Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band formed in 1983 in Los Angeles, California. Its members are vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John Frusciante, bassist Flea, and drummer Chad Smith. The band's musical style fuses traditional funk with rock and alternative rock, including elements from other genres such as rap, pop rock, heavy metal, dance, punk, hip hop and indie rock. Although in some places they are considered the inventors of punk funk.

In addition to Kiedis and Flea, the group's original lineup included drummer Jack Irons and guitarist Hillel Slovak. In the recordings of the first albums there were various changes in the line-up, and only in The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987) did the four founding members coincide in the studio. In 1988 guitarist Hillel Slovak died of a heroin overdose, prompting Irons' departure from the group. Following the arrival of Chad Smith and John Frusciante in late 1988 as Irons and Slovak's replacements, this lineup would record the albums Mother's Milk (1989), Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991), Californication (1999), By the Way (2002), Stadium Arcadium (2006), Unlimited Love (2022) and Return of the Dream Canteen (2022). While the Red Hot Chili Peppers were touring Japan in 1992, Frusciante left the band, not returning until 1998. Dave Navarro became his replacement during that period, and with him they released the album One Hot Minute (1995). Blood Sugar Sex Magik was the group's great leap to international success, being a clear reference to the stylistic fusion that would characterize the band during the '90s. After Frusciante's return in 1998, the quartet met again in the studio to record Californication, an album that went on to sell fifteen million copies, becoming their most commercially successful album to date. By the Way and Stadium Arcadium would continue to be successful, and it is estimated that since their debut, the band has sold more than 85 million albums worldwide. Hot Chili Peppers have won seven Grammy Awards and in 2011 they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

In 2008 the band took a break after the last tour, during which John Frusciante left the band. In October 2009, with guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, they worked on their tenth studio album titled I'm with You, released on August 26, 2011.

Later, Los Angeles made 9 singles, 8 of them with a B-side. With all this content, on November 29, 2013 they released “I'm Beside You”, a compilation of all these singles with B-sides included. However, I'm Beside You is an album that is often excluded even as a compilation, so it's not available on apps like Apple Music or Spotify, so you have to listen to individual singles or make a playlist.

Some time later, the band released their eleventh album called The Getaway, on June 17, 2016.

On December 15, 2019 the band published on their official site the return of guitarist John Frusciante and the farewell of Josh Klinghoffer, who had been with the Californian band for the last 10 years, after John's departure.

On April 1, 2022, they released a new album with Frusciante, called Unlimited Love, and on October 14 of the same year, they released a new album, Return of the Dream Canteen .

History

The core of the band was formed at Fairfax High School as Anthym with Chilean Alain Johannes on vocals. Anthony Kiedis, who had been making a small career as a TV teen actor under the moniker Cole Dammett, used to be their host and "hypeman". In February 1983, Anthony was asked by his friend Gary Allen of the band Neighbor's Voices to open for him with his friends.

Primarily influenced by New York bands Defunkt and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, they put together a band for the occasion under the name "Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem". The band's live performance was so good that they were asked to return the following week. Due to this unexpected success, the band members changed their name to Red Hot Chili Peppers, finding the original name a bit awkward. Los Angeles and cabarets like the Kit Kat Club. It is in these first moments when they began to become popular for their performances in which they appeared completely naked, with only a sock on their genitals (Sock on Cock ). Six of the songs they played at those shows were recorded on their first demo.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984)

Several months after their first performance, the band signed with the record company EMI. But two weeks before, What Is This? (the Anthym's later name) had been signed by MCA, so Slovak and Irons left the Red Hot Chili Peppers for What Is This?. Kiedis and Flea did not think of disbanding the band, instead recruiting new members. Cliff Martinez, an acquaintance of Flea from the punk band The Weirdos, asked to join the Chili Peppers soon after. He would also be joined by Jack Sherman, "the pirate king".

Andy Gill, the guitarist for the Gang of Four, also pioneers in incorporating funk into the punk style, was hired to produce their first album. Despite Kiedis and Flea's hesitation, he pushed the band to play music. more commercially viable. Kiedis originally wanted to title the album True men don't kill coyotes, but the company wanted the title to be The Red Hot Chili Peppers, to which the group had to finally agree. The album came out on August 10, 1984 and was a commercial failure. It sold approximately 500,000 units and garnered little recognition. The following tour was slightly better, although Kiedis and Sherman had a very strained relationship. Sherman was fired shortly thereafter and Slovak returned to the band, having had enough of What Is This?.

Freaky Styley (1985)

George Clinton (the leader of Parliament and Funkadelic) was tapped (at the request of Anthony and Flea) to produce the band's next album, Freaky Styley.

The album was recorded at Detroit's famed R&B and funky United Sound Systems studios on the edge of Wayne State University. Clinton combined various elements of punk and funk in the band's repertoire, which allowed to incorporate variety into the music. In fact, in the song "Hollywood", which is an adaptation of the theme "Africa" One of the legendary New Orleans funkateers The Meters, the musician Maceo Parker participates on saxophone, who, like bassist Bootsy Collins, had recorded for the father of Funk, James Brown, and Clinton himself. The album barely outsold the previous one; although, yes, they could be invited to an important rock festival in Germany (Rockpalast 85) as guests of Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars, as well as appearing playing the epileptic song "Blackeyed Blonde" in a scene from the skater movie Trashin directed by David Winters the following year.

The album was released on August 16, 1985, but although the band had a much better relationship with Clinton than with Gill, the record was barely more successful than the first, selling 650,000 copies and not charting at all., despite having the production of a living legend like "Dr. Funkenstein". The subsequent tour was not considered productive enough for the band.

In 1986 they composed the song "Set It Straight" for the film Tough Guys, which has not yet been released on any album. In one scene of the film you can see Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Hillel Slovak and Cliff Martinez playing part of this theme. That same year they also collaborated on the song "Reputation" for Andre Foxxe's album I'm Funk And I'm Proud.

The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)

Cliff Martínez left the group in the summer of 1986. Jack Irons lost his job and, apart from other commitments, rejoined the group. Anthony, Flea and Hillel were very surprised. Subsequently, Anthony was fired for his drug addiction, but returned a month later. The group chose Michael Beinhorn, who had collaborated with Herbie Hancock, and formed groups like Material and Tackheads, to produce their next album that began to take shape, using the same mix of funk and rhythms as Freaky Styley, but with much more aggressive punk and metal sounds. Meeting the four members, they began the creation process.

On September 29, 1987, The Uplift Mofo Party Plan was released, becoming the first Red Hot Chili Peppers album to chart anywhere. Although it peaked only at number 148 on the Billboard Hot 200, it was a major success compared to the first two albums despite only selling approximately 750,000 copies.

