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The Red Hot Chili Peppers are a multiple Grammy Award-winning[2] American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983.
Throughout their career, the band has successfully fused various elements of alternative rock, punk, funk, rap, psychedelic rock and heavy metal. They have collectively sold over 60 million records worldwide, and also hold the record for most number one singles on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart with 11. Moreover the band also has a total accumulation of 81 weeks at number one, which is yet another record.
Inconsistent and unstable lineups have influenced the band's music, style, and success throughout the nine studio recordings they have produced. The most notable of such was the addition of guitarist John Frusciante, following the death of the previous, Hillel Slovak. With the band, Frusciante assisted in propelling the foursome's once turbulent musical career into a successful and popular affair. Their second album together (fifth collectively), 1991's Blood Sugar Sex Magik, has since gone multi-platinum in numerous countries, and become an international sensation selling over 10 million copies, being labeled one of the most influential albums of all time. Though, during the process, Frusciante became uncomfortable with the new found success of the band, and quit in the late summer of 1992. The Chili Peppers, therefore, employed former Jane's Addiction guitarist, Dave Navarro for their subsequent album, One Hot Minute. Released in 1995, it failed to meet the recognition which Blood Sugar Sex Magik saw, and, as a result, sold roughly 4 million units, less than half of its predecessor; vast creative differences between him and the rest of the band caused Navarro to be kicked out, not long after.
Frusciante, in his absence, became severely addicted to heroin and almost lost his life. Nevertheless, in 1998 he completed drug rehabilitation and rejoined the Chili Peppers at the request of Flea,[3] much to his and Kiedis' elation.[4] The foursome returned to the studio to create 1999's Californication, which would go on to sell 15 million units worldwide, becoming the band's most successful album to date. It was followed up three years later by By the Way; an album which showed a far more subdued side to the Chili Peppers. Four years following, the group released Stadium Arcadium, making it the first time a Red Hot Chili Pepper's line-up had not changed in three consecutive studio recordings.
Band history
Formation and first album (1983 - 1984)
The Red Hot Chili Peppers (originally Tony Flow and the Miraculous Masters of Mayhem[5]) were formed by Fairfax High School alumni Anthony Kiedis (vocals) Hillel Slovak (guitar), Michael "Flea" Balzary (bass), and Jack Irons (drums), following what was supposed to be a one-off perfermance. It was never the intent of the foursome to become part of the ubiquitous Los Angeles punk scene, as Slovak and Irons were already commited to another group, What Is This?. The band's first performance arouse at the Rhythm Lounge, to a limited crowd of roughly 30 people.[6] They performed one number, "Out in L.A.", a song Kiedis had written weeks before concerning the wild, fanatical, and fervent scene he and his fellow band mates created while out in various LA nightclubs.[7] Following a week of scrupulous practice, the band began to feel confident in their work.
So powerful was the concert that those in charge of promoting the show begged the band to return once again the next week, imploring them to have formed another song to acclimate into their repertoire.[8] Thus, through the process of numerous flourishing performances at the Rhythm Club, Cathay de Grande and other assorted musical venues, spawned the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Six songs were derived from these initial shows, and therefore taped and recorded onto a demo CD, for reference and demonstration to, possibly, a record company. [9]
It was not long after these productive intervals that the band experienced their first lineup change. What Is This? had obtained a record deal with MCA, and it was determined that the Red Hot Chili Peppers were of little significance when compared with their original band.
Though, the two remaining Chili Peppers' minds were focused on enduring whatever life may throw at them.[10] Cliff Martinez, an acquaintance of Flea's was asked to join the band shortly after Hillel and Jack’s departure. And though a drummer was no longer a problem, Anthony and Flea searched unrelentingly for a sufficient guitarist who would smoothly integrate into their compulsive lifestyle.
