# Otherside guitar solo > John Frusciante's guitar solo on Otherside by Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999) starts at about 2:30. From the album Californication. Canonical URL: Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1999, from *Californication*. Solo by *John Frusciante*. The brief solo is simple but haunting, echoing the song's dark subject matter. It shows his skill at saying a lot with very little. Otherside by Red Hot Chili Peppers is #9 in our ranking of the best John Frusciante guitar solos. The solo is played by John Frusciante and the song was released in 1999. ## In our lists - [The Best John Frusciante Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/john-frusciante-guitar-solos/) — #9 - [The Best Red Hot Chili Peppers Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/red-hot-chili-peppers-guitar-solos/) — #8 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Otherside? John Frusciante played the solo on Red Hot Chili Peppers's Otherside (1999). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)