During this period, Kiedis and Slovak were developing serious drug addiction habits, often even leaving the band. Heroin addiction led to Slovak's death on June 25, 1988 at the age of 26. Kiedis left town and did not attend Slovak's funeral, finding the situation surreal. He fled to Mexico where he stayed for a few months to detox. Jack Irons subsequently left the group, saying that he did not want to be part of a group where his friends were dying.

Mother's Milk (1989)

Following the death of Hillel Slovak the band first hired D.H. Danger of the Dead Kennedys as drummer and guitarist for P-Funk DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight, but they did not have enough spark to continue in the band, so they would be fired. Later John Frusciante would be hired as guitarist. Frusciante had auditioned for the band Thelonious Monster, but D.H. Danger told Flea about him and a few days later they improvised in Flea's garage, who decided with Kiedis that he was the perfect replacement for Hillel. These improvisations later became songs like Pretty Little Ditty, a theme that the Los Angeles band Crazy Town used as the basis for their single Butterfly.

Three weeks before going into the studio the band was still without a drummer, and a friend of the band recommended Chad Smith, a drummer he had seen who "would eat the drums for breakfast every morning". It was decided to give Chad a chance. At that audition, Chad overwhelmed the band with the strength and complexity of his rhythms. After this jam session, it was decided to induct Chad as the band's drummer.

The band entered the studio, but this recording was hampered by conflicts with the album's producer Michael Beinhorn, who was proposing that John play heavy metal riffs, which annoyed John, as this style was not widely used. fit yours. This style can be seen in songs like Stone Cold Bush.

Mother's Milk was released on August 15, 1989 and featured the Hillel Slovak tribute song "Knock Me Down" which was his first song to reach the top 10 of rock songs. They also had a big hit with Stevie Wonder's rendition of Higher Ground. With its great 'slap' and up-tempo funk, "Higher Ground" represented the perfect mix of 70's Motown with punk. Mother's Milk sold almost 3 million copies around the globe. Other singles from the band were Knock Me Down and Taste the Pain. A song released as a bonus track on different singles, called Show Me Your Soul, was part of the soundtrack of the movie Pretty Woman.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991-1992)

Chad Smith at concert.

The band's contract with EMI had expired, and so they began looking for another label to release their next album. The group reached a pre-agreement with Sony BMG/Epic, with the condition that Sony buy their latest album with EMI, a process that took months. Although the Sony/Epic deal had already been done, Warner Bros. Mo Ostin called Kiedis to congratulate him on the deal and congratulated the rival record company, Kiedis thought "The coolest, most authentic person we ever met. during all the negotiations he had just called me personally to encourage me to make a successful recording for a rival company. That was the type of individual I wanted to be working for. Kiedis carried out the idea for him, eventually leaving the contract with Sony to sign with Warner Bros.

It was decided that the recording of the album should take place at a different location, and Rick Rubin, the album's producer, suggested a supposedly haunted mansion. For the recording of the album, Rick Rubin left the band complete freedom in their compositions, since the band had had problems due to these circumstances.

His collaboration with Rick Rubin (who had co-produced Run DMC, Beastie Boys and producer of Thrash metal bands Slayer and Danzig), was what brought him to total stardom, the album that would be called Blood Sugar Sex Magik, which would later be released on September 24, 1991. The first single from the album was the song Give It Away, thanks to which the band would win a Grammy for best hard rock song, and they would get their first No. 1 on the Modern Rock Songs charts. The promotion of the album continues with the ballad Under the Bridge, which was a real bombshell worldwide. In it, Anthony Kiedis recounts his battle with drugs. It is the band's highest charting song on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 2.

Other singles from the album included Suck My Kiss and Breaking the Girl. In May 1992, John Frusciante left the band on the Japanese tour, claiming that he felt alienated. Flea said that the album tour had been very hard and that they had practically no time to sleep. Although, the main reason for his departure was the constant arguments with Anthony throughout the entire tour. He is initially replaced by Arik Marshall, who appears in the videos for & # 34;Breaking The Girl & # 34; and If You Have To Ask. Then Jesse Tobias replaced him and finally Dave Navarro, guitarist of Jane's Addiction, was called upon to fill the vacancy left by Frusciante, who in the years he was out of the band (he would return in 1998) was depressed and struggling with the drugs. He also worked on music as a soloist, releasing 2 albums, one of which was withdrawn from the market by Frusciante himself. The album Blood Sugar Sex Magik sold more than 15 million copies worldwide, second only to Californication. Blood Sugar Sex Magik was named #310 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In 1993 (with Arik Marshall instead of John Frusciante) they lend their voice for his digital appearance in the television series The Simpsons in the chapter "Krusty's drama"

One Hot Minute (1994-1997)

With the arrival of Dave Navarro to the band, the sound would inevitably change. The group rented a house in Hawaii for the writing of their next album, but these sessions were not very productive. The band entered The Sound Factory, a recording studio located in Los Angeles, to record the album. The first concert with the new formation was on August 10, 1994, almost a year later, at the small Lingerine Club in Los Angeles (California), although the big appearance came a few days later at Woodstock 94, where they began their performance playing the songs Grand Pappy Du Plenty and then Give It Away dressed with bulb-shaped blisters placed on their heads. They also played songs that would appear on their next album One Hot Minute, such as Warped or Airplane. Before ending their performance at Woodstock they took a short break to dress up as Jimi Hendrix as a tribute and sing their latest song "The Power of Equality". Flea, Chad Smith and Dave Navarro entered the stage smashing white Fender Stratocasters like the ones Jimi Hendrix wore at Woodstock 69, then Flea's daughter Clara came on stage to sing the United States anthem, followed by Red Hot Chili Peppers sang their latest song while the audience held Jimi Hendrix memorial candles.

When they had completed a few songs, Kiedis began to have difficulty singing, as after five years without drugs he was once again a drug addict. Subsequently, Navarro questioned the recording methods of the group, who wondered the reason for so many improvisations. Kiedis, without Frusciante, wrote the songs at a very slow pace. In compensation, Kiedis and Flea went on vacation together, to fill out the material they already had. Many of the songs were written at a time when Kiedis was hiding his renewed addiction. Writing One Hot Minute took almost two years, and its recording and production were also problematic processes, as Navarro felt like an outsider in the band.

