandrone published

Flea on the making of One Hot Minute: “I thought it sounded like another stupid white boy trying to be funky!”

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Josh Klinghoffer performs onstage

Jane’s Addiction tap Josh Klinghoffer to fill in for Dave Navarro on upcoming live shows

By Matt Owen published

The former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist will join the fold for a handful of shows this March as Navarro continues to recover from long Covid

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Troy Van Leeuwen, Josh Klinghoffer and Daniel Ash

Troy Van Leeuwen, Josh Klinghoffer and Daniel Ash could feature on new Jane's Addiction music in 2023

By Sam Roche published

The guitarists all filled in on the band's recent Spirits on Fire US tour, as Dave Navarro continues to battle long Covid

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Troy Van Leeuwen (left) and Dave Navarro perform onstage

Troy Van Leeuwen is filling in for Dave Navarro on Jane’s Addiction's current North American tour

By Jackson Maxwell published

Navarro has been battling a nasty case of long Covid since last December

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Dave Navarro opens up on his six-month battle with “long Covid”

By Matt Owen published

The Jane's Addiction guitarist said he's “been sick since December” and “nobody knows how long” it will be before he makes a full recovery

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