What you need to know about Frusciante’s return to the Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Fans of the Red Hot Chili Peppers welcomed the news of John Frusciante’s return to the band in December 2019. The announcement came via the band’s Instagram page but not before mentioning on the same IG post the departure of the band’s erstwhile guitarist for the past 10 years, Josh Klinghoffer. Photography student and RHCP fan Fred Brisker believes Frusciante’s return was a long time coming. The band wasn’t even the same without him, Fred muses.

But what could be at stake now that the eccentric guitarist is back in the Chili Peppers fold? In some interviews last year, John often compares this reunion as “…returning to family. I’m extremely comfortable with those people. It was as if no time had gone by at all when we started playing, pretty much, with a couple of minor exceptions, like how Chad and I got our communication together in a new way.” John later admits, “Before I didn’t even know the difference between a ride cymbal and a crash cymbal. Now I’m a drummer in my own way through breakbeats and drum machines.” He was referring to his solo efforts, which, after his recent parting with the band ten years prior, somewhat veered away from RHCP’s funk rock genre.

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And while everything seemed to be going pretty well - with the band in the middle of rehearsals and possibly writing new music - the COVID-19 pandemic struck, prompting the cancellation of touring until 2021. Fans such as Fred Brisker are yet to find out if there is a chance of lifting or a further cancellation of touring now that a new COVID-19 variant has spread, causing a major setback to pandemic response on most parts of the world.

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