On September 12, 1995, almost four years after the release of Blood Sugar Sex Magik, the ironically titled One Hot Minute was released. This period is considered the most alternative of the band, carrying out a rare mixture of different musical genres (such as punk, psychedelic rock and funk) and a much more distorted guitar carried out by Navarro, with heavier melodies, which can be clearly seen in songs like "Coffee Shop" or "Deep Kick". Three singles were released: "Warped", "Aeroplane" and My Friends (which reached the top of the music charts). The album was a sales flop compared to Blood Sugar Sex Magik, as One Hot Minute sold 8 million copies (Blood Sugar Sex Magik had almost doubled sales). The critical that the disc received was not as good as that of its predecessor either.

At this time they also participated in soundtracks and compilations. "I Found Out", a cover of the John Lennon song, appeared on the album "Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon". Another version, this time by the Ohio Players, "Love Rollercoaster", was included on the soundtrack of the film "Beavis and Butthead Do America" and edited in simple format. A video clip was even recorded, directed by Kevin Lofton.

After a convulsive concert tour between 1994 and 1997, with numerous cancellations, in May 1997 the band began to take the first steps in the creation of the next album after One Hot Minute. The 1997 tour was canceled in its entirety except for a single concert, the band's last with Dave Navarro, held on July 26, 1997 at the Fuji Rock Festival in torrential rain. In that show Anthony had his arm immobilized. Flea and Dave Navarro enter the studio on September 15, 1997 to begin work on the first two songs for the upcoming album. One of those songs is "Circle Of The Noose". and Anthony were fighting drug addiction at the time), the Red Hot Chili Peppers returned to the studio in December of that year to begin recording the new album and announced its release for the following year, but things did not work out. Only one song was completed, "Circle Of The Noose", under the production of Rick Rubin, "the best song of structure pop in which I have participated, [...], has that '60s hippie vibe but with '90s' ideas and technology, in Dave's words. The song leaked online on February 3, 2016, almost 19 years after it was created.

The band tried to talk Dave into rehab, but an argument broke out and Dave tripped over an amp. Anthony, Flea and Chad decide to fire Dave, who took it badly but later accepted it and the band almost broke up. Flea began to wonder about the future of the band, and thought the breakup was necessary, though a last-ditch attempt was made to keep the band together, asking John Frusciante (Dave was the one who suggested Frusciante be called back), who had completed a rehabilitation program for his heroin addiction, to return to the band, to which John accepted crying with joy, since his addiction had left him in poverty.

Californication (1998-2000)

In April 1998, in a single week, the band had the return of Frusciante and they got together again to create music together. Much of the album was conceived in the homes of the band members. Kiedis and Frusciante would spend days together discussing song creation, guitar riffs, and lyrical content. Most of the album progressed quickly, although Californication itself was a difficult song to complete. The recording marked a change in style for the Chili Peppers, although Californication still had traces of their "punk funk" sound, they leaned towards more melodic riffs like on Scar Tissue or Otherside. Frusciante's return brought a more experimental style, with songs like "Emit Remmus" (Summer Time backwards, as a guitar riff that was recorded backwards is highlighted), "Savior" or "This Velvet Glove". The album includes multiple references to California, drugs and Hollywood.

Californication mark the return of John Frusciante to the band after his removal in 1992.

At the end of 1998, they returned to the Californian studios to record the well-known album Californication. The Chili Peppers decided to continue with Rubin as producer for Californication. Rubin has in the past granted the Chili Peppers creative freedom and they felt this was necessary for the album to be unique, and it could only happen with his return. The recording was made at Cello studios in Los Angeles. During the recording process the band played for their managers "Scar Tissue", "Otherside" and "Californication", in early 1999, and it was decided that "Scar Tissue" it would be the single that would lead the album.

Californication was released on June 8, 1999, debuting at number 5 but later peaking at number 3 on the Billboard 200. In the rest of the world, the album reached number 5 on the Top 40. British, Finnish, Austrian, Swedish and New Zealand chart #1, and French Top 40 #2. It was certified "gold" on July 22, 1999, and its subsequent sales achieved a "multi-platinum" on five occasions. The album charts before it's even released, thanks to 'Scar Tissue', which spent 16 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart. Scar Tissue won a Grammy for best rock song. The album leaves songs like "Californication" or "Otherside", which were No. 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Songs chart. Other promotional singles from the album included Around the World, Road Trippin'; and Parallel Universe. With the return of John Frusciante on guitar, the Red Hot Chili Peppers regained their critical acceptance and after their less popular previous work, One Hot Minute, they obtained great commercial success worldwide, selling more than 16 million copies worldwide, being the band's best-selling album to date.

Following the release of Californication, the band began a tour to promote the album, which began in the United States. To end the US tour, the Chili Peppers were asked to shut down Woodstock 99. The band was informed before they arrived that there were out-of-control mobs and bonfires on the field, and this was intensified when the Chili Peppers played the song. by Jimi Hendrix "Fire" to close his repertoire. The show was interrupted due to violence, when several teenage girls were raped and nearby property was destroyed and looted. To start the tour of Europe, the band performed in Moscow's Red Square on August 14, 1999, in front of 200,000 people. Following the tour, the group did a show in New York at the Big Day Out. in Australia and Japan. Flea began to feel that he could not continue the tour so the band did not perform some concerts. As one of the last performances before the release of By the Way, the Chili Peppers played Rock in Rio 3, ending the tour. The year 2000 was very significant as Kiedis gave up drugs again and until now he has not been known to use them again. In 2001 they produced their first live DVD, called Off the Map, and produced by their old friend, Dick Rude, which combines sequences from different concerts from the North American tour.

By the Way (2001-2003)

In November 2001 they returned to the Californian studios, to release the album By the Way on July 9, 2002. This is the most melodic album, it dispenses with the fusion rhythms that made them so famous in the early nineties. The first single from the album was By the Way, which was No. 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Charts for 14 weeks, becoming the second longest-running No. 1 song to date after "Scar Tissue". The promotion of the album continued with the 2nd single from the album, the song was The Zephyr Song. Can't Stop was the third single from the album and the second to reach Billboard's Modern Rock No. 1. Another single from the album was Universally Speaking. Thanks to this album, two awards were achieved at the MTV Europe Music Awards: for best live performance and for best rock group. And they also took a tongue at the MTV Video Music Awards Latin America for best international rock artist. The album has sold some 12 million copies in the world.