Auditions generated Jack Sherman, who was nearly the exact opposite of what the Red Hot Chili Peppers were conceived of.[11] Attaining a record deal with EMI was not a difficult task, however, incorporating well into the reformed society of a Record Label was. [12] Gang of Four guitarist Andy Gill was hired to produce their first album. He, despite their warnings, pushed the band to play with a cleaner, crisper and more radio viable sound, which defied Anthony and Flea. This caused tension, as the Chili Peppers felt pressured into conforming into something they were not, and tried their best to remain original and unique.[13] The Red Hot Chili Peppers was released on August 10, 1984, to virtually no commercial success. It initially sold approximately 25,000 units, and garnered little marketable recognition. The ensuing tour did not fare any better, as tension between Anthony and Jack began to circulate. Sherman was fired not long after, and, consequently, Hillel Slovak returned following the liquefaction of What Is This?.
Freaky Styley and Uplift Mofo (1985-1987)
George Clinton was paid $25,000 in return for producing the next Red Hot Chili Peppers' album, Freaky Styley. Clinton successfully fused various elements of funk and punk together into the band’s sophomore album, allowing them to be musically diverse and varied. Compared to Andy Gill, Clinton was not only undemanding to work with, but believed in the band from the moment production began.[14] Released on August 16, 1985, Freaky Styley, as its predecessor, saw little to no commercial viability. It failed to mark any impression on any chart, whatsoever, and the resulting tour was unproductive and financially futile.[15]
Cliff Martinez grew distant with his fellow band mates, and departed from the group in the summer of 1986. Shockingly, however, original drummer Jack Irons returned, astonishing Anthony, Flea and Hillel. It would be the first, and last time, a Red Hot Chili Peppers’ album was produced with the four original found members. Michael Beinhorn was chosen to produce their third album, who's title was still in the making. Songs began to form quickly, and the album’s shape came within sight; it would blend the same funk rhythm and feel as Freaky Styley, but also take a harder more immediate approach to Punk Rock. The element of having all four original members allowed for creativity to flow, and flourish.[16]
On September 29, 1987 The Uplift Mofo Party Plan was released. It was the first Red Hot Chili Peppers' album which managed to influence the charts; although it only peaked on the Billboard Hot 200 at #148, this was a substantial success contrasted to their two preceding albums.
Meanwhile, Keidis and Slovak was embarking on a massive heroin binges, often leaving each other, the band, and their significant others for days on end. Hillel’s need for drugs led to his death, ensuing the culmination of the Uplift tour.[17] It was virtually impossible for Keidis to accept that his best fiend was dead, due to drugs he deemed more precious that his own life. Anthony was in such a state of denial that he refused to attend Hillel’s funeral, classifying it as surreal and dreamlike.[18] Jack Irons, who was transitioning smoothly into the band, called a meeting, in which he quit. "This is not where I want to be. I do not want to be part of something where my fucking friends are dying"[19]
Breakthrough success (1989 - 1992)
Mother's Milk
In an attempt to cope with the death of their life-long companion Hillel and the departure of Jack, Anthony and Flea momentarily employed Dead Kennedys drummer D. H. Peligro and former P-Funk guitarist DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight. Neither sparked any noteworthy chemistry for their remain; therefore they were each rapidly substituted with more appropriate members. John Frusciante surfaced, as an acquaintance of Flea's. He fascinated with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and extremely interested in trying out; he had been an avid enthusiast for years. Following a constructive jam, there was a unanimous decision that John would be accepted into the band.
Three weeks prior to the inauguration of record production, the band was still in dire need of a drummer. Numerous disastrous auditions gave the three Chili Peppers doubts, but, eventually, they received a call from a close friend. She informed them of a man, Chad Smith, who was so proficient on the drums he "ate [them] for breakfast".[20] Anthony had various qualms about allowing such man try out, however he accepted. Chad blew them away, however, and not only matched Flea but began leading him. The successful jam session allowed Anthony, John and Flea to admit Chad into the band.
When it came time to record, though, the foursome began butting heads with Michael Beinhorn, the album's producer. His foremost agenda was to give John's guitar playing a loud, overpowering quality, similar to the abrasive tones utilized in heavy metal. It caused Frusciante great discomfort, as it contradicted his desired guitar playing. Beinhorn was assertive and manipulative, and, thus, changed the sound of what their next album may have been.
The resulting album, Mother's Milk was released in August of 1989, and gave the Chili Peppers their first top modern rock hits with their tribute ballad to Slovak, "Knock Me Down",[21] and their cover of Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground". The album reached #52 on the American album charts, the best chart position the band had attained thus far.
