A genuine guitar virtuoso/hero and he also dove very deep into the electronic music world and seems to really know his stuff there. Is there anyone else as accomplished in both worlds? Thom Yorke?
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of course not, i am
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Is John Frusciante the best “rock” + “electronic” musician?
No.
But more importantly, he may be your favorite “rock” + “electronic” musician, and that’s what matters.
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Trent Reznor is my pick. He never kept the two separate though, so I’m not sure if that disqualifies him 
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In my opinion, it’s Future Sound of London/Amorphous Androgynous.
Why the dichotomy? Music is music.
Is John the best? No, but it depends who you ask.
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Because I’m bored and like to start conversations 
To this day I still can’t decide if “ Your Pussy’s Glued to a Building on Fire” was a piss take or not
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Robert Frippertronics
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Pbx funicular intaglio zone and Enclosure are my favorite Frusciante albums, and imho those are the ones where he managed to combine rock and electronics very successfully.
But as was mentioned above, it’s not a competition. Way too much good stuff out there.
I would say Jonny Greenwood is more virtuoso/wild in both arenas compared to Thom Yorke.
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Brian Eno did OK.
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Mick Harris.
Instrumental in the development of blast beats and grindcore.
A massive inspiration for Dubstep (the good kind)
Gave UK techno a leg up at the start.
Mike Patton
Name me a genre this guy hasn’t excelled in…
Also, his record Label gave a lot of people in all sorts of genres exposure that might not have otherwise been forthcoming.
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this guy is GOAT. my fav is Mr Bungle project, and I’m not talking about the vocals range from death metal to highest screeching pitches, how would one even compose and arrange this stuff… true genius!
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Huzefack is Joan Frusticante?
He doesn’t consider himself a musician, does he?
Ha, fair point! Though I always think labels like that are probably more for other people to decide
Since the definition might be up to interpretation, I’d go with Martin Gore and Bernard Sumner as I always do.
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I think Jonny Greenwood would need to have put at least one album out (which is not a soundtrack) for this to be the case.
I have to be honest, as soon as I see the word virtuoso anywhere near electronic music, alarm bells start to sound.
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