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Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers. From left to right: Flea, Anthony Kie

Chad Smith, John Frusciante.

Background information

Origin Los Angeles, California, United States

Genre(s) Alternative rock, funk rock

Years active 1983present

Label(s) EMI, Warner Bros.

Associated

acts

What Is This?, Jane's Addiction, Atax

Eleven, The Mars Volta

Website www.redhotchilipeppers.com

(http://www.redhotchilipeppers.com/)

Members

Anthony Kiedis

John Frusciante

Michael "Flea" Balzary

Chad Smith

Former members

Hillel SlovakJack Irons

Cliff Martinez

Jack Sherman

D. H. Peligro

DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight

Jesse Tobias

Arik Marshall

Dave Navarro

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Red Hot Chili Peppers are a Grammy Award-winningAmerican rock band formed in Los Angeles, California,n 1983. For most of the band's existence, the members

are vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John Frusciante,bassist Michael "Flea" Balzary, and drummer Chad

Smith. The band's varied musical style has fusedraditional rock and funk with various elements of punkock, and psychedelic rock.

n addition to Kiedis and Flea, the group originallyeatured guitarist Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons.

Slovak, however, died of a heroin overdose in 1988,

esulting in Irons departure.[1] Irons was replaced brieflyby former Dead Kennedys drummer D. H. Peligro beforehe band found a permanent replacement in Smith, while

Slovak was replaced by up-and-coming guitaristFrusciante. This lineup recorded the band's fourth andifth albums,Mother's Milk(1989) andBlood Sugar Sex

Magik(1991).

Blood Sugar Sex Magikbecame an extremely significantecord for the band; it thrust them into mainstreamuccess with over thirteen million copies sold. Frusciante

rew uncomfortable with this new found success and leftabruptly in the middle of the tour for the album in 1992,descending into heroin addiction. Kiedis, Flea, and Smithemployed Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction for theirubsequent album, One Hot Minute (1995). Althoughairly successful, it did not match the critical acclaim of

Blood Sugar Sex Magikand sold fewer than half theopies of its predecessor. Shortly afterwards, Navarro

departed the band due to creative differences.

Frusciante, fresh out of drug rehabilitation, rejoined theband in 1998, at Flea's request. The reunited quarteteturned to the studio to record Californication (1999),

which went on to sell fifteen million units worldwide,becoming their most successful album to date. It wasollowed three years later withBy the Way (2002), whichontinued their success. In 2006, the group released the

double album Stadium Arcadium. The band has woneven Grammy Awards. They sold over fifty million
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albums worldwide, had eight singles in the Top 40 of theBillboardHot 100 (including three singles in the Top 10), had five #1 singles on the Mainstream Rock char

and a record eleven #1 singles on the Modern Rock charts. They are currently on hiatus. [2]

Contents

1 History1.1 Formation and first album (19831984)1.2 Freaky Styley and The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (19851988)1.3 Mother's Milk (19891990)1.4 Blood Sugar Sex Magik (19901992)1.5 One Hot Minute (19931997)1.6 Californication (19982001)1.7 By the Way (20022004)1.8 Stadium Arcadium (20052007)1.9 Hiatus (2008present)

2 Musical style

2.1 Techniques2.2 Improvisation2.3 Lyrics and songwriting

3 Band members4 Discography5 See also6 References7 Notes8 External links

History

Formation and first album (19831984)

Red Hot Chilli Peppers [3] were formed by Fairfax High School alumniAnthony Kiedis, Hillel Slovak, Jack Irons and Michael "Flea" Balzary in

1983.[4][4]RHCP's first performance was at the Rhythm Lounge, to a crow

of roughly thirty people, opening for Tim Allen.[5] One song had been

created for the occasion, which involved the band, then known as Tony Floand the Mystical Masters of Mayhem, improvising music while Kiedis rap

a poem he had written called "Out in L.A.".[6] As Slovak and Irons werealready committed to another group, What Is This?, it was intended to be aone time performance. However, the performance was so lively that the ba

was asked to return the following week.[5] Due to this unexpected successthe band changed its name to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, playing several mshows at various LA clubs and musical venues. Six songs from these initia

shows were recorded onto the band's first demo tape.[7]
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Several months after their first performance, the band was signed to the reclabel EMI. Two weeks earlier, What Is This? had obtained a record deal wMCA, and as Slovak and Irons considered the Red Hot Chili Peppers a sid

project, they quit to focus on What Is This?. Instead of dissolving the band, Kiedis and Flea decided to recr

new members.[8] Cliff Martinez, a friend of Flea's, who was also a cunt, was asked to join the Chili Pepperhortly thereafter. Auditions for a new guitarist produced Jack Sherman.

