The following months found the band getting involved in bizarre situations and controversies. First, their refusal to play songs from One Hot Minute during the tour was an unpopular decision with some fans and a sore spot for Dave Navarro.
Next, they re-ignited a personal feud between Kiedis and Mr. Bungle singer Mike Patton by refusing to play a series of European concerts with Bungle. Patton responded with a "tribute" show for the Peppers , where Bungle mocked their stage moves, faked shooting up heroin, and imitated Kiedis ' comments about Patton. They also played the ill-fated Woodstock '99 festival, where their headlining performance was met with piles of burning rubble and a full-scale riot.
Tours with the Foo Fighters and Pearl Jam brought them into the next year without problems, but the Peppers stepped off the road after a planned stop in Israel was halted due to security worries. The band returned to the studio in November , and by the summer of they had a new album ready for release, By the Way. Warner Bros. After an extensive supporting tour, the Red Hot Chili Peppers took an extended hiatus and the members pursued individual interests.
Flea began studying music theory at USC and played in a variety of side projects. Kiedis attempted to turn his autobiography, Scar Tissue, into a television show. Frusciante released The Empyrean in , by which time he had left the band. His replacement was Josh Klinghoffer , who played secondary guitar on the Stadium Arcadium tour.
Klinghoffer 's first album with the band, the Rick Rubin -produced I'm with You , was released in late summer of It performed well around the world, hitting number one in numerous countries and reaching gold or platinum status.
Touring the globe occupied much of the next three years, although the band's most prominent appearance was in America, playing with Bruno Mars at the halftime show for 's Super Bowl. By the end of the year, they'd begun writing songs, and entered the studio with Danger Mouse in the production chair and Nigel Godrich mixing.
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After adopting the name Red Hot Chili Peppers, taken from the nickname for Louis Armstrong's s jazz quintet, the trio became a four-some by officially adding vocalist Anthony Kiedis who had frequently joined them on-stage. Kiedis and Flea had been friends since the age of 15, Kiedis was an aspiring actor attending UCLA, and Flea, the son of a jazz musician was an aspiring trumpet player.
But after years spent in the creative swirl of Southern California's art and music scene they decided their efforts were best invested in the outrageous frat-party, funk-thrash sound they were developing. His parents split when Kiedis was 3 years old. Thereafter, he lived with his mother, Peggy, in Michigan and visited his father, John, in California.
His father made most of his money selling drugs, but also dabbled in acting. Developing an aversion to authority at an early age, Kiedis acted out in school. He eventually convinced his mother to agree to let him live with his father in California.
In his early teens, Kiedis moved in with his father and soon began experimenting with drugs. He started smoking marijuana and later tried heroin, cocaine, and Quaaludes. His father earned much of his money from dealing marijuana and other illegal substances, according to Scar Tissue , Kiedis's later-released autobiography. By the mids, John Kiedis had decided to try to make as an actor, taking classes and the stage name "Blackie Dammet. Slovak had a band known as Anthym and Balzary eventually joined it as the bass player.
Kiedis acted as the MC for some of their gigs. They were also interested in the emerging punk scene and caught shows by such acts as Black Flag. Despite living in the midst of a party scene, he was able to keep up his grades. Kiedis did well enough to get accepted to UCLA. College, however, did not hold his interest for long. He started a band with friends Slovak and Flea—although they were already in different bands—with Jack Irons on drums the following year.
The group quickly went through a line-up change when Slovak and Irons left when their other band What Is This landed a record deal. Kiedis and Flea pressed on with their innovative funk-punk sound, bringing in guitarist Jack Sherman and drummer Cliff Martinez. The group eventually became known as the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Their self-titled debut didn't sell, but the group started to attract a following with their energetic live shows. Often over-the-top rebels, the Red Hot Chili Peppers even performed a few times while only wearing strategically placed tube socks.
For their second effort, Freaky Styley , the group enlisted the help of funk superstar George Clinton to serve as their producer. The album also marked the return of Slovak and Irons to the band.
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