Red hot chili peppers

This article is about the band. For the album of the same name see The Red Hot Chili Peppers (album) .

Red hot chili peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers at Rock am Ring 2016
General information
origin	California , Los Angeles ( USA )
Genre (s)	Funk rock , alternative rock , crossover
founding	1983
Website	redhotchilipeppers.com
Founding members
singing	Anthony Kiedis (since 1983)
E-bass , trumpet , vocals	Michael "Flea" Balzary (since 1983)
Electric guitar , vocals	Hillel Slovak (1983–1984, 1985–1988)
Drums , percussion	Jack Irons (1983-1984, 1986-1988)
Current occupation
singing	Anthony Kiedis
E-bass, trumpet, piano background vocals	Michael "Flea" Balzary
Drums, percussion	Chad Smith (since 1988)
Guitar, backing vocals, synthesizer	John Frusciante (1988–1992, 1998–2008, 2019–)
former members
Guitar, background vocals	Josh Klinghoffer (2010-2019)
guitar	Jack Sherman (1984–1985)
guitar	DeWayne McKnight (1988)
guitar	Arik Marshall (1992)
guitar	Jesse Tobias (1992-1993)
guitar	Dave Navarro (1993-1998)
Drums	Cliff Martinez (1984-1986)
Drums	DH Peligro (1988)

Red Hot Chili Peppers (abbreviation: RHCP ) is a Founded in 1983, California radio - and alternative - rock band . She is one of the most commercially successful representatives of the crossover . Her album Blood Sugar Sex Magik is considered one of the most important of this genre.

Band history

Foundation and early years (1983–1988)

School friends Anthony Kiedis (vocals), Michael "Flea" Balzary (bass), Hillel Slovak (guitar) and Jack Irons (drums) first appeared together on February 13, 1983 as "Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem". At that time Flea, Slovak and Irons were playing in the already somewhat successful band “What Is This”. At the concert in the "Rhythm Lounge" club in Los Angeles , they surprised the audience with their song Out In LA with a mixture of rap , rock , funk and punk . The club owner was so impressed that he booked the band for the following week. The club was already full the next time they performed, as rumors of the new band had spread in Los Angeles. Soon afterwards the name Red Hot Chili Peppers arose, according to Kiedis a reference to classic American blues or jazz band names, in which elements such as "Red Hot" or "Chili" often appeared (e.g. Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers ).

The new band quickly got other appearances in the area and released the debut album The Red Hot Chili Peppers in August 1984 , which was produced by Andy Gill ( Gang of Four ). Andy Gill favored a radio compatible sound in contrast to the band, which led to difficulties in working together. Slovak and Irons left the band before recording began, their old band "What Is This?", With which they had continued to rehearse, also had a record deal. They were replaced by Cliff Martinez (drums) and Jack Sherman (guitar). With Sherman there were always conflicts because he had a different lifestyle than the other band members. After Sherman left the band, Slovak got back as a guitarist.

The next album Freaky Styley was produced with the famous funk musician George Clinton . Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley  - brass in James Brown's band - also took part in the recording  . The following album The Uplift Mofo Party Plan was a lot more successful than Freaky Styley . It is the only studio album that was recorded in the original line-up, as Jack Irons played drums again. It was recorded with producer Michael Beinhorn .

At that time, both Kiedis and Slovak were addicted to heroin. In June 1988, shortly after the band returned from a European tour, Hillel Slovak died of a heroin overdose . The shocked Jack Irons then left the band on the grounds that he did not want to participate in something that would kill his friends. Anthony Kiedis was deeply affected by the death of his best friend - he had a similar lifestyle - and took a short break. He went to rehab and abstained from drugs for five years.

New beginning and breakthrough (1988–1992)

Kiedis and Flea performing in Amsterdam in 1989

Kiedis and Flea decided to continue with the band. The new members were the previous Funkadelic guitarist DeWayne 'Blackbyrd' McKnight and Dead Kennedy's drummer DH Peligro . However, this combination did not harmonize, which is why they soon started looking for musicians again. As a huge fan of the band, 18-year-old John Frusciante was able to play many of their songs superbly. He took over Slovak's part in 1988. Chad Smith joined them as drummer. His drumming fit perfectly into the structure, whereas his personal chemistry was initially wrong.

With the new line-up, the band - again with Michael Beinhorn - recorded Mother's Milk in 1989 . This achieved gold status in the USA and made the Peppers stars. Their final global mainstream breakthrough came in 1991 with Blood Sugar Sex Magik , which they recorded with producer legend Rick Rubin . With this, the group produced five more albums.