Gang of Four guitarist Andy Gill was hired to produce their first album. Despite Kiedis and Flea's misgivin

he pushed the band to play with a cleaner, crisper and more radio-friendly sound. [9]The Red Hot Chili

Peppers was released on August 10, 1984, and was a commercial flop.[10] It initially sold approximately

25,000 units, and garnered little marketable recognition.[11] The ensuing tour fared little better, as continuinmusical and lifestyle tension between Kiedis and Sherman complicated the transition between concert and

daily band life.[12][13] Sherman was fired soon after, with Slovak returning to the Chili Peppers after growiired of What is This?.

Freaky Styley and The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (19851988)

George Clinton was selected to produce the next Red Hot Chili Peppers album, Freaky Styley. The album wecorded in Detroit's famed R&B and funky United Sound Systems studios on the edge of Wayne State

University's campus. Clinton combined various elements of punk and funk into the band's repertoire,[14]

allowing their music to incorporate a variety of distinct styles. However, though the band had a much better

elationship with Clinton than with Gill,[15]Freaky Styley, released on August 16, 1985, also achieved littleuccess, failing to make an impression on any chart. The subsequent tour was also considered unproductive

he band.[16]

Cliff Martinez was dismissed from the group in the summer of 1986, with Kiedis saying that he sensed thatMartinez wished to leave. Jack Irons, out of work and finally separated from other commitments, rejoined th

roup, to Kiedis, Flea, and Slovak's great surprise. The Chili Peppers attempted to hire Rick Rubin to produheir third album, but he turned the offer down. The band eventually hired Michael Beinhorn, who was the

band's last choice.[17] Songs began to form quickly, and the album's shape came into view, blending the samunk feel and rhythms as Freaky Styley, but also taking a harder, more immediate approach to punk rock an

unk metal.[18] Reuniting all four original members renewed their creativity, enlivening the recording

process.[19]

On September 29, 1987, The Uplift Mofo Party Plan was released, becominghe first Red Hot Chili Peppers album to appear on any chart. Although it

peaked at only #148 on theBillboard Hot 200,

[20]

this was a significantuccess compared to the Chili Peppers' first two albums.

During this period, however, Kiedis and Slovak had both developed serious

drug addictions,[21] often abandoning the band, each other, and theirignificant others for days on end. Slovak's addiction led to his death on June

25, 1988, not long after the conclusion of the Uplifttour.[22] Kiedis fled theity and did not attend Slovak's funeral, considering the situation to be surreal

and dreamlike.[23] Jack Irons subsequently left the group, saying that he did

A promotional flyer featuring

the band from 1986.

The Red Hot Chili Pepper

lineup c. 1987. Left to righ

Jack Irons, Flea, Anthony

Kiedis Hillel Slovak.
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not want to be part of a group where his friends were dying.[1]

other's Milk(19891990)

n an attempt to cope with the death of Slovak and the departure of Irons, Kiedis and Flea temporarilyemployed Dead Kennedys drummer D. H. Peligro and former P-Funk guitarist DeWayne "Blackbyrd"McKnight. Neither sparked any notable chemistry and they were each replaced rapidly. However, Peligro'sbrief tenure did have one vital, long-term consequence for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, his association with t

band led to John Frusciante, an acquaintance of Peligro, to audition for the band's empty guitarist role.Frusciante was fascinated with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and, as a result, was particularly interested inauditioning. Following a constructive jam (which would later appear onMother's Milkas "Pretty Little Ditt

here was a unanimous decision to accept Frusciante into the band. [24]

Three weeks prior to the beginning of recording, the band was still without a drummer, despite severalauditions. Eventually, a friend of the band told them about a drummer she knew, Chad Smith, who was so

proficient on the drums he "ate [them] for breakfast". [25] Kiedis had qualms about allowing Smith to try ouhowever, he agreed to give him a chance. At his audition, Smith overwhelmed the band by not only matchiFlea's intricate and complex rhythm, but even beginning to lead him. After this successful jam session, Kied

Frusciante and Flea admitted Smith into the band.