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
In 1990, the group blissfully[22] switched labels to Warner Bros. Records. Rick Rubin was hired to produce their fifth album, which was, at the time, still untitled. The writing process was far more productive than what was written during Mother's Milk, as "[every day] now, there was new music for me to lyricize".[23] Ironically, one of the most famous songs off of the album, "Give It Away", was instead formed during a jam session, where the four were curiously attempting to merely play their instruments, not knowing, however, a song would result from the productive assembly.
Throughout the entire 6 month process, the long periods of rehearsal, songwriting, and the incubating of ideas led the band to record the album. Rick, however, was discontented with an everyday recording studio, implying the Chili Peppers would bear fruit in a more unorthodox setting.
He came across an "amazing, huge, empty historically landmarked Mediterranean haunted mansion a stone's throw from where we all lived."[24] For the next, approximate, month, John, Anthony and Flea remained in seclusion, never once leaving the house during the entire recording process. Chad, however, decided not to stay, as, according to many, the mansion was haunted; he had no intention of remaining, and would leave on his Harley Davidson each night.[25]
The title of the album was still uncertain to the band, however, 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 we have now..."[26]
Finally, on September 24, 1991, Blood Sugar Sex Magik was released to the public, with "Give It Away" as the premier single; it would eventually go on to win a Grammy award in 1992 for "Best Hard Rock Performance With Vocal" and became the band's first number one single. The album itself was an international sensation, selling over 10 million copies and broadening the Chili Peppers once restricted audience. Other singles such as "Breaking the Girl", "Suck My Kiss", and "Under the Bridge", a poignant and popular ballad about Anthony Kiedis' heroin addiction, also fared well on the charts,[27]reaching # 2. Blood Sugar Sex Magik was listed at number 310 on the Rolling Stone magazine list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and in 1992 it climbed all the way to # 3 on the U.S. album charts almost a year after its release.
Success and drug addiction were taking their toll on Frusciante, who abruptly quit the band during the Blood Sugar Japanese tour in May of 1992.[21] The band headlined Lollapalooza festival in 1992 with replacement guitarist Arik Marshall (who appeared with them in The Simpsons episode "Krusty Gets Kancelled"), and briefly with Jesse Tobias of the California based band Mother Tongue. Neither lasted very long, as they were both too dissimilar from the rest of the Chili Peppers. In 1993, former Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro was brought in as a member.
One Hot Minute (1993 - 1998)
Dave Navarro first appeared with the group at Woodstock '94 in which they wore enormous light-bulb costumes attached precariously to chrome metallic suits, making it near-impossible to play their instruments. To outsiders all seemed to be settling with the band internally, however, an inelastic relationship began to form between the three established members and Dave; he was having a difficult time creating bonds with his new band mates.[28] His vastly different outlook on life caused clashes as they went into the studio to begin work on their next album, and further continued to be an issue over the next year as his first and only effort with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, One Hot Minute, was recorded and released on September 12, 1995.
The album featured the familiar blend of funk, punk, and jazz, but this time showed increased metal and psychedelic influences. Despite being critically dismissed, possibly due to the lack of Frusciante's more familiar style, the album was a commercial success and sold five million copies internationally, and spawned the band's third #1 single, the ballad "My Friends," and enjoyed chart success with the songs "Warped" and "Aeroplane."
Kiedis had, by this point, resumed his heroin dependence, and had, predictably, lost his focus on the band's success. Announcements of Navarro's dismissal from the group in early 1998 cited the ubiquitous "creative differences", and given the lack of agreement between Navarro and the band came as no surprise to external observers. Reports at the time however indicated Navarro's firing came after he attended a band practice, blatantly under the influence of drugs, which at one point involved him falling backwards over his own amp. Kiedis himself has since said that although the event should have been comical, it was instead pitiful and was the impetus for Navarro's departure.
Californication (1998 - 2001)
A human skeleton on the verge of death, Frusciante was talked into admitting himself to Los Encinos Drug Rehabilitation center in January of 1998. He concluded the process in February of that year and began renting a small apartment in Silver Lake. He acquired many injuries/problems in the years of his addiction, some requiring surgeries, including permanent scaring on his arms, a restructured nose, and new teeth to prevent fatal infection.
