Red Hot Chili Peppers Lyrics

Red Hot Chili Peppers Info:

Also Known As:
RHCP

From:
Los Angeles, California

Genres:
Funk rock, alternative rock, funk metal

Years active:
1983 - present

Labels:
EMI, Warner Bros.

Associated acts:
Ataxia, Fishbone, Jane's Addiction, Parliament-Funkadelic, What Is This?

Members:
Anthony Kiedis -
lead vocals (1983-1986, 1986-present)

Michael "Flea" Balzary -
bass, piano, trumpet, backing vocals
(1983-present)

Chad Smith -
drums, percussion (1988-present)

Josh Klinghoffer -
guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
(2009-present, touring member 2007)

Past members:
Hillel Slovak
(1983, 1985-1988) (lead guitar, backing vocals)

Jack Irons
(1983, 1986-1988) (drums, percussion)

Cliff Martinez
(1983-1986) (drums, percussion, backing vocals)

Jack Sherman
(1983-1984) (lead guitar, backing vocals)

DeWayne McKnight
(1988) (lead guitar, backing vocals)

D.H. Peligro
(1988) (drums, percussion)

Arik Marshall
(1992-1993) (lead guitar, backing vocals)

Jesse Tobias
(1993) (lead guitar, backing vocals)

Dave Navarro
(1993-1998) (lead guitar, backing vocals)

John Frusciante
(1988-1992, 1998-2008) (lead guitar, keyboards, six-string bass, organ, percussion, banjo, backing vocals)

Formed:
In the 80s by Fairfax High School alumni Kiedis, Flea

Got their start:
heavily by the burgeoning L.A. punk scene in the early 80s

Trademark:
Flea's powerful bass and their diverse musical precision

RHCP Quotes:
It might sound funny, but I think we've got a very solid foundation, maybe the most solid foundation we ever had. Even Anthony seems to be far more relaxed and confident.
Flea

We also found out that we work a lot better if we know what we want before we enter the studio. It took us only three weeks to record the album.
Chad

We were never a band that promoted a clean and healthy lifestyle (laughs). I had drug problems. Anthony was a junkie. We were all battling with our addictions. It is easy to get sucked into this lifestyle, and I guess that's what happened to John. He was too young and inexperienced to deal with it all. We were older and knew the game and had a hard time dealing with it. But drugs weren't just a part of the band, somehow we grew up in Hollywood and drugs were part of the whole rock culture. They just suck you in.
Flea

It was too high, too far, too soon. Everything happened or better everything seemed to be happening at once and I just couldn't cope with it.
John Frusciante

It's pretty simple. The old magic is back. Everything is possible and that's a great feeling. We've grown as people and musicians. So, the music is different. It's a different time, but it's still great, even better than it was.
Flea

Red Hot Chili Peppers Awards

1992
MTV Video Music Awards for Viewer's Choice, Breakthrough Video and Best Art Direction "Give It Away"

1993
Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance ("Give It Away")

1999
Billboard Music Award for setting the record for most weeks at #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart with "Scar Tissue."

2000
American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Artist.

Grammy Award for Best Rock Song ("Scar Tissue")

California Music Award for Outstanding Bassist (Given to Flea)

MuchMusic Video Award for Best International Video ("Californication").


2 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Direction (Johnathan Dayton & Valerie Faris) and Best Art Direction (Colin Strause),

2 'My VH1' Awards - Pushing the Envelope Video ("Californication") and Must-Have Album (Californication).

Billboard Music Video Award for Best Modern Rock Clip of the Year ("Californication")

MTV Europe Music Award for Best Rock Act

2002
MTV Video Music Award Latin America for Best Rock Artist, International.

2 MTV Europe Music Awards for Best Live Act and Best Rock Act.

2003
Brit Award for Best International Group

2006
Grammy Award for Rock Album "Stadium Arcadium"
Grammy Award for Rock Song "Dani California"
Grammy Award for Rock
Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal "Dani California"
Grammy Award for Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package "Stadium Arcadium"

2007
ECHO Music Award
(German Grammy) for Gruppe des Jahres (international) "Stadium Arcadium"
Hungarian Music Award for Foriegn Rock Album "Stadium Arcadium"

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