In 2003 they returned to the studio and it is believed that they recorded between 8 and 16 songs, some of which would appear on their next albums, such as "Fortune Faded", "Save the Population", "Eskimo", "Runaway" (bonus track from the iTunes version of the album "By The Way"), "Rolling Sly Stone", "Leverage of Space", "Mini Epic& #34;, "Desiree", or the early versions of Desecration Smile, "We Believe" and Hump of Bump. After the studio sessions, they released Greatest Hits, a compilation album containing 14 classics and two new songs ("Fortune Faded" -released as a single- and "Save The Population").. Fans recriminated that songs like "Can't Stop", "Around the World" or many songs from his famous Blood Sugar Sex Magik were not on this compilation. This album was a commercial success selling more than 4 million copies just being a compilation album. A DVD called Live At Slane Castle was also released, which was recorded on August 23 in Ireland. Some consider that this concert was one of the best that the band gave in this period of the tour. In 2004 they released their first live album, called Live in Hyde Park, which brings together a selection of the three concerts they gave in June of that year in the London park on two CDs.

Stadium Arcadium (2006-2007)

The band at a concert in Stockholm, Sweden.

After waiting so long for a new album by the band, in May 2006 the album Stadium Arcadium was released, a double album with 28 songs. In Spain the album was presented in Bilbao, at the Guggenheim Museum, with a concert for about 500 people. His first single is Dani California, it is his song to reconnect to the rock scene, with a transformist video clip in which Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante and Chad Smith give life to Elvis, the Beatles, Bowie, Sex Pistols, Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix, Misfits, Parliament-Funkadelic, Poison. The song spent 14 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Charts (Equaling "By the Way") and peaked at No. best song on this list since the hit "Under the Bridge".

The next single from the album was Tell Me Baby, which also reached the top of the international charts. Snow (Hey Oh), the album's third single, continued to be a cross-charting success, and thanks to the first three singles from the album, they earned the band three consecutive No. 1s on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart for the first time. Desecration Smile, the album's fourth single, is released internationally and reaches #27 on the UK chart. Hump by Bump was released for North America and Australia first on April 7, and was released internationally on May 10. Charlie is the next single from Stadium Arcadium. A contest is held for fans to create videos for the song. This was announced on the band's YouTube channel on March 6. Since its release, the album has sold more than 10 million copies around the world (only in the first week it sold more than one million copies). The band is one of the winners at the Grammys, as they win 4 awards, such as Best Rock Album (Stadium Arcadium), Best Rock Song ("Dani California& #34;), Best Producer (Rick Rubin) and Best Presentation or Limited Edition (Stadium Arcadium). During the tour of the album they are accompanied by Josh Klinghoffer, as a guitarist and secondary vocals on some songs. The band toured New Zealand and Australia with him. On July 7, 2007 they perform at the 'Live on Earth' concert in London, where Josh can also be seen playing with the group.

Rest and second departure for John Frusciante (2008-2009)

Following the 2006 and 2007 concert tour, the band went on indefinite hiatus. In the words of Chad Smith, the band's drummer: "We're taking a little break, relaxing. We've been on tour for a year and a half, now it's time to be with family and recharge, so we can get back to creating more music together".

Anthony Kiedis declared in Rolling Stone magazine that at the moment, and throughout this year (2008) the Red Hot Chili Peppers will not be known, because there will be no life for the band for a long time; At first they would only stop for a year. "At the moment we're not a band anymore," Kiedis said. "It took us a long time to make Stadium Arcadium (edited in 2006). It was very hard, it was a great pull that added to two previous very long pulls like Californication and By The Way & # 34;, he commented. "We never really stopped until the tour ended last year. We were emotionally and mentally burned out after that effort,' Kiedis continued and then finished: 'The discussion was: 'Let's not do anything related to Red Hot Chili Peppers for at least a year. Let's dedicate ourselves to living, breathing, eating and learning new things". Regarding what he was going to spend his free time on, Kiedis explained that he will only stay at his house, "dedicating myself to my young son, learning to surf." But he's already starting to bite me that he says it would be great to think of new songs and to compose bits of songs. But they are just that, chunks".

The band's only recording during this time was in 2008 with George Clinton (producer of Freaky Styley) on his latest album "George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love". Accompanied by Kim Manning, they recorded a new version of the Shirley and Lee classic "Let the Good Times Roll".

In mid-2008, Flea entered USC (University of Southern California) to study "Composition and Music Theory" and he made it clear that the Red Hot Chili Peppers were on a longer-than-expected break, which is two years. "We really need two years. We were working very hard, and not thinking about anything else for a long time. We need to get away from that and have a clear perspective on things'. He also stated that he was not clear about what would happen after these two years.

It wasn't until April 23, 2009, when in an interview conducted by People magazine, Kiedis said the next few months would be: "Writing music, rehearsing and surfing". In another interview with Chad Smith by the English magazine "Q", the drummer returned the hope of a return to the fans, making it clear: "No, we have not separated", he insists, 'We're not playing right now, but we play a lot. We just need some time to take a little break and live our lives. We are not automatons". Still, Smith confirmed: "Everyone is now doing their own thing." Everyone, including guitarist John Frusciante, is planning to meet again at the end of September or October. We make music when we feel it's right. You can't force someone to do something. If you're not feeling it, then why do it? Better to do something else, and then come back with renewed energy". Chad marked the month of October as the date on which the quartet would return to musical activity. "That's the plan... there came a time when we all wanted to live outside the band for a while, that is, not be a Chili Pepper so we could dedicate ourselves to other projects. This coming month of September we'll be two years old, so I think we're ready to go back... you can't force your teammates to stay or play if they really don't want to... at least not in our group," he explained.. Smith also commented that he hoped that both bassist Flea and guitarist John Frusciante would return with new ideas to work on, although he acknowledged that when they're together they tend to improvise and play haphazardly… and that's where new songs come from. It's what we often do and the truth is, I don't know why this time it would have to be different".

On May 8, 2009 Josh Klinghoffer, Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, Ron Wood and Ivan Neville performed as The Insects at a MusiCares event honoring Kiedis.

On September 25, 2009, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with ABBA, The Chantels, Jimmy Cliff, Genesis, The Hollies, Kiss, LL Cool J, Darlene Love, Laura Nyro, The Stooges and Donna Summer. But in the end they did not enter the final five.

December 16, 2009 was one of the most important dates in the band's history. Their guitarist, John Frusciante, officially announced on his MySpace website that he had left the band in 2008, to pursue his solo career. Rumors began to circulate and there was talk of Dave Navarro as a possible replacement, but it was Dave himself. who denied that he was going to be the replacement for Frusciante, making it clear that Josh Klinghoffer, support guitarist on the Stadium Arcadium tour, is the one who would ultimately be the new guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Shortly before the end of 2009, Rolling Stone magazine published the list of the 100 best albums of the 2000s, where the album Stadium Arcadium appears at number 74. According to a survey carried out during those days, John Frusciante was declared the best guitarist of the last 30 years.