Band crisis (1992-1998)

During the tour of the very successful album Blood Sugar Sex Magik , John Frusciante got out on May 7, 1992 in Japan . He hadn't expected such a huge commercial success and preferred to play in front of smaller audiences. In the following years he too became addicted to heroin and increasingly isolated himself from his environment. He released two solo albums. The band couldn't find a suitable guitarist for a long time until Dave Navarro ( Jane's Addiction ) joined them in early September 1993. In 1995 the album One Hot Minute was recorded with him. His preference for the wah-wah pedal resulted in a significantly different sound on this record. However, the album did not sell as well as its predecessor. Looking back on this phase, the band describes their songwriting work at the time as unsatisfactory and unsuccessful - Navarro had a different way of writing songs, he didn't like jam sessions ; besides, Anthony Kiedis had started using heroin again, and Navarro was also using drugs. Several songs were written by Flea to get enough pieces together for the album. In Pea you can only hear Flea with bass and vocals. At the beginning of April 1998 Navarro left the band because the remaining members no longer wanted to work with him because of his drug addiction.

Californication and By the Way (1998-2004)

Kiedis live in 2003

Flea on stage, 2003

In early 1998, John Frusciante was able to get rid of his drug addiction with the help of his friends Johnny Depp and Flea. During his dependency, Flea was the only one in the band who kept in touch with Frusciante. After a successful jam session, Frusciante got back in at the end of April 1998. Together, the Red Hot Chili Peppers recorded the album Californication in Fleas Garage in 1999 , which was by far the band's most successful commercial album. By this point, Kiedis and Flea had also left their drug addiction behind; Since then, they say they are vegetarians and abstain from alcohol and nicotine . On the tour that followed the album, they played the legendary Woodstock gig in 1999 and in Moscow in front of 200,000 spectators on Red Square .

After two years of world tour, the band recorded the album By the Way , which was released in 2002. It was less funky, apart from songs like Can't Stop , it contained more melodies and harmony chants from Frusciante and Kiedis.

At the end of July 2004, the live album Live in Hyde Park was released, which, in addition to the two new songs Leverage of Space and Rolling Sly Stone, also includes cover versions of the 1970s hit Brandy by Looking Glass and Black Cross by 45 Grave, as well as a drum Homage from Chad Smith included. It was a combination of three concerts that took place on June 19, 20 and 25, 2004 in London's Hyde Park . In addition, the Red Hot Chili Peppers gave concerts at Rock am Ring , Rock im Park , at the Aerodrome in Wiener Neustadt , in the Prinzenparkstadion in Paris and in the Amsterdam Arena .

In 2004 Anthony Kiedis' autobiography Scar Tissue was published . In it he reports about the band, inspiration and the making of certain songs, experiences with drugs, sex and music and about his companions.

Arcadium Stadium (2005-2007)

The ninth studio album Stadium Arcadium was released on May 5, 2006 as a double album. It went straight to number 1 on the charts. The first single was Dani California (by A. Kiedis, Flea, J. Frusciante, and C. Smith), released April 28th. On April 24th, the band presented the new album to around 500 invited guests at an unannounced gig in Hamburg's “tent of the flying buildings”.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers played 151 concerts and festivals in over 20 countries on the Intercalactic Tour, which lasted from April 2006 to August 2007. They played at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, the PinkPop Festival in the Netherlands, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California, the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan, the Hallenstadion Zurich in Switzerland and on the Live Earth Concert in July at London's Wembley Stadium .

After Arcadium Stadium (2007-2010)

After the Stadium Arcadium tour ended, the band retired for a year and a half. During this time, Chad Smith and the supergroup Chickenfoot released their debut album of the same name. Flea studied jazz and Kiedis devoted himself to his private life.

In the fall of 2009, the band reunited and started working on a new album. At the end of 2009 it was announced that guitarist John Frusciante had left the band a year earlier. As a reason for his decision, he gave his personal development as a person and musician in recent years. In the future he wants to devote himself exclusively to his solo projects. He was succeeded in early 2010 by Josh Klinghoffer , who had previously worked with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and in particular with Frusciante. On January 29, 2010, the first live performance took place in the course of a Neil Young Tribute event at MusiCares.

I'm with You (2011-2015)

Red Hot Chili Peppers at Rock am Ring (2016)

Anthony Kiedis with Red Hot Chili Peppers (2016)

On August 22nd, 2011, the first official stream online release party for the new album I'm with You took place, with the broadcast breaking down several times due to the high demand. The album with 14 tracks was released in Germany on August 26, 2011. The first single The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie was released in advance on July 18, 2011. On August 30, 2011, the album was presented exclusively at the E-Werk in Cologne . The concert was recorded in HD quality and broadcast on the same evening in over 900 cinemas in 39 countries worldwide. In Germany, the broadcast took place in all UCI KINOWELTEN and in selected CinemaxX cinemas. Another European tour was planned for 2012.