The recording of the band's fourth album was hindered by conflict with producer Michael Beinhorn, whoseprimary agenda was to give Frusciante's guitar playing a loud, overpowering sound, similar to the abrasive

ones utilized in heavy metal.[26] This modification caused Frusciante great discomfort, as it did not fit with

his preferred style of playing. An example of this can be heard on the song "Stone Cold Bush". [27]

The Chili Peppers' fourth album,Mother's Milkwas released in August 1989, and gave them their first top

modern rock hits a tribute ballad to Slovak, "Knock Me Down", [4] and their cover of Stevie Wonder'sHigher Ground". The album reached #52 on the American album charts and became the band's first gold

ecord.[28]

Blood Sugar Sex Magik(19901992)

n 1990, the group switched labels to Warner Bros. Records, with Rick Rubin hired to produce their then-untitled fifth album. Rubin has produced all of the band's subsequent studio albums. The writing process forhis album was far more productive than it had been during the creation ofMother's Milk, with Kiedis sayin

hat "[every day] now, there was new music for me to lyricize". [29]

The band embarked on the grueling six-month process of recording a new album the long periods of rehears

ongwriting, and the incubating of ideas but Rubin was dissatisfied with a regular recording studio, thinkinghe band would work better in a less orthodox setting. He came across an "amazing, huge, empty historically

andmarked Mediterranean haunted mansion a stone's throw from where we all lived." [30] For the next monor so, Frusciante, Kiedis and Flea remained in seclusion, never once leaving the house during the entire

ecording process. Smith, however, decided not to live in the house, believing it to be haunted. [31]

The band was unable to decide on the title of the album, but to Rubin, one particular song title stuck out:Blood Sugar Sex Magik". Although it was not a featured song, Rick believed it to be "clearly the best title

hey had at the time.[32]
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On September 24, 1991,Blood Sugar Sex Magikwas released. "Give It Away" was released as the first singt won a Grammy award in 1992 for "Best Hard Rock Performance With Vocal"and became the band's first

number one single on the Modern Rock chart.[33][34] The ballad "Under the Bridge" was released as the fol

up single, and went on to reach #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,[34] the highest the band has reached on t

hart,[34] and became one of the band's most recognizable songs. Other singles such as "Breaking the Girl"and "Suck My Kiss" also fared well on the charts. The album itself was an international sensation, selling ov

2 million copies and greatly broadening the Chili Peppers' audience.[35]Blood Sugar Sex Magikwas listed

number 310 on the Rolling Stone magazine list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and in 1992 it ros#3 on the U.S. album charts, almost a year after its release. [10]

The band's success and drug addiction were taking their toll on Frusciante, who abruptly quit the band durin

he Blood Sugar Japanese tour in May 1992.[4] The band headlined the Lollapalooza festival in 1992 witheplacement guitarist Arik Marshall (who appeared with them in The Simpsons fourth season finale, "Krusty

Gets Kancelled", and the videos for "Breaking the Girl" and "If You Have to Ask"), and briefly with JesseTobias of the Los Angeles-based band Mother Tongue. Neither lasted very long, with the rest of the band

tating that "The chemistry wasn't right."[36] They eventually settled on former Jane's Addiction guitarist DaNavarro.

One Hot Minute (19931997)

Dave Navarro first appeared with the band at Woodstock '94, where they wore enormous light bulb costumeattached precariously to chrome metallic suits, making it near-impossible for them to play their instrumentsWhile externally, the band appeared to be settled, the relationship between the three established members an

Navarro had begun to deteriorate.[37] His differing musical background made performing difficult as they

began playing together,[38] and continued to be an issue over the next year as his first and only album with

Red Hot Chili Peppers, One Hot Minute, was recorded and released on September 12, 1995. The band

described the album as a darker, sadder record compared to their previous material.

[38]

Despite mixed reviehe album was a commercial success. Selling five million copies worldwide,[39] it spawned the band's third ingle, the ballad "My Friends", and enjoyed chart success with the songs "Warped" and "Aeroplane".

This iteration of the band was also featured on several soundtracks. "I Found Out", a John Lennon cover, weatured on Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon. The Ohio Players cover, "Love Rollercoaster"

was featured on theBeavis and Butthead Do America soundtrack, and was released as a single.

