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Watch a 17-year-old John Frusciante shred like a hair-metal guitar hero in newly unearthed footage
One year before he joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Frusciante could be found tearing up the fretboard of a Kramer-inspired SuperStrat with two-hand tapping, blinding legato and Floyd Rose whammy bar squeals