In April 1998, Flea visited his former band-mate and openly invited John to re-join the band, an invitation an emotional Frusciante readily accepted. Within the week and, for the first time in six years, the reunited foursome gathered to play, and jump-started the newly reunited Red Hot Chili Peppers.[29] Anthony Kiedis said of the situation
For me, that was the defining moment of what would become the next six years of our lives together. That was when I knew that this was the real deal, that the magic was about to happen again. Suddenly we could all hear, we could all listen, and instead of being caught up in our finite little balls of bullshit, we could all become players in that great universal orchestra again.[30]
Despite the band's obvious elation by Frusciante's storybook-like return, he was both mentally and physically rusty. John had not played in several years, having previously sold every guitar he owned for drug money, and experienced a difficult time resuming life prior to his drug usage. His former talent did, however, resurface and new songs began to roll out. On June 8, 1999, after over a year of production and meticulous practice, Californication was released as the band's seventh studio album. An almost instant achievement, the album ultimately sold over 15 million copies worldwide and became the band's most successful recording to date.
It peaked at #3 in the US and produced three more number one modern rock hits: "Scar Tissue", "Otherside" and "Californication". "Scar Tissue" won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song, the song was also performed at the ceremony and included a brief jam with rapper Snoop Dogg at it's culmination. Other singles included "Around the World", "Road Trippin'" (UK only), and "Parallel Universe", which broke the Top 40 modern rock charts despite not having been commercially released as a single. Compared to their previous albums, Californication contained few rap-driven songs, instead integrating textured, consistent, and melodic guitar riffs, vocals and bass-lines.
The foursome went on a nearly two-year tour which saw some of their largest shows, including a Moscow performance staged infront of roughly 200,000 people, and a performance at the notorious and controversial Woodstock 1999 festival. It was at Woodstock 99 that the Red Hot Chili Peppers performed Fire by Jimi Hendrix, in a tribute to the late rocker who had performed at the original Woodstock. The choice of song became ideally ironic as the Chili Peppers' set was interrupted after part of the sound system, a delay tower surrounded by audience members, caught fire.
In 2001, they released their first concert DVD, Off the Map, which was directed by longtime friend Dick Rude, who also produced the music videos for "Catholic School Girls Rule", and, eventually "Universally Speaking. The footage was derived of numerous different concerts, amalgamated with transition and indistinguishable song conversions.
By the Way (2002 - 2005)
The band returned to the studio in early 2001 and released By the Way over a year later, on July 9, 2002.
The album, at the time, was their most noteworthy chart debut (with over 700,000 copies sold in first week), emerging at #2 and producing hit singles such as: "By the Way", "The Zephyr Song" , "Can't Stop", "Dosed", and "Universally Speaking" which was only released in Europe as a single and video. It is the most subdued and submissive album they had generated to date, focusing primarily on melodic ballads as opposed to their classic style of rap-driven funk. The album was followed by an eighteen month-long world tour from the group.
At the time of By the Way, John's musical fixation was rather contrary to that of Flea's and, thus, influenced the recording process significantly. Nearly all of By the Way's harmonious melodies are credited to John's interest in a deep, textured and multifaceted guitar playing, which was not completely opposing that of his band mate, though, nevertheless, generated more than a few unpleasant moments, as any bass line Flea would construct would continually be unsatisfactory for John and his scrupulous musical approach. Thus, Flea was planning on leaving the band following the American leg of the By the Way tour, at the time a decision his band mates were unaware of. However, he was convinced to stay on following the 2004 European leg of the tour, which showed Flea it wasn't time to call it quits yet.
The Chili Peppers recorded two new songs, "Fortune Faded" and "Save the Population", for their Greatest Hits album released in November 2003. To the surprise of countless fans, only two songs from By the Way were included in the compilation: "Universally Speaking" and "By the Way". Much criticism was drawn from the absence of "Can't Stop", which is, on a general basis, measured as one of the band's most popular and identifiable songs. The entire debacle may have been caused by the musical disagreement which began circulating between John and Flea.