By this point Kiedis had resumed his heroin dependence. In April 1998 it was announced that Navarro had l

he band due to creative differences; Kiedis stated that the decision was "mutual."[40] Reports at the time,

however, indicated Navarro's departure came after he attended a band practice under the influence of drugswhich at one point involved him falling backwards over his own amp.[41] Kiedis has since said that though

event should have been comical, it was instead pitiful and was the impetus for Navarro's departure. [42]

Californication (19982001)

n the years following his departure from the band, it became public that John Frusciante had developed an

addiction to heroin, which left him in poverty and near death. [43] He was talked into admitting himself to L

Encinas Drug Rehabilitation Center in January 1998.[44][45] He concluded the process in February of that ye
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and began renting a small apartment in Silver Lake.[46] He acquired many injuries/problems in the years ofaddiction, some requiring surgery, including permanent scarring on his arms, a restructured nose, and new

eeth to prevent fatal infection.[47]

In April 1998, Flea visited his former band-mate and openly invitedFrusciante to re-join the band, an invitation an emotional Frusciante readily

accepted.[46] Within the week and, for the first time in six years, the reunit

foursome gathered to play, and jump-started the newly reunited Red Hot C

Peppers.[48] Anthony Kiedis said of the situation:[49]

For me, that was the defining moment of what would becomethe next six years of our lives together. That was when I knewthat this was the real deal, that the magic was about to happenagain. Suddenly we could all hear, we could all listen, andinstead of being caught up in our finite little balls of bullshit,we could all become players in that great universal orchestra

again.[48]

Despite the band's elation by Frusciante's return, he was both mentally andphysically torn. Frusciante had not played with the band since his departureand having previously lost every guitar he owned in a house fire from whi

he barely escaped,[43] he experienced a difficult time resuming the life prior to his drug usage. His talent dihowever, resurface and new songs began to roll out. On June 8, 1999, after over a year of production andmeticulous practice, Californication was released as the band's seventh studio album. An almost instant

achievement,[10] the album ultimately sold over 15 million copies worldwide and became the band's most

uccessful recording to date.[50]Californication contained fewer rap-driven songs than its predecessors,

nstead integrating textured, consistent, and melodic guitar riffs, vocals and bass-lines. [51]

Californication peaked at #3[10] in the US and produced three more number one modern rock hits: "ScarTissue", "Otherside" and "Californication". "Scar Tissue" won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Rock Sont was also performed at the ceremony and included a brief jam with rapper Snoop Dogg at its culmination.

Other singles included "Around the World", "Road Trippin'", and "Parallel Universe", which broke the Topmodern rock charts despite not having been commercially released as a single.

n July 1999, as part of the band's two-year long international world tour in support of their new album, theRed Hot Chili Peppers played at Woodstock 1999. Some 10 minutes before the show, they were asked by JiHendrix's sister to play a cover of her brother's songs. After some hesitation, the band decided to play hislassic "Fire", which they had covered in Mother's Milk. Coincidentally, about two thirds of the way into th

band's set, the closing set of the three day concert, a small fire escalated into full-fledged vandalism and

esulted in the intervention of riot control squads.[52]

n 2001, the Chili Peppers released their first concert DVD, Off the Map. The DVD was directed by longtimriend Dick Rude, who had also produced the music videos for "Catholic School Girls Rule" and "Universa

Speaking". The footage was taken from two different concerts, but was amalgamated with transition andndistinguishable song conversions.

By the Way (20022004)

The newly reunited band in a

Californication promotional

shot. Circa 1999.
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The band began writing their next album in early 2001, and released By theWay over a year later, on July 9, 2002. The album, at the time, was their mnoteworthy chart debut, selling over a million copies in first week and

emerging at #2 on theBillboard200.[10] It produced five hit singles; "By thWay", "The Zephyr Song", "Can't Stop", "Dosed", and "UniversallySpeaking", and was the most subdued album they had generated to date,focusing primarily on melodic ballads as opposed to the Chili Peppers' classtyle of rap-driven funk. Frusciante also concentrated on a more layeredtexture on many of the songs, often adding keyboard parts (albeit, theyfeatured very low in the mix) and also writing string arrangements for song

(such as 'Midnight' and 'Minor Thing')[53] The album was followed by an

eighteen month-long world tour.[54]

The Chili Peppers recorded two new songs, "Fortune Faded" and "Save the Population" for their Greatest H

album released in November 2003,[55] peaking at #18 on theBillboard200.[10] However, "UniversallySpeaking" and "By the Way" were the only two songs from By the Way included in the compilation causingriticism as to why songs such as "Can't Stop" and "The Zephyr Song", which were extremely successful,

were not present.

