Genres: Alternative Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal, Funk Metal, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Rap-Rock, College Rock, Dance-Rock Active: 80's, 90's, 2000's Formed: 1983 in Hollywood, CA
George Clinton, Bad Brains, Funkadelic, Gang of Four, Led Zeppelin, Bootsy Collins, Talking Heads, Fela Kuti, The Stooges, Parliament, The Ohio Players, Minutemen, Black Flag, The Germs, Curtis Mayfield, The Meters, Larry Graham & Graham Central Station, Iggy Pop, Living Colour Primus, Fishbone, Faith No More, Sublime, Run-D.M.C., 311, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Mike Watt, Beastie Boys, Mr. Bungle, Living Colour, Lenny Kravitz, Guns N' Roses, Butthole Surfers, fIREHOSE, Public Enemy, The B-52's, Big Audio Dynamite, Foo Fighters The Bloodhound Gang, 311, Rage Against the Machine, Insane Clown Posse, Primus, Infectious Grooves, Bol, moe., Uncle Mingo, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Limp Bizkit, Slightly Stoopid, Yolk, Blasted Mechanism, Sugar Ray, Plow Monday, Strut, Sublime, No Doubt |  |
Few rock groups of the '80s broke down as many musical barriers and were as original as the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Creating an intoxicating new musical style by combining funk and punk rock together (with an explosive stage show, to boot), the Chili Peppers spawned a slew of imitators in their wake, but still managed to be the leaders of the pack by the dawn of the 21st century. The roots of the band lay in a friendship forged by three school chums, Anthony Kiedis, Michael Balzary, and Hillel Slovak, while they attended Fairfax High School in California back in the late '70s/early '80s. While Balzary and Slovak showed great musical promise (on trumpet and guitar, respectively), Kiedis focused on poetry and acting during his high school career. During this time, Slovak taught Balzary how to play bass, while the duo encouraged Kiedis to start putting his poetry to music, which he soon did. Influenced heavily by the burgeoning L.A.
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Release: October 14, 2008
Label: Hudson Street
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