BLOODREDSUGARHOTSEXCHILLIMAGIKPEPPER
BLOODREDSUGARHOTSEXCHILLIMAGIKPEPPER
| 1983 -- Red Hot Chili Peppers started in 1983. The original members were Anthony Kiedis - Vocals, Flea - Bass, Hillel Slovak - Guitar and Jack Irons Drums (nowadays in Pearl Jam). The first real song they wrote was "Out in L.A."
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| 1984 -- Hillel Slovak quits the band, and is replaced by Jack Sherman. They recorded their first album,"The Red Hot Chili Peppers" -83, contracted by EMI
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| 1985 -- Sherman is tossed out when Slovak wants to return. They recorded "Freaky Styley" 1984 produced by well known George Clinton. But the comercial succes stayed away.
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| 1987 -- They made their last album with all original members. It was called "The Uplift Mofo Party Plan". The tunes were more agressive and energy-loaded.
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| 1988 -- The Abbey Road EP is released. Hillel Slovak died on June '88 in consequens of a Heroin overdose. Soon after his departure Jack Irons left the band. Duane McKnight takes over guitar-duties in August. At the end of the year, McKnight is replaced by John Frusciante.
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| 1989 -- The new drummer on "Mothers Milk" was Chad Smith. Most of the drummers they tested were quite good but when Flea started to play all of them got so confused that they didn't know what to do (not to strange). Then they heard about Chad. The only thing they knew about him was that he said he was eating drums for breakfast. They gave him a try and he started to play with so much agression that Kiedis began to laugh. This album turned out quite well. One of the reasons was John and Chad.
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| 1991 -- They released their multi-platinum album, "Blood Sugar Sex Magic". This albums superbness has a lot to do with their new producer, Rick Rubin. The album contained the hits, "Give It Away" and the ballad "Under The Bridge". Both videos got prized at the MTV Video Music Award.
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| 1993 -- During a tour John Frusciante quits and the band starts looking for a new guitarist. The sollution was Arik Marshall. He quits without explanations during the next tour and was replaced by Jesse Tobias. At the end of '93 Tobias quits.
On september the fifth '93 Dave Navarro joins the band (former Porno For Pyros and Jane's Addiction member). Since then, the band has been working on fine.
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| 1993 -- They appears at Woodstock with Dave, dressed like Lightbulbs.
They begins recording for the new album in July.
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| 1995 -- The new album called "One Hot Minute" was released in september.
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| 1995-1996 -- They toured the world, they also made a soundtrack for the movie "Twister" and a cover called "Love Rollercaster" for Beavis and Buttheads album, "Beavis and Butthead do America". Flea and Dave have also performed together with Alanis Morisette on her multiselling