The European leg of theBy the Way tour produced the band's second full-length concert DVD,Live at SlanCastle, which was recorded during a show at Slane Castle in Ireland on August 23, 2003. The band also wenon to release their first full-length live album,Live in Hyde Park; recorded during their performances in HyPark, London. More than 258,000 fans paid over $17,100,000 in ticket sales to attend the band's three nighttand at the park; the event ranked #1 onBillboard's Top Concert Boxscores of 2004.

t featured two previously unheard songs, "Rolling Sly Stone" and "Leverage of Space", which are believedhave been unreleased tracks from the Greatest Hits sessions.

Stadium Arcadium (20052007)

n 2006 the band released the Grammy Award-winningStadium Arcadium produced by Rick Rubin. Although 38ongs were created with the intention of being released as

hree separate albums spaced six months apart,[56] the band

nstead chose to release a 28-track double album, with theemaining ten tracks to be released later as B-sides,

although only nine B-sides ended up released. It was theirirst album to debut at #1 on the US charts, where it stayedor two weeks, and debuted at number one in the UK and

25 other countries. In the album's first week, it sold 442,000units in the United States alone, and over 1,100,000

worldwide, setting a personal record for one week sales. [10]

By the end of 2006, Stadium Arcadium was named thebest-selling album of the year, with over seven millionunits sold, and also recorded the highest one week in total

ales of the year.[57]

Ticket stub from the June 19,2004Live in Hyde Park

concert

Red Hot Chili Peppers performing at the 2007

Grammy Awards. From left to right, Flea, Kied

Smith and Frusciante.
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The record's first single "Dani California", was the band's fastest-selling single, debuting on top of the ModRock chart in the US, peaking at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and reaching #2 in the UK. This song was als

ncluded in the movie Death Note as the title theme song. [34] "Tell Me Baby", released next, also topped thharts in 2006. "Snow ((Hey Oh))" was released in late 2006, breaking multiple records by 2007. The song

became their eleventh number one single, giving the band a cumulative total of 81 weeks at number one (alingles combined). It was also the first time three consecutive singles by the band made it to number one.Desecration Smile" was released internationally in February 2007 and has reached number 27 on the UKharts. "Hump de Bump" was planned to be the next single for the US, Canada, and Australia only, but due

positive feedback from the music video, it was released as a worldwide single in May 2007.

The band began another international world tour in support ofStadium Arcadium in 2006, beginning withpromotional concerts in Europe and culminating in a two-month long European tour from late May to mid-uly. The group then toured North America from early August to early November, returning to Europe later

November for a second leg that ran until mid-December. The Chili Peppers began the year of 2007 with aecond North American leg, this time including Mexico in addition to the United States, from mid-January

mid-March. This was followed by shows in various cities in Australia and New Zealand, from early-to-midApril and concerts in Japan in early June. The Chili Peppers recently finished touring Europe for another legrom late June to late August. They appeared at the Live Earth concert at London's Wembley Stadium on Ju

7, 2007. Throughout the course of their tour, the band appeared at several festivals, including Ireland's Oxegn July 2006, Lollapalooza in August 2006 in Grant Park, Chicago, a subsequent set at the Coachella Valley

Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California in late April 2007 and in August 2007 they appeared as one ofhree headliners at the Reading and Leeds festivals. The other two being Razorlight and Smashing Pumpkin

n February 2007, Stadium Arcadium won 6 Grammys: Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song ("DaniCalifornia"), Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal ("Dani California"), Best Boxed Or

Special Limited Edition Package, Best Producer (Rick Rubin),[58] and Best Short Form Music Video ("DanCalifornia"). The ceremony included a live performance of "Snow ((Hey Oh))", their single at the time,

omplete with confetti snow.