In 2013 in an interview conducted by Billboard magazine, John Frusciante was asked about his disassociation from the band to which he replied that he had no intention of leaving the band until the moment Flea spoke to him of the possibility of taking a break for a year or two.

“I was a bit surprised because I thought we were going through a good run and that we had to continue with that. But after he told me I started thinking about what I would do during those two years if I had two years to do whatever I wanted… And four months later I was so convinced about leaving the band that I didn't even feel like it was just me. for two years," he explained.

In addition, the guitarist clarified that he had no intention of being part of the group again: "I no longer feel like a performer like that, I adapted to that situation but it was never a true expression of who I am," he said.

Anthony Kiedis with Red Hot Chili Peppers in Madrid in 2012.

I'm with You (2010-2013)

On October 12, 2009, the Red Hot Chili Peppers ended their two-year hiatus and chose Klinghoffer to be the guitarist who would enter the studio to begin work on their tenth album. In December of the same year, John Frusciante had announced that he was leaving the band, but there was no official announcement of who would replace him.

On January 29, 2010, doubts were cleared when the Red Hot Chili Peppers, almost two and a half years after their last concert, performed at the MusiCares Person of the Year: Neil Young at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, United States, which paid tribute to Neil Young. With Josh Klinghoffer on guitar, they played a cover of Neil Young's "A Man Needs a Maid".

In September 2010, the Red Hot Chili Peppers announced that their music would not be used on the popular television show Glee. Kiedis said it didn't make sense for his beloved music to appear on shows like Glee and American Idol, shows that were totally out of touch with his feelings.

Kiedis, Flea, and Klinghoffer, along with former members John Frusciante and Jack Irons, appear in the documentary detailing a life of drugs in Bob Forrest's career as a musician. Klinghoffer composed the music for said documentary. The band spent most of 2010 improvising and jamming together with the goal, according to Kiedis, that they could get the songs right for their new album.

On June 5, 2011, the band's official website announced that the new album would be released on August 30, 2011 (although a few days earlier in other countries) and would be titled I'm with You. The release of the first single, The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie was scheduled to be released on radio on July 18, 2011, however, due to an Internet leak on July 15, 2011, the record label decided that the release of the single to radio would be done that same day and the high quality download would be done through KROQ. The band's record company confirmed that rapper Kreayshawn would direct the video for the new single.

On June 17, 2011, the Chili Peppers announced their first tour in four years. Aside from some warm-up shows in August that took place in California and Asia, the I'm with You World Tour officially kicked off in Bogotá, Colombia on September 11, with Foals as the opening band. Subsequently, the band played in Costa Rica and various venues in South America before beginning their European tour, which kept them busy until mid-December 2011. With the new year, the band returned to the United States, where they continued their tour until the summer, when they again arrived in Europe for a series of concerts in various stadiums, visiting countries that had been left out on the previous European tour.

Flea in concert in 2012.

On August 10, 2011, "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" it became number 1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs. The band already held the record for the most number one singles with eleven.

On August 17, 2011, the music video for " The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie”. The band opted not to release the video they filmed with Kreayshawn and instead released the second version, which was filmed in late July 2011 on Venice Beach with director, Marc Klasfeld.

On August 19, 2011, Flea announced on his Twitter page that the US release date for I'm with You would be August 29, 2011, after five years of his last album.

Later, the band confirmed that Monarchy of Roses would be the next single from the new album. The release included the arrival of a new video clip, again directed by Marc Klasfeld.

In 2011, the RHCP participated in Rock in Rio, where artists such as Metallica, System of a Down and Guns N' Roses and also Slipknot.

On September 19, the band was nominated for two MTV Europe Music Awards, Best Rock Band and Best Live Artist. The ceremony was completed on November 6 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, without getting any of the two awards for which he was eligible.

On December 7, 2011, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with an induction ceremony taking place on April 14, 2012, in Cleveland, Ohio.
On December 14, they confirmed their participation in the Rock in Rio 2012 festival to be held in Madrid.

On January 25, 2012, the music video for Look Around, the third single from I'm with You, was released. In early March 2012, drummer Chad Smith confirmed that the next single from the album would be Brendan's Death Song. This is a song dedicated to Brendan Mullen, founder of a small club in Hollywood called "The Masque", where the Chili Peppers played several times. Kiedis said that it was the first song they wrote for the album, as Mullen had died the same day the band began rehearsing for the record.

In late October 2012, Chad Smith confirmed on Q+A that the band would be working on a new album. For that, we would have to wait until the end of March, when the tour ended. But in October 2012, Chad announced through his official Twitter that they had already finished 3 songs from this new album, and that it was comforting for the group to release 2 albums in almost 3 years, since this had not happened since the days of Mother& #39;s Milk (1989). He also added that on this upcoming album he feels more comfortable with the work of guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, as he was much more in tune with the band's musical style.

In January and February 2013 they continued their tour in New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. In the month of March they visited Mexico and Guatemala for the first time, as part of the Tigo Fest music festival. In the months of April to September they visited various cities in the United States to conclude the year with a series of concerts in Brazil in November.

Tour 2014 and The Getaway (2014-2019)

On February 2, 2014, the Red Hot Chili Peppers joined Bruno Mars at the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show in New Jersey performing their theme song Give It Away.

Days later, a series of criticisms was generated regarding said presentation since it was discovered that the audio was pre-recorded and that only the voice of Anthony Kiedis was live and direct and the rest of the band simply went to act. Later, Flea gave an official statement where he explained that the pre-recording was due to NFL technical issues.

In March and April 2014 they participated in the Lollapalooza festival in Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina, in addition to playing in Bogotá, Colombia, in Puerto Rico and at the English music festival Isle of Wight.

After finishing this small tour, production for a new album got underway, albeit without a producer since, after more than 20 years with them, the Chili Peppers decided not to count on Rick Rubin to produce their album. eleventh record work. His album was expected to be finished by mid to late 2015, but a few months into the production process, Flea suffered a broken left arm while snowboarding. Due to this, the production was stagnant for eight months (from February to October 2015). After the bassist was able to recover from his injury, the band chose Danger Mouse to produce his new work. Although the group already had some songs ready to start recording, the brand new producer was not convinced by most of the material the band had. Therefore, he asked them to drop all those tracks and start writing new ones and because of this, the release of the new Peppers album was delayed for a longer time.

In early February 2016, "Circle of the Noose", the only song the band managed to record for the follow-up album to One Hot Minute, was leaked online. (1995) with guitarist Dave Navarro in March 1998. This song was recorded just a few months before Navarro was fired from the group.

