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The Red Hot Chili Peppers were formed in Los Angeles in 1982 by singer Anthony Kiedis, guitarist Hillel Slovak, bassist Flea, and drummer Jack Irons, classmates at Fairfax High School. [8] Their first performance was on December 16, 1982, at the Grandia Room club on Hollywood Boulevard to a crowd of approximately 30. Gary Allen, a friend of the ...
Sep 27, 2024 · In 2012 the Red Hot Chili Peppers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Known for their extravagant, high-energy concerts, the group’s memorable live performances over the years have included the Woodstock music festival in 1999, the halftime show at the Super Bowl (with Bruno Mars ) in 2014, and a concert at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt in 2019.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers performing in 2006 (top) and 2016 (bottom). Red Hot Chili Peppers (RHCP) is an American funk rock band from Los Angeles , California . Formed in December 1982 as Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem, the group originally consisted of vocalist Anthony Kiedis , guitarist Hillel Slovak , bassist Flea (real name Michael Balzary) and drummer Jack Irons . [ 1 ]
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Members have included Flea (born Michael Balzary, October 16, 1962, in Melbourne, Australia), bass; John Frusciante (born March 5, 1970, in New York; band member 1989-92; rejoined group 1999), guitar; Jack Irons (born July 18, 1962, in California; left band in 1988), drums; Anthony Kiedis (born November 1, 1962, in Grand Rapids, MI), vocals; Arik M...
That reputation continued to grow with the cover of the 1988 EP Abbey Road, which had the band posed crossing the street in imitation of the famous cover of the Beatles’ album of the same name. The Peppers, however, each wore nothing except a single, strategically placed sock While their audacious displays of public nudity gave them notoriety beyon...
Frusciante’s first two replacements never appeared on a Chili Peppers album. First came Arik Marshall, who lasted for a year, and then came Jesse Tobias, who made it through a couple of months. Then in 1994 the band brought former Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro on board. Having not released an album in the four years since the incredible s...
Red Hot Chili Peppers,EMI America, 1984. Freaky StyleyEMI America, 1985. The Uplift Mofo Party Plan,EMI America, 1987. Mother’s Milk,EMI America, 1989. Blood Sugar Sex Magik,Warner Brothers, 1991. One Hot Minute,Warner Brothers, 1995. Califomication,Warner Brothers, 1999.
Books
Buckley, Jonathan and Mark Ellingham, editors, Rock: the Rough Guide,Penguin, 1996. Larkin, Colin, editor, The Encyclopedia of Popular Music,Muze, 1998. Romanowski, Patricia and Holly George-Warren, editors, The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll,Fireside, 1995.
Periodicals
Guitar Player,November 1997, p. 53. Melody Maker,February 9, 2000, p. 21. Los Angeles Times,June 13, 1999, p. 3. Rolling Stone,April 29, 1999, p. 38; May 13, 1999, p. 50; December 16, 1999, p. 217; April 27, 2000, p. 58. Spin,August 1999, p. 111. USA Today,December 18, 1997, p. 2D.
Online
“The Red Hot Chili Peppers,” All Music Guide,http://www.allmusic.com (April 10, 2000). —Lloyd Hemingway
Formed in 1983 as the premier party animals of funk-rock, the L.A.-bred Red Hot Chili Peppers evolved from their risible roots and delivered alternative rock staples like 1991's "Give It Away," 199…
Jun 7, 2011 · Early Albums. 1983: The original band was formed by four members of the same Los Angeles high school; vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bass player Michael “Flea” Balzary, guitarist Hillel Slovak and ...
The word pioneers is regularly used to describe the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and with good reason: The band—which today consists of Anthony Kiedis on vocals; Michael Balzary, long known to fans as Flea, on bass; Chad Smith on drums; and recent addition Josh Klinghoffer on guitar—birthed a blend of punk, funk, and hip-hop that has since influenced every group to marry rap and rock.