Hiatus (2008present)

Anthony Kiedis toldRolling Stone in an interview published May 20, 2008 that the Red Hot Chili Peppers adisbanded for the moment." Following the last leg of the tour promoting Stadium Arcadium, the band

members have been on a break. Kiedis attributes this to the band being worn out from their years of nonstopwork since Californication. Kiedis explained that he is currently preoccupied with taking care of his new so

and possibly creating a short television series called "Scar Tissue" which is set to basically be a recap of hisbook, while Flea is experimenting with new musical ideas, Frusciante is continuing his solo career, and ChaSmith is in Japan working with a jazz band. Smith is also currently working with Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriaand Michael Anthony in the supergroup Chickenfoot. The band plans to remain on hiatus for "a minimum o

one year." However, Kiedis has stated that he is eager to start thinking about new material. [59]

Nevertheless, band members appear divided as to what they want for the future of the band. According to

Smith, the group was to get together to discuss their next album tentatively in September 2008.[60] Smith won to say that "some of our best stuff is yet to come. For some reason we have a special thing, the four of usWe've changed the chemistry of the band a couple of times. When John [Frusciante] rejoined for the second

ime, we were like: 'This is a special chemistry we have.'"[60] However, Flea enrolled at USC fall 2008 andtated that the Red Hot Chili Peppers are on a "major hiatus", the duration of which will be "two years".
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According to Flea, "We just needed two years. We had our noses to the grindstones so hard for so long. Weneeded to get away from it and get a fresh perspective on things." He also stated that they have no tenth albplanned, yet he has also stated that he is very anxious to release more music. In early 2009, Frusciante statehat: "the official news is just that there's no plans to do anything and we're on a hiatus of an indefinite leng...] There's just absolutely no plans to do anything and, that's it. Yeah, we worked really hard for ten years

and, you know, there's other things in life."[61]

The band's newest recording was in 2008 with George Clinton (who also produced 1985's Freaky Styley) on

his latest album "George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love". Accompained by Kim Manning, the bandecorded a new version of Shirley and Lee's classic "Let the Good Times Roll". [62]

Musical style

Techniques

Kiedis provides a range of vocal styles while singing. His approach of spoken verse and "rapping" (theprimary characteristic of his vocals up toBlood Sugar Sex Magik) complemented with more traditional voc

have helped the band maintain a relatively consistent style. [63] Nevertheless, as the group has matured, theocal sequences present in albums starting from Californication have drastically reduced the number of rapung verses.By the Way only contained two songs which remained true to the rap-driven-verses and

ubsequent melodic choruses.[64] Kiedis' more recent style has been developed through coaching throughou

all nine of Red Hot Chili Peppers' albums.[65]

Hillel Slovak's style was strongly based on blues and funk. Early replacements, including current guitaristohn Frusciante, based their style significantly on Slovak's. However, Frusciante has brought a more melod

and textured sound to more recent albums such asBy the Way, Californication and Stadium Arcadium. Thi

ontrasts with his previous abrasive approach inMother's Milk,[66][67] as well as his dry, funky and more

docile arrangements onBlood Sugar Sex Magik. Dave Navarro brought an entirely different sound to the baduring his tenure, with his style based on heavy metal, progressive rock and psychedelia.[68]

Flea's bass style is an amalgamation of funk, psychedelic, punk, and hard rock.[69] The groove-heavy, low-uned melodies, played through either normal finger style or aggressive slapping (popping and slapping), haontributed to the Red Hot Chili Peppers' signature style. While Flea's slap bass style was prominent in earl

albums, later albums (post "Blood Sugar Sex Magik")[69] have more melodic bass lines. He has also useddouble stops on "Don't Forget Me", "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" "Hump de Bump" and "Snow ((Hey Oh))".

Chad Smith's in-the-pocket style of drumming adds space and allows Frusciante and Flea to add melodies t

he beats and grooves more effectively. He actively employs rapid successions of the bass drum oftenollowing Flea's fast bass lines with only one bass drum pedal. This is evident in the song "The Greeting

Song", where in the main riff Smith's bass drum mimics Flea's bass accents. In addition, a song like "Give IAway" demonstrates his in-the-pocket drumming that places focuses on the groove over flashiness. HoweveSmith is known to play "flashy" fills during the band's live performances, although he has downplayed the

mportance of this, stating "Playing well with others is more important than not being too flashy." [70]

While Kiedis is the lead vocalist for the band, Frusciante often contributes backing vocals and two partharmonies to various songs. He sang lead on the chorus of such Blood Sugar Sex Magiksongs as "The Pow
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of Equality", "Funky Monks", "Breaking The Girl" and "The Righteous and the Wicked". His falsetto is userequently, particularly onBy the Way and Stadium Arcadium, though it was also used onBlood Sugar Sex

Magikon the songs "If You Have to Ask" and "Under the Bridge". Frusciante shared lead vocal duties withKiedis on "Knock Me Down" fromMother's Milk, and has solo spots on songs such as "Dosed" andDesecration Smile".