Finally, on May 5, 2016 and after almost five years without new material, the band announced that their new album would be called The Getaway and the first single, Dark Necessities, was released. to the light. The album was released to the market on June 17 worldwide. This means that this is the group's first album since 1989's Mother's Milk that is not under the production of Rick Rubin. Also, they announced the tour to promote the new album that began in Europe more precisely on June 4, 2016 at the Rock am Ring festival in Germany. On May 26 and June 9, 2016, prior to the release of The Getaway, the Peppers released two other songs from the album on their YouTube channel: "The Getaway" and "We Turn Red". Neither of the two songs was released as a single.

A day before the album's release, the band posted the official video for "Dark Necessities" on your Facebook account. Said video was directed by actress Olivia Wilde.

After confirming that Go Robot would be the second single from the album (which was originally going to be the first), the band recorded a video clip for said song that was released on September 8, 2016. Like &# 34;Dark Necessities", the video was released on the group's Facebook account.

On September 18, 2016, the group paused touring for just a few days to perform at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, performing two songs (Can't Stop and 'Dark Necessities') before of the season opener for the NFL's Los Angeles Rams. In addition, it meant the return of the Rams to Los Angeles after playing their home games for 22 years in St. Louis.

The band's drummer, Chad Smith, confirmed on November 13, 2016, through his Twitter account, that Sick Love would become the third single from the album. Smith also stated that a video clip would be released for the song, which was released on December 4, 2016. This song features the special participation of Elton John on piano, who also helped the group compose the song with his collaborator. Bernie Taupin.

At the end of March 2017, it was confirmed that the song Goodbye Angels would be released as the fourth single from The Getaway on April 4th.

Return of John Frusciante, Unlimited Love and Return of the Dream Canteen (2019-present)

After touring for the album The Getaway, the band began writing material for their next album with Josh Klinghoffer. However, Anthony Kiedis and Flea were dissatisfied with the progress of the recordings. They wondered if they could involve guitarist John Frusciante, who had recorded several albums with the band but had retired in 2009 to pursue a solo electronic music career.

After this, on December 15, 2019 through the band's official Instagram account, the departure of guitarist Klinghoffer and the return of Frusciante to the band after a decade was revealed.

As Josh stated in an interview for Rolling Stone, Flea was primarily responsible for John's return to the band. "As I suppose you know, I've been dating John and interfering," were the bassist's own words when he told the outgoing guitarist of the decision.[3]

On February 8, 2020, Frusciante performed together with the band for the first time in 13 years, albeit without drummer Chad Smith, at a memorial service held by the Tony Hawk Foundation for the late film producer Andrew Burkle, Jr. of billionaire Ronald Burkle. The band was scheduled to play three festivals that May. However, they were all canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

After Danger Mouse produced their previous album The Getaway, the band brought back Rick Rubin to produce their new material. Rubin had last worked with the band on their album I'm with You (2011). The producer said that seeing them rehearse for the first time after Frusciante's return brought him to tears: "It was so exciting to see that group of people back together because they made such great music for so long and it really hit me in an emotional way." These rehearsals were halted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resumed in 2021 at the Shangri-La studio in Malibu, with many new songs to work on.

On January 28, 2022, the band posted a small snippet of a new song on their social media, hinting that its release was imminent.

The song was released a week later on February 4th and is called Black Summer. Also on the same day, they confirmed the release of a new album called Unlimited Love for April 1, 2022.

The same day the album was released, the band released their second single: These Are the Ways. The band began a stadium tour to promote the album in Europe on June 4 and will tour the United States and Canada between July and September.

On July 23, 2022, they announced through their website that they would be releasing a new album on October 14: Return of the Dream Canteen. It is the first time the band has released two albums in a span of six months. The first single, as reported by Flea during a concert that the band gave that same July 23 in Denver, would be Tippa My Tongue, which came out on August 19. As an extra fact, on August 28 of this year they won the "Best Rock Video" at the MTV Video Music Awards for the video for Black Summer and were also recognized for their lifetime achievement.

Musical style, legacy and influences

The musical style of the Red Hot Chili Peppers has been characterized as funk rock, alternative rock, funk metal, and rap rock, with influences from hard, psychedelic, and punk rock. The band's influences include Defunkt, Parliament-Funkadelic, Jimi Hendrix, The Misfits, Black Sabbath, Metallica, James Brown, Gang of Four, Bob Marley, Big Boys, Bad Brains, Sly and the Family Stone, Ohio Players, Queen, Stevie Wonder, Elvis Presley, Deep Purple, The Beach Boys, Black Flag, Ornette Coleman, Led Zeppelin, Yes, Fugazi, Fishbone, Marvin Gaye, Billie Holiday, Santana, Elvis Costello, The Stooges, The Clash, The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Devo and Miles Davis.

Kiedis provided multiple vocal styles. His main focus on Blood Sugar Sex Magik was spoken verse and rap. Supplemented by traditional vocals, he helped the band maintain a consistent style. As the group matured, notably with Californication (1999), the group reduced the number of verses they rapped. By the Way only contained two songs with a rap-driven verse and melodic chorus form. Kiedis's most recent style was developed through ongoing coaching.

Guitarist Slovak's original style was heavily based on blues and funk. Slovak was mainly influenced by hard rock artists like Hendrix, Kiss and Led Zeppelin. His playing method was largely based on improvisation, a style commonly used in funk music. He was also noted for his aggressive playing style; he would often play with such force that his fingers would 'separate'. Kiedis noted that his playing evolved during his time away from the group on What Is This?, with Slovak adopting a more fluid style with "sensuous" elements; as opposed to his original hard rock techniques. On The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987), Slovak experimented with genres outside of traditional funk music, including reggae and speed metal. His guitar riffs would often serve as the basis for the group's songs, with the other members writing their parts to complement his guitar work. The melodic riff of him featured in the song & # 34;Behind the Sun & # 34; inspired the group to create "pretty" with emphasis on melody. Kiedis describes the song as "pure Hillel inspiration". Slovak also used a dialogue box in songs like "Green Heaven" and & # 34; Funky Crime & # 34;, in which he sang into a tube while playing to create psychedelic effects.

