Red Hot Chili Peppers Biography, Photos and Posters

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Biography

Started: 1983
City and Country of Origin: Los Angeles, California
Music Training:
Awards: Grammys 2006 Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, Dani California; Best Rock Album, Stadium Arcadium; 1992 Best Hard Rock Performance With Vocal, "Give It Away"
Top Recordings: "Knock Me Down," "Higher Ground," "Show Me Your Soul," "Give It Away," "Under the Bridge," "Behind the Sun," "Soul to Squeeze," "Warped," "My Friends," "Aeroplane," "Scar Tissue," "Around the World," "Otherside," "Californication," "By the Way," "The Zephyr Song," "Can't Stop," "Fortune Faded," "Dani California," "Tell Me Baby," "Snow ((Hey Oh))"
Red Hot Chili Peppers Biography: The Red Hot Chili Peppers are a multiple Grammy Award-winning American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983 by Anthony Kiedis (vocals), Hillel Slovak (guitar), and Michael "Flea" Balzary (bass), along with drummer Jack Irons. The current line-up has John Frusciante on guitar and Chad Smith on drums.

The band fuses various elements of punk, funk, heavy metal, alternative, and rap. They hold the record for most number one singles on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart with 11, and has held a record of 81 weeks at number one. The band is ranked at #30 in VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock list. Beginning in 2009 the band will be eligible for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The band's music has been influenced by inconsistent lineups, style and success throughout the nine studio recordings they have produced. Most notabl was the addition of guitarist John Frusciante, following the death of Hillel Slovak. With the band, Frusciante assisted in propelling the foursome's once turbulent musical career into a successful and popular affair. Their second album together (fifth collectively), 1991's Blood Sugar Sex Magik, has since gone multi-platinum in numerous countries, and become an international sensation selling over 12 million copies, being labeled one of the most influential albums of all time. However, during the process, Frusciante became uncomfortable with the new found success of the band, abruptly parting from the group in the late summer of 1992. The Chili Peppers thus employed former Jane's Addiction guitarist, Dave Navarro for their subsequent album, One Hot Minute. Released in 1995, it failed to meet the recognition which Blood Sugar Sex Magik saw, and, as a result, sold roughly 5 million copies, less than half of its predecessor; vast creative differences between him and the rest of the band caused Navarro to be fired from the Peppers not long after.

Frusciante rejoined the Chili Peppers at the request of Flea, in 1998, after he completed drug rehabilitation. The foursome returned to the studio to create 1999's Californication, which would go on to sell 15 million copies worldwide, becoming the band's most successful album to date. It was followed up three years later by By the Way, an album which showed a far more subdued side to the Chili Peppers. Four years following, the group released Stadium Arcadium, making it the first time a Red Hot Chili Peppers' line-up had not changed in three consecutive studio recordings.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers were formed by Fairfax High School alumni Anthony Kiedis (vocals) Hillel Slovak (guitar), Michael "Flea" Balzary (bass), and Jack Irons (drummer), following what was supposed to be a one-time performance. They never intended to become part of the LA punk scene. The band's first performance was at the Rhythm Lounge and didn't draw many people, but the performance was so full of energy that the promoters asked them to return. Several months later they signed a recording contract with EMI.

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