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What is John Frusciante's greatest guitar song with the Red Hot Chili Peppers?
By Total Guitar editors published
Vote for your favorite Frusciante-featuring Chili Peppers cut

Red Hot Chili Peppers return to laid-back, wah-driven funk with new single, Poster Child
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The latest track with John Frusciante is an ode to the band’s rock heroes

Chad Smith ditches drums for guitar during Eddie Vedder show – and ticks off every guitar hero trick in the book
By Matt Owen published
The Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer's six-string cameo took place during a cover of Neil Young's Rockin' in the Free World, and featured some inch-perfect power stances, flawless back-to-back guitar action and a rogue stampede on the wrong pedalboard

Watch Eddie Vedder cover the Beatles, Prince and Jimi Hendrix with Josh Klinghoffer, Andrew Watt and Chad Smith
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Vedder and his band of Red Hot Chili Peppers vets have kicked off their Earthlings tour with plenty of setlist surprises, including Pearl Jam rarities and some big-name covers

From Hendrixian comebacks to riff-fueled throwdowns: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Start your weekend in style with killer new tracks from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Halestorm, Arch Enemy, Nova Twins, Lucy Dacus, Painted Shield and more

Red Hot Chili Peppers announce new album Unlimited Love, drop lead single, Black Summer
By Matt Owen published
The upcoming 17-track effort – the first to feature John Frusciante since 2006’s Stadium Arcadium – arrives on April 1

Red Hot Chili Peppers share footage of new John Frusciante and Flea studio jam
By Michael Astley-Brown published
A new single is expected any day now from the LA funk-rock titans

Red Hot Chili Peppers tease new music with fresh John Frusciante riff
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The Hendrix-flavored cut hints towards an imminent single release

Watch Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction, Tool, Queens of the Stone Age members jam on classic rock standards at all-star benefit concert
By Jackson Maxwell published
Taylor Hawkins, Chris Chaney, Chad Smith, Danny Carey, Andrew Watt, Josh Homme and Troy Van Leeuwen came together for a loose, one-off performance at Malibu Elementary School

Josh Klinghoffer talks touring with Pearl Jam, his relationship with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and his ambitious quest to make a solo album every year
By Greg Prato published
Two years after his departure from RHCP, the guitarist reveals how he ended up joining the legendary Seattle rockers on tour, and what the future holds for his solo project, Pluralone
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