Frusciante's musical style has evolved throughout his career. His guitar playing employs melody and emotion rather than virtuosity. Although virtuoso influences can be heard throughout his career, he has said that he often downplays this. Frusciante brought a textured, melodic sound, notably on Californication (1999), By the Way (2002), and Stadium Arcadium (2006). This is in stark contrast to his earlier abrasive approach on Mother's Milk, as well as his dry, funkier, tamer arrangements on Blood Sugar Sex Magik. On Californication (1999) and By the Way (2002), Frusciante derived the technique of creating tonal texture through chord patterns from post-punk guitarist Vini Reilly of The Durutti Column and bands like Fugazi and The Cure. On By The Way, he wanted the lead guitar to be something you could sing along to, his guitar playing was influenced by John McGeoch of Siouxsie And The Banshees, Johnny Marr of The Smiths and Bernard Sumner of Joy Division. Initially he wanted to take another direction and intended for the record to be made up of "these rough, punk songs", inspired by early punk artists like The Germs and The Damned. However, this was discouraged by producer Rick Rubin, and he instead drew on the melodic style of Californication (1999). During the recording of Stadium Arcadium (2006), he moved away from his New Wave influences and concentrated on emulating flashier guitarists like Hendrix and Van Halen.

Navarro brought his own sound to the band during his tenure, with his style drawing from heavy metal, progressive rock and psychedelia.

Guitarist Klinghoffer's style employs a wide range of his own unconventional guitar effects and vocal treatments. On his Chili Peppers debut album, I'm with You (2011), he focused heavily on producing a textured, emotional sound to complement each song's vocals and atmosphere. He has stated that he is a big fan of jazz and funk, which is expressed in many of the album's tracks.

Flea's electric bass style can be considered an amalgamation of funk, psychedelic rock, punk, and hard rock. Rhythm-filled melodies played with fingers or tapping contributed to his signature style. While Flea's slap bass style was prominent on earlier albums, albums after Blood Sugar Sex Magik have more melodic and funkier bass lines. He has also used double stops on some newer songs. Flea's bass has changed considerably. When he joined Fear, his technique focused mainly on traditional punk rock bass lines. However, he changed this style when the Red Hot Chili Peppers were formed. He began to incorporate a "slap" bass style, which was heavily influenced by Bootsy Collins. Blood Sugar Sex Magik saw a noticeable change in style, as it did not feature any of their signature techniques, but rather styles that focused more on traditional and melodic roots. His intellectual beliefs, about how to play the instrument, also changed: "I was trying to just play on Blood Sugar Sex Magik because I had played too much before that, so I thought: '' I really have to relax and play half the notes". When you play less, it's more exciting: there's more room for everything. If I play something busy it stands out, instead of the bass being a constant avalanche of notes. Space is good.

Drummer Smith combines rock with funk. He mixes funk, rock, metal and jazz with his rhythms. Influences include Buddy Rich and John Bonham. He brought a different sound to Mother's Milk, playing loud and fast. In Blood Sugar Sex Magik, he displays increased power. He is recognized for his ghost notes, his beats, and his quick right foot. MusicRadar placed him sixth on its list of the "50 Greatest Drummers of All Time," behind Mike Portnoy, Neil Peart, Keith Moon, Rich, and Bonham.

The band's combination of hard rock, funk, and hip hop has been recognized as influential in genres such as funk metal, rap metal, rap rock, and nu metal. In a 2002 interview with Penthouse, Anthony Kiedis stated: 'We were initially creating the combination of hardcore funk with hip-hop style vocals. We became, maybe, an inspiration for Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock, Linkin Park, all these other bands that are doing that now'.

Many bands have cited them as an influence such as Green Day, Korn, Linkin Park, Mr. Bungle, Incubus, P.O.D, the Mexican band Molotov, the Argentinian duo Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas, the Japanese band Maximum The Hormone, Eruca Sativa, Los Tetas, Leonardo Corvalán (drummer for Chancho en Piedra), Primus, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down, 311 (band), the trapper Lil Peep and the Hip hop/Nu metal group Crazy Town. Lil Peep has said that he regards Anthony Kiedis as "his idol of his."^{[citation needed]}

The song "Butterfly#34; by Crazy Town contains the sample of "Pretty Little Ditty"

The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2012. The induction lineup included Kiedis, Flea, Smith, Klinghoffer, Frusciante, Slovak (who was represented by his brother James), Irons and Martinez. Frusciante did not attend, although he was invited. Dave Navarro and Jack Sherman were not inducted; Sherman said he felt "disgraced." The band performed three songs; "By the Way", "Give it Away" and "Higher Ground", which featured Irons and Martinez on drums. It was the first time Kiedis and Flea had performed with Irons in 24 years and Martinez in 26 years.

In 2012, three of the band's albums Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Californication and By the Way were ranked among Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time at 310, 399 and 304, respectively.

On May 13, 1993, the band appears in the episode Krusty Gets Kancelled, titled "Krusty Gets Kancelled" in Spain and "The Krusty drama" in Latin America, which is the last chapter belonging to the fourth season of the animated series The Simpsons

In 2014 Abracadabracalifornia came out, which is a parody of his song Californication and first appeared on an episode of the comedy podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! promoting her performance at the Super Bowl with Bruno Mars

In the 2017 film Song to Song But they appear in cameos alongside Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Lykke Li, Black Lips and Florence + the Machine.

In 2019 after five years of writing, Flea published his biography, Acid for the Children, recently promoted by Grand Central Publishing as: "His prose dreamy with jazz inflections make 70s and 80s Los Angeles a gritty and glorious place, with the potential for fun, danger, mayhem and inspiration lurking around every corner. It is here that young Flea, looking as if he had escaped from a troubled home, found family in a community of musicians, artists and addicts who also lived on the fringes.

Lyrics and Composition

Through the years, Kiedis's lyrics covered a variety of topics, which changed over time. Early in the group's career, Kiedis wrote primarily comedic songs filled with sexual innuendo, as well as songs inspired by the band members' friendship and personal experiences. However, after the death of his close friend and bandmate Hillel Slovak, Kiedis's lyrics became much more introspective and personal, as exemplified by the song 'Knock Me Down'; from Mother's Milk (1989), dedicated to Slovak along with 'My Lovely Man', song from Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991).

By the time the band recorded One Hot Minute (1995), Kiedis had turned to drugs once again, resulting in darker lyrics. He began writing about the anguish and self-mutilating thoughts he would experience as a result of his addiction to heroin and cocaine. The album also featured tributes to close friends the band lost during the recording process, including Kurt Cobain on the song "Tearjerker" and River Phoenix, on the song "Transcendiendo".

After witnessing Frusciante's recovery from his heroin addiction, Kiedis wrote many songs inspired by rebirth and the meaning of life in California (1999). He was also intrigued by the life lessons the band had learned, including Kiedis's experience meeting a young mother at the YMCA, who was trying to fight her crack addiction while living with her young daughter.