Improvisation

mprovisation has always been a major part of the band's signature style, with early shows composed almosentirely of improvisations. In addition, many guitar solos recorded on the current albums and played live byFrusciante are improvised, as are several of Flea's bass solos. The band has, for most of the last decade,opened the show with a short improvisation, always in the same key as the initial song. Sometimes thebeginnings, middle sections and/or endings of the songs are extended by long improvisations, such as "MyLovely Man", "If You Have to Ask", "Californication", "Parallel Universe", "Can't Stop", "Throw Away YTelevision", "By the Way" and "Dani California". The group has always ended the show with a longermprovisation, usually stemming from the improvisation to "Give It Away".

Lyrics and songwriting

Through the years, Kiedis' lyrics have dealt with a variety of topics, which have shifted as time has

progressed. Themes within his repertoire include love and friendship,[71][72] teenage angst and good-time

aggression,[73] various sexual topics and the link between sex and music, political and social commentary

Native American issues in particular),[74] romance,[75][71][76] loneliness,[77] globalization and the cons of

ame and Hollywood,[78] poverty, drugs, alcohol, and dealing with death.[79]

Band members

Anthony Kiedis - lead vocals (1983-present)John Frusciante - guitars, backing vocals, synthesizers (1988-1992, 1998-present)Flea - bass, trumpet, backing vocals (1983-present)Chad Smith - drums, percussion (1988-present)

Discography

The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984)Freaky Styley (1985)The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)

Mother's Milk(1989)Blood Sugar Sex Magik(1991)One Hot Minute (1995)Californication (1999)

By The Way (2002)Stadium Arcadium (2006)

See also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadium_Arcadiumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By_The_Wayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californication_(album)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Hot_Minutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Sugar_Sex_Magikhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Milkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Uplift_Mofo_Party_Planhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freaky_Styleyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers_(album)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Smithhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flea_(musician)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frusciantehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Kiedishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers#cite_note-78http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers#cite_note-77http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers#cite_note-76http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers#cite_note-75http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers#cite_note-utbkied-70http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers#cite_note-74http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers#cite_note-73http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers#cite_note-72http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers#cite_note-71http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers#cite_note-utbkied-70http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_It_Away_(Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers_song)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dani_Californiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By_the_Wayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throw_Away_Your_Televisionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%27t_Stop_(song)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_Universe_(Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers_song)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californication_(song)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You_Have_to_Askhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lovely_Man_(song)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desecration_Smilehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Milkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock_Me_Downhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Bridgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You_Have_to_Askhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadium_Arcadiumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By_the_Wayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsettohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_Monks


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List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chartBest-selling music artistList of Saturday Night Live hosts and musical guests

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2. ^ Britt, Bruce (October 5, 2006). ""Stadium Set Keeps Chili Peppers Red Hot"". BMI.com.

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3. ^ Apter, 2004. p. 60

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Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 1066. ^ Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 105

7. ^ Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 115

8. ^ Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 127

9. ^ Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 144

10. ^ abcdefg "Red Hot Chili Peppers > Charts and Awards > Billboard Albums".Allmusic.

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11. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Red Hot Chili Peppers > Overview".Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?

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12. ^ Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 133

13. ^ Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 134

14. ^ Birchmeier, Jason. "Freaky Styley > Review". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:cl5e8qztbtx4. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.

15. ^ Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 175

16. ^ Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. pp. 178-9

17. ^ Apter, 2004. pp. 130-141

18. ^ Meredith, Bill. "Uplift Mofo Party Plan > Review".Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?

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19. ^ Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 205

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21. ^ Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. pp. 219-25

22. ^ Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 222

23. ^ Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. pp. 210-223

24. ^ Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 229

25. ^ Kiedis, Sloman, 2006. p. 233

26. ^ Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. pp. 240-4

27. ^ Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 240-250

28. ^ "Mother's Milk".Billboard Magazine. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/more.jsp?

tp=albums&pid=5507&aid=14133. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.

29. ^ Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 264

30. ^ Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 274

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72. ^ "Breaking the Girl"; Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 271

73. ^ "Police Helicopter"; Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 108

74. ^ "Green Heaven"; Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 112

75. ^ "I Could Have Lied"; Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. pp. 269-70

76. ^ "Knock Me Down"; Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 242

77. ^ "Scar Tissue"; Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. pp. 404-578. ^ "Californication"; Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 418-9

79. ^ "Venice Queen";Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 456

External links

Official website (http://www.redhotchilipeppers.com/)

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