The European leg of the By the Way tour would give birth to the bands second full length concert film, Live at Slane Castle; recorded during a show at Slane Castle in Ireland on August 23, 2003. The band also went on to release their first ever full-length live album, from the 2004 European Tour, Live in Hyde Park; recorded during their performances in Hyde Park, London, due to immensely high attendance rate. It featured two previously unheard songs, "Rolling Sly Stone" and "Leverage of Space". In the three evenings the band performed in Hyde Park, they accumulated an estimated 17 million dollars, making it the highest grossing concert at a single venue in history (moving the Beatles to number 2).[31]
Stadium Arcadium (2006 - Present)
In 2006, the Red Hot Chili Peppers released the Grammy Award-winning Stadium Arcadium. Although 38 songs were created with the intention to be released as 3 mini-albums spaced six months apart[32] it was released in May 2006 as a 28-track double album. It was their first album to debut at #1 on the US charts, where it stayed for two weeks, and debuted at number one in the UK Albums Chart and 25 other countries as well. In the album's first week, it sold 442,000 units in the United States alone, and over 1,100,000 worldwide, setting a personal record for one week sales. By year's end, Stadium Arcadium was named the number one selling album of the year with over 6 million units sold and also recorded the highest one week in total sales of the year.
The record's first single "Dani California," was the band's fastest-selling single, debuting on top of the Modern Rock chart in the US, peaking at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and reaching #2 in the UK.[33] "Dani California" was a controversial song, as it is extremely similar to "Last Dance With Mary Jane" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. "Tell Me Baby" was released next would go on to top the charts also in 2006. "Snow ((Hey Oh))" was released in late 2006, and by 2007 would be a multiple record breaking single. The song became their eleventh number one single making a cumulative total of 81 weeks at number one (all singles combined), and it was also the first time three consecutive singles by the band made it to number one.[34] "Desecration Smile" was released internationally in February 2007 and has reached number twenty seven on the U.K. charts. "Hump de Bump" will be the next single for the US.
In late 2006, the Chili Peppers won 5 Grammy's: Best Rock Album (Stadium Arcadium), Best Rock Song ("Dani California"), Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal ("Dani California"), Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package (Stadium Arcadium), and Best Producer (Rick Rubin).[35] They were also nominated for Album of the Year (Stadium Arcadium) and Best Short Form Music Video ("Dani California"). The Grammy ceremony included a live performance of "Snow ((Hey Oh))", their most current single, complete with confetti snow that also can be seen in the music video.
When asked whether or not he would like to cut another double album in a recent Rolling Stone interview, Anthony Kiedis replied that he would not like to, and that the next Chili Peppers release will "be one concise, straight-to-the-point, old-fashioned Beatles kind of record, eleven songs that you can enjoy during your lunch break."[36]
Music style
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Techniques
Flea's bass style is an amalgamation of funk and blues, borrowing from artists such as Bootsy Collins of Parliament-Funkadelic and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin. The groove-heavy, low-tuned melodies, composed through either normal finger style or slapping (popping and slapping), have contributed to the Red Hot Chili Peppers' signature style. While Flea's slap bass style was prominent in earlier albums, later albums (post "Blood Sugar Sex Magik") have more melodic, but always particular, basslines. He has also uses bass chords on "Don't Forget Me", "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" and "Snow ((Hey Oh))".
The guitar styles of the guitarists that have recorded albums with the group share common traits, featuring a sharp, distorted sound with strong range. Jack Sherman's playing style was a funk/rock hybrid influenced by many guitarists from Leslie West to Eddie Hazel and Garry Shider. Replacement players appear to have tried to stay as close as possible to original guitarist Hillel Slovak's style with its heavy blues and funk elements. However, during his short time with the band, Dave Navarro focused on a style rooted in heavy metal, and progressive. John Frusciante brings a more melodic and textured sound to albums such as By the Way, and Californication. In his first effort with the band, 1989’s Mother's Milk, Frusciante took a more abrasive and overpowering approach, rather than his current and most noteworthy guitar style. It was followed up with nearly the exact opposite; dry, funky and far quieter styles which, even today, contrast his intricate and multifaceted guitar techniques.