On By the Way (2002), Kiedis was lyrically influenced by love, his girlfriend, and the emotions expressed when one fell in love. Drugs also played an integral role in Kiedis's writing, as he had only been sober since 2000. Tracks like "This Is the Place"; and "Don't Forget Me" they expressed his intense disgust with narcotics and the harmful physical and emotional effects they caused him. Stadium Arcadium (2006) continued the themes of love and romance; Kiedis stated that "love and women, pregnancies and marriages, relationship struggles, those are real and profound influences on this record. And it's great, because I didn't just write about the fact that I'm in love. It was everyone in the band. We were full of energy based on infatuation ". I'm with You (2011) again featured Kiedis writing about the loss of a close friend this time in the song" Brendan's Death Song', a tribute to club owner Brendan Mullen who gave the band some of their first shows and showed them support throughout their career.

Subjects within Kiedis' repertoire include love and friendship, teenage angst, aggression in good times, various sexual themes and the link between sex and music, political and social commentary (Native American issues in particular), romance, loneliness, globalization and cons of fame and Hollywood, poverty, drugs, alcohol, dealing with death and California

Political activism

The band have done several concerts for charity, and have publicly shown their support for the United States Democratic Party

In 1990, the band appeared in PSA ads for Rock the Vote, a nonprofit organization in the United States aimed at increasing voter turnout in the United States presidential election among voters ages 18 to 24.

The band was invited by the Beastie Boys and the Milarepa Fund to perform at the Tibetan Freedom Concert in June 1996 in San Francisco. They also performed at the June 1998 concert in Washington, D.C. The concerts, which were held all over the world, were to support the cause of Tibetan independence. In September 2005, the band performed "Under the Bridge" at the ReAct Now: Music & Relief that was made to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The live event raised $30 million.

In July 2007, the band performed on behalf of former United States Vice President Al Gore, who invited the band to appear at the London version of his Live Earth concerts, which were held to raise awareness of global warming. global and solve the most critical environmental problems of our time. The band performed a free concert in downtown Cleveland, Ohio in April 2012 in support of President Obama's re-election campaign. The requirement to enter the concert was agreeing to volunteer for the Obama 2012 phone bank. The event quickly reached capacity after being announced.

In May 2013, the band performed a special concert in Portland, Oregon for the Dalai Lama as part of the Dalai Lama Environmental Summit.

In January 2015, the band performed their first show of the new year for the Sean Penn & Friends Help Haiti Home in support of the J/P Haitian Relief Organization. The band was among more than 120 artists and celebrities who signed up and announced they would vote for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential election in September. The band performed at a fundraiser at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach in the same month. All money was donated to A Reason To Survive (ARTS), Heartbeat Music Academy, San Diego Young Artists Music Academy, and Silverlake Conservatory of Music. In October, Kiedis and Flea hosted the annual benefit for the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. The band performed a special rare acoustic set.

In February 2016, the band headlined a concert to raise funds in support of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. In April, the band performed at a private function on behalf of Napster founder, Facebook and Sean Parker, for their launch of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. Chad Smith and Will Ferrell hosted the Red Hot Benefit Comedy + Music Show & Quinceanera in the same month. The benefit featured a performance by the Chili Peppers along with handpicked comedy acts by Ferrell and Funny or Die. A portion of the proceeds went to Ferrell's Cancer for College and Smith's Silverlake Conservatory of Music.

In February 2018, Smith once again joined Ferrell at his One Classy Night benefit at the Moore Theater in Seattle to help raise money for Cancer for College. The event raised $300,000 in college scholarships for students who have survived cancer.

Members

Currently

• Anthony Kiedis, voice (1983-present)
• Flea, bass, trumpet, piano, choirs (1983-presente)
• Chad Smith, Battery (1988-present)
• John Frusciante, guitar, piano, choirs (1988-1992 / 1998-2009 / 2019-present)

Previous members

Guitarists

• Hillel Slovak (1983-1984 / 1985-1988 -date of his death-)
• Jack Sherman (1984, deceased in 2020)
• DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight (1988)
• Arik Marshall (1992-1993)
• Jesse Tobias (1993)
• Dave Navarro (1993-1998)
• Josh Klinghoffer (2009-2019)

Drummers

• Jack Irons (1983-1984 / 1986-1988)
• Cliff Martínez (1984-1986)
• D.H. Danger (1988, deceased in 2022)

Collaborations with the band

• Marcel Rodríguez-López (accompaniment of bongos in Hump de Bump)
• Josh Klinghoffer (coupled in 2007 as a second guitarist to the band during some concerts of the tour Stadium Arcadium and was a lead guitarist from 2009 to 2019)
• Omar Rodríguez-López (co-operated with the band in Stadium Arcadium)
• Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa (additional requests One Hot Minute)
• Patrick Warren Californication)
• Patrick English Mother's Milk)
• Kristen Vigard (additional requests One Hot Minute)
• Nahuel Souto (additional numbers One Hot Minute)
• John Lurie One Hot Minute)
• Keith "Tree" Barry. One Hot Minute, saxophone in Mother's Milk; accompanied the band on the last album tour mentioned)
• Lenny Castro (percussion in One Hot Minute)
• Stephen Perkins (percussion in One Hot Minute)
• Tricky (Flea, Frusciante and Kiedis participated in their album Blowback, in the songs Da Woman and Girls)
• Greg Kurstin Californication)
• Perry Farrell (Flea and Frusciante collaborated with him in his Hard Life Easy song, the album that Jane's Addiction singer recorded for his other group, Satellite Party)
• Chris Warren (team and battery technician since 2007)
• Mauro Refosco (percussion on the tour I'm with You)
• Kristen Vigard (coros during the tour Mother's Milk1989-1990
• Vicki Calhoun (coros during the tour Mother's Milk1989-1990
• Acacia Ludwig (coros during the tour One Hot Minute1995-1996)
• Rain Phoenix (coros during the tour One Hot Minute1995-1996)
• Chuck Biscuits (battery; 1985)
• Keith Morris (voz; 1986)
• Philip "Fish" Fisher (battery and percussion; 1988)
• Rob Rule (opening acts, rhythmic guitar, choirs and tour technician; 1989-1990/1995-1996)
• Michael Bulger (trompet and piano; 2011)

Timeline

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)
• I'm with You (2011)
• The Getaway (2016)
• Unlimited Love (2022)
• Return of the Dream Canteen (2022)

Music Videos

Fonts

• Díaz Soto, Irene (2006). "RHCP, A Story of Sweat, Hero, Lsd, Alcohol, Funk, Friendship and... A Lot of Rock." Kerrang (150). pp. 25-28.