During the now famous 1994 VPRO interview, a really drugged up John Frusciante was asked, what he thought when he heard the news of Kurt Cobain’s death?
“I cried, I don’t know why….I don’t like his music or anything….you know it’s awful about his baby I just……I don’t want to talk about that…..I just don’t think he has very many guts” – John Frusciante 1994
Nirvana whom opened for the Red Hot Chili Peppers during a portion of The Pepper’s 1991 Blood Sugar Sex Magic Tour must not have made a great impression on Frusciante back then. Seven years later though, on April 27, 2001, a sober John Frusciante covered the Nirvana song “Lounge Act” for a solo show at Johnny Foley’s in San Francisco, California. Check it out…
Here’s the VPRO interview portion where Frusciante is asked about Cobain’s death…
Click below to check out John covering a couple of Radiohead songs…