Editing John Frusciante (section)

==Early life==
Frusciante was born in [[Astoria, Queens, New York|Queens]], New York City, on March 5, 1970.<ref>{{cite web |title=Happy Birthday John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) |url=https://magnetmagazine.com/2021/03/05/happy-birthday-john-frusciante-red-hot-chili-peppers/ |website=Magnet Magazine |access-date=November 3, 2021 |date=March 5, 2021 |archive-date=February 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217185728/https://magnetmagazine.com/2021/03/05/happy-birthday-john-frusciante-red-hot-chili-peppers/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> His father, John Augustus Frusciante, is a [[Juilliard School|Juilliard]]-trained pianist, who later became a lawyer and then circuit court judge in Florida.<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Frusciante: Broward judge's guitarist son enters rock hall of fame |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2012-04-17-fl-judge-rocker-20120416-story.html |access-date=August 27, 2022 |website=Sun Sentinel|date=April 17, 2012 }}</ref>  His mother, Gail Bruno, was a promising vocalist who gave up her career to be a stay-at-home mother.<ref name="gpm1">{{cite web |last1=Rotondigic |first1=James |title=Till I Reach the Higher Ground |url=https://www.johnfrusciante.com/articles.php#guitarPlayer01 |website=Guitar Player |access-date=November 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820185855/https://www.johnfrusciante.com/articles.php |archive-date=August 20, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Frusciante is of Italian ancestry.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amato |first=Emiliano |date=June 28, 2006 |title=John Frusciante Nella Citta Della Musica |url=http://www.positanonews.it/articolo/82992/ravello-jack-frusciante-nella-citta-della-musica |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924080355/http://www.positanonews.it/articolo/82992/ravello-jack-frusciante-nella-citta-della-musica |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |website=www.positanonews.it}}</ref>

Frusciante's family moved to [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]], Arizona, and then Florida, where his father served as a [[Broward County, Florida|Broward County]] judge until October 2010.<ref name="Kay">{{cite web |url=http://www.boardroompr.com/news/Broward-Judge-Frusciante-resigns/ |author=Kay, Julie |title=Broward Judge Frusciante Resigns. |date=June 1, 2010 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821204332/http://www.boardroompr.com/news/Broward-Judge-Frusciante-resigns/ |archive-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref> His parents separated when he was seven years old, and he and his mother moved to [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]], California.<ref name="gpm1" />

A year later, Frusciante and his mother moved to [[Mar Vista, Los Angeles, California|Mar Vista]], Los Angeles, with his new stepfather, who, he says, "really supported me and made me feel good about being an artist".<ref name="gpm1"/> He became involved in the Los Angeles [[punk rock]] scene. At age nine, he became fixated on [[the Germs]], repeatedly listening to their album ''[[(GI)]]''. He later used a non-standard tuning of his own invention to play songs from the album single-finger [[Barre chord|barre]].<ref name="gpm1"/>

Frusciante began studying guitarists such as [[Jeff Beck]], [[Jimmy Page]], [[David Gilmour]] and [[Jimi Hendrix]] at 11. He discovered [[Frank Zappa]], whose work he would study for hours.<ref name="gpm1"/> He dropped out of high school at age 16 with the permission of his parents and upon completion of a proficiency test.<ref name="rs-fricke"/> With their support, he moved to Los Angeles to develop his musicianship.<ref name="rs-fricke">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/chilipeppers_tattooed_love_boys/page/1 |author=Fricke, David |date=June 15, 2006 |title=Tattooed Love Boys: After twenty-three years, nine albums, death, love, and addiction, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are at Number One for the very first time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224100730/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/chilipeppers_tattooed_love_boys/page/1 |archive-date=December 24, 2008 |access-date=October 2, 2007 |url-status=dead |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> He began taking classes at the [[Musicians Institute|Guitar Institute of Technology]], but turned to punching in without actually attending and left shortly thereafter.<ref name="gpm1"/>