On April 15, 2012, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . To mark the occasion, the band released the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP , on which they interpret other members of the Hall of Fame such as David Bowie and Neil Young. Guitarist Josh Klinghoffer was the youngest musician to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers appeared on February 2, 2014 with Bruno Mars in the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show at MetLife Stadium .

The Getaway (2016-2017)

The group's eleventh studio album, The Getaway , was released on June 17, 2016 . The singles Dark Necessities and The Getaway were released in advance . A European tour followed the release of the album.

Twelfth studio album and re-entry by Frusciante (since 2018)

The work on a new album was announced in September 2018, the release was planned for 2020. Admission was delayed due to the 2018 California wildfire . The band held a charity show for victims of the fires on January 13, 2019.

On December 15, 2019, the Red Hot Chili Peppers announced that Josh Klinghoffer had left the band and that John Frusciante was back on the band’s guitar.

Awards

• Grammy Awards
  • 1993 Best Hard Rock Performance ("Give It Away")
  • 2000 best rock song ("Scar Tissue")
  • 2007 Best performance by a duo or a group with vocals - rock ("Dani California")
  • 2007 Best Rock Song ("Dani California")
  • 2007 Best Rock Album ("Stadium Arcadium")
  • 2007 Best box or limited special edition ("Stadium Arcadium")

• echo
  • 2003 Group of the Year International Rock / Pop ("Red Hot Chili Peppers")
  • 2007 Group of the Year International Rock / Pop ("Red Hot Chili Peppers")
  • 2012 Group of the Year International Rock / Alternative ("Red Hot Chili Peppers")

• American Music Awards
  • 2000 Favorite Alternative Artist ("Red Hot Chili Peppers")
  • 2006 Favorite Pop / Rock Band / Duo / Group ("Red Hot Chili Peppers")
  • 2006 Favorite Alternative Artist ("Red Hot Chili Peppers")

• MTV Video Music Awards
  • 1992 Viewer’s Choice ("Under The Bridge")
  • 1992 Breakthrough Video ("Give It Away")
  • 1992 Best Art Direction ("Give It Away")
  • 1999 Best Artist Website
  • 2000 Best Direction ("Californication")
  • 2000 Best Art Direction ("Californication")
  • 2006 Best Art Direction ("Dani California")

• MTV Europe Music Awards
  • 2000 Best Rock Band ("Red Hot Chili Peppers")
  • 2002 Best Live Band ("Red Hot Chili Peppers")
  • 2002 Best Rock Band ("Red Hot Chili Peppers")
  • 2006 Best Album ("Stadium Arcadium")

• Q Award
  • 2004 Best Act In The World Today ("Red Hot Chili Peppers")

• BRIT Awards
  • 2003 Best International Group ("Red Hot Chili Peppers")

Discography

→ Main article : Red Hot Chili Peppers / Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1984	The Red Hot Chili Peppers	-	-	-	-	-	First published: August 10, 1984 Sales: + 500,000
1985	Freaky Styley	-	-	-	UK- silver UK	-	First published: August 16, 1985 Sales: +650,000
1987	The Uplift Mofo Party Plan	-	-	-	-	US148 gold (18 weeks)US	First published: September 29, 1987 Sales: +750,000
1989	Mother's Milk	-	-	-	UK- silver UK	US52 platinum (42 weeks)US	First published: August 16, 1989 Sales: + 2,100,000
1991	Blood Sugar Sex Magik	DE12 platinum (48 weeks)DE	AT17th gold (16 weeks)AT	CH10 (39 weeks) CH	UK25th × 3 Triple platinum (121 weeks)UK	US3 × 7 Seven times platinum (97 weeks)US	First published: September 20, 1991 Sales: +15,200,000
1995	One hot minute	DE3 (20 weeks) DE	AT4th gold (11 weeks)AT	CH2 gold (23 weeks)CH	UK2 gold (16 weeks)UK	US4th × 2 Double platinum (46 weeks)US	First published: September 11, 1995 Sales: + 6,800,000
1999	Californication	DE2 × 3 Triple gold (112 weeks)DE	AT2 × 2 Double platinum (128 weeks)AT	CH3 × 2 Double platinum (123 weeks)CH	UK5 × 4 Quadruple platinum (169 weeks)UK	US3 × 6 Six-fold platinum (101 weeks)US	First published: June 7, 1999 Sales: +16,400,000
2002	By the way	DE1 × 5 Quintuple gold (52 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (20 weeks)AT	CH1 × 2 Double platinum (51 weeks)CH	UK1 × 7 Seven times platinum (84 weeks)UK	US2 × 2 Double platinum (60 weeks)US	First published: July 8, 2002 Sales: +12,600,000
2006	Arcadium Stadium	DE1 × 3 Triple platinum (70 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (68 weeks)AT	CH1 × 2 Double platinum (62 weeks)CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (44 weeks)UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (66 weeks)US	First published: May 5, 2006 Sales: + 8,000,000
2011	I'm with you	DE1 platinum (22 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (15 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (24 weeks)CH	UK1 gold (18 weeks)UK	US2 gold (27 weeks)US	First published: Aug 26, 2011 Sales: + 1,700,000
2016	The Getaway	DE2 gold (24 weeks)DE	AT1 gold (15 weeks)AT	CH1 gold (30 weeks)CH	UK2 gold (22 weeks)UK	US2 (37 weeks) US	First published: June 17, 2016 Sales: + 600,000