Kiedis provides a range of vocal styles for RHCP songs. His style of spoken verse and rapping (the latter being the primary characteristic of his vocals up to Blood Sugar Sex Magik) complemented with more traditional vocals have helped the band maintain a relatively consistent style.
In the studio most backup vocals are currently provided by John Frusciante. His falsetto singing style is frequently used, especially on By The Way and Stadium Arcadium. It has become a tradition that at some point during a Chili Peppers concert John performs an unaccompanied cover song, usually a hit from the 1960s or 1970s, or one of his own solo songs. Songs include (but are certainly not limited to) "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John, "How Deep Is Your Love" by The Beegees, "Maybe" by The Chantels, and "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer, which he sang alongside Flea's galloping bassline at the Vegas Rocks Concert on July 2, 2005. The event was in commemoration of the city of Las Vegas's 100th birthday.
Improvisation
Improvisation has always been a major part of the signature style of the band. Early shows were composed almost entirely of improvisations. As well, many solos recorded on the current albums and played live by guitarist John Frusciante are improvised, as well as Flea's bass solos. These live solos are considered some of the most lyrical among rock guitarists in history. The band has, for the better part of the last decade, opened the show with a short improvisation, always on the same key as the initial song. Sometimes the beginnings, middle sections and/or endings of the songs are extended by long improvisations, such as "Give It Away", "My Lovely Man", "If You Have to Ask", "Californication", "Can't Stop", "Throw Away Your Television", and "Dani California".
Lyrical themes and topics
Through the years, Kiedis' lyrics have dealt with a variety of topics, which altered as the years progressed, owing to his constant development of maturity. Themes included within his expansive repertoire are love and the meaning of friendship, teenage angst and good-time aggression, sexual fantasies and the link between sex and music, political and social commentary (Native American issues in particular), romance, drugs, loneliness, California, poverty, alcohol, and dealing with death.
While Kiedis is the lead vocalist for the band, Flea provided lead vocals for "Pea" and at the end of "Deep Kick" from One Hot Minute. Frusciante often contributes backing vocals though . In live performances, Frusciante performs lead vocals for songs outside the Red Hot Chili Peppers catalogue (see 'Instrumentation', above). He shared lead vocal duties with Kiedis on "Knock Me Down" from Mother's Milk, on the chorus of "The Righteous & the Wicked", "If You Have to Ask", "Funky Monks" and most others from Blood Sugar Sex Magik, "Dosed" from By the Way and many of the songs from Stadium Arcadium.
Other media apperences
- The band members themselves have featured in several movies and television shows. The band played themselves performing "Set It Straight" in the 1986 movie Tough Guys, and they performed "Black-Eyed Blonde" in the '80s skateboard film Thrashin'.
- The group has been featured on many movie soundtracks, including:
- "Show Me Your Soul" in Pretty Woman
- "Soul to Squeeze" in Coneheads
- "Love Rollercoaster" in Beavis and Butthead Do America
- "Taste the Pain" in Say Anything
- "Sikamikanico" in Wayne's World
- "Dani California" in Death Note
- "Snow ((Hey Oh))" in Death Note: The Last Name.
- "Higher Ground" in Center Stage, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, The Longest Yard, and Walking Tall.
- "Melancoholy Mechanics" in Twister
- "Search and Destroy on the The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience
- As well as in video games, including:
- The band, and their music, have featured on several TV shows. "Higher Ground" was also featured on an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. "Give It Away" and "Higher Ground" have been featured on My Name Is Earl. The 1992 version of the band, with Arik Marshall standing in for Frusciante, appeared in an episode of The Simpsons titled "Krusty Gets Kancelled"..[37] The Red Hot Chili Peppers perform their song "Give It Away", although Krusty suggests that they change the song's lyric "What I got you gotta get it put it in you" to "What I'd like is I'd like to hug and kiss you", to which Flea and Marshall enthusiastically agree while Anthony Kiedis merely smiles at the suggestion.
- The songs "Storm in a Teacup," "Snow ((Hey Oh))," "Tell Me Baby," "Stadium Arcadium," "If" and "Especially in Michigan" have been featured on ESPN commercials for the 2006 and 2007 X-Games.
- Currently, two Red Hot Chili Peppers songs are being used in Disneyland Resort as part of Disney's "Rocking Both Parks" promotion. The first of the two songs is "Higher Ground", which is currently being played on Space Mountain and the ride is currently being called "Rocking Space Mountain"; the other song is "Around the World" which is being played on "Rocking" California Screamin' in Disney's California Adventure park. Space Mountain's visuals have also changed and they have almost created a live concert feel to the roller coaster. These changes to the ride started in January 2007, and will last until April 2007 (Unless extreme popularity demands them to remain this way for a longer period of time).[38]
Band members
Works
Discography
Videography
Bibliography
- Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis with Larry Sloman. ISBN 0-7515-3566-4
Awards
Year | Award | Title |
1992 | MTV VMA | Breakthrough Video (Give It Away) |
1992 | MTV VMA | Best Art Direction (Give It Away) |
1992 | MTV VMA | Viewer's Choice (Under The Bridge) |
1993 | Grammy Awards | Best Hard Rock Performance (Give It Away) |
2000 | MTV VMA | Video Vanguard (career award) |
2000 | MTV VMA | Best Art Direction (Californication) |
2000 | MTV VMA | Best Direction (Californication) |
2000 | MTV VMA | Best Artist Website |
2000 | MTV EMA | Best Rock |
2000 | Billboard Awards | Best Alternative Group |
2000 | American Music Awards | Favorite Alternative Artist |
2000 | Grammy Awards | Best Rock Song (Scar Tissue) |
2002 | MTV EMA | Best Live Act |
2002 | MTV EMA | Best Rock |
2002 | MTV VMA Latin America | Best International Rock Artist |
2003 | MTV VMA Japan | Best Rock Video |
2003 | Brit Awards | Best International Group |
2003 | Rolling Stone | 18'th Greatest Guitarist of All Time (John Frusciante) |
2006 | MTV VMA | Best Art Direction (Dani California) |
2006 | MTV EMA | Best Album (Stadium Arcadium) |
2006 | Chainsaw Awards | Killer Video (Dani California) |
2006 | American Music Awards | Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group |
2006 | American Music Awards | Favorite Alternative Artist |
2006 | U Choose 40 (NZ) | Best 90's ANTHEMS (NZ) Song (Under The Bridge) |
2007 | U Choose 40 (NZ) | Best Big Day Out (NZ) Artist (Give it Away) |
2007 | Grammy Awards | Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (Dani California) |
2007 | Grammy Awards | Best Rock Song (Dani California) |
2007 | Grammy Awards | Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package (Stadium Arcadium) |
2007 | Grammy Awards | Best Rock Album (Stadium Arcadium) |
2007 | Grammy Awards | Best Producer (Rick Rubin - Stadium Arcadium) |
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- ^ Anthony Kiedis– Scar Tissue, Page 399.
- ^ "News Uncut". MTVe.com. 2004-07-14. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
- ^ Catucci, Nick. "Red Hot Chili Peppers: Stadium Arcadium" (review). Blender magazine, June 2006 (Issue 48), p. 146
- ^ "http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=5507&model.vnuAlbumId=765554".
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- ^ "Artist Chart History - Red Hot Chili Peppers". Billboard. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
- ^ 49th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee List, Grammy.com, http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/49th_Show/list.aspx
- ^ Rolling Stone Magazine Grammy Preview, Issue #1019, http://www.rollingstone.com
- ^ "Krusty Gets Kancelled". Retrieved 2007-01-30.
- ^ http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news?id=26295
See also
- List of best-selling music artists
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart
- List of Saturday Night Live hosts and musical guests
- What Is This?
- Fear
- Rick Rubin
External links
Official
Biographical or discographical
News and other
- Anderman, Joan (October 1, 2006). "Red hot". The Boston Globe.
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(help) - Hamilton, Scott (October 2, 2006). "Boston Live Photos". EmpyreLounge.com.
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(help) - VH1 Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - The VERY Early Years by Michael Dare
- Red Hot Chilli Peppers at Blender