Cooperation with other artists

The band contributed a cover of " Let the Good Times Roll " to George Clinton's 2008 album GEORGE CLINTON AND HIS GANGSTERS OF LOVE .

social commitment

The Red Hot Chili Peppers donate money to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for living beings in the world's oceans. They also support their sister organization Sea Shepherd Global by showing videos of their campaigns at the Australian Big Day Out Festival and calling on the fans to support Sea Shepherd. They also invited all Sea Shepherd Switzerland volunteers to one of their concerts and posted a photo of themselves with a Sea Shepherd towel on Instagram .

Trivia

• In the 1986 film " Archie and Harry - You Can't Leave It ", the then unknown band appeared in one scene.
• " Can't Stop " was the running-in music from ex-heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko .

literature

• Rob Fitzpatrick: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Give It Away. Buhmann & Haeseler, 2004, ISBN 3-927638-19-6 .
• Jeff Apter: Fornication: The Red Hot Chili Peppers Story. Bosworth, 2005, ISBN 3-86543-040-6 .
• Anthony Kiedis, Axel Henrici, Larry Ratso Sloman: Scar Tissue. The Singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Autobiography. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2005, ISBN 3-462-03483-9 .
• Red Hot Chili Peppers: with Brendan Mullen. Heyne Verlag 2011, ISBN 978-3-453-67601-5 .

Web links

Commons : Red Hot Chili Peppers  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• German website
• International website (English)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers at MusicBrainz (English)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers at Discogs (English)
• Further links on the topic of Red Hot Chili Peppers in the Open Music Project - MusicMoz (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Autobiography "Scar Tissue" (2004)
2. ↑ Chickenfoot: Footday ( Memento from June 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ people.com
4. ^ Blog entry John Frusciantes ( Memento from April 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
5. ^ "The Adventures Of Raindance Maggie": audio stream. ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: redhotchilipeppers.de, July 18, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2012. 
6. ↑ Report by the Kölner Stadtanzeiger ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Red Hot Chili Peppers Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction. (No longer available online.) In: Huffington Post. Derrik J. Lang, archived from the original on January 13, 2014 ; accessed on January 12, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Red Hot Chili Peppers will perform at the Super Bowl halftime show. In: NFL-com. NFL, accessed January 12, 2014 . 
9. ↑ Anthony Kiedis says Red Hot Chili Peppers are working on a new project . September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
10. ↑ Flea Announcing New Red Hot Chili Peppers Album in 2020 !!! (04/11/2019) .
11. ↑ Red Hot Chili Peppers Announce When New Album Will Come Out . October 14, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
12. ↑ RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS: Writing Sessions For New Album Were Halted By Woolsey Fire . January 16, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
13. ↑ Red Hot Chili Peppers: John Frusciante back on board. December 15, 2019, accessed on December 16, 2019 (German). 
14. ^ Winner of the Rock Genre of the 1993 Grammy Awards. At: grammy.com (English). Retrieved November 17, 2012.
15. ↑ grammy-awards.deepthi.com
16. ↑ ^{a b c d} Grammy Awards 2007 on rockonthenet.com (English). Retrieved November 17, 2012.
17. ↑ echopop.de ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
18. ↑ rockonthenet.com
19. ↑ rockonthenet.com
20. ↑ rockonthenet.com
21. ↑ mtv.com
22. ↑ mtv.com
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24. ↑ mtv.com
25. ↑ mtv.com
26. ↑ mtv.com
27. ↑ ukmix.org ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
28. ↑ spiegel.de
29. ↑ spiegel.de
30. ↑ spiegel.de
31. ↑ everyhit.com
32. ↑ brits.co.uk
33. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
34. ↑ US albums: Joel Whitburn : Joel Whitburn presents the Billboard Albums . 6th edition. Billboard Books, New York 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
35. ↑ Billboard Magazine: 300 Best Selling Albums (Worldwide). on: webcache.googleusercontent.com
36. ↑ surglich.com
37. ↑ Red Hot Chili Peppers - Artists for Sea Shepherd. Retrieved May 9, 2020 (American English). 
38. ↑ Red Hot Chili Peppers on Instagram: "✊?". Retrieved May 9, 2020 . 
39. ↑ Sea Shepherd at Red Hot Chili Peppers in Zurich. Retrieved on May 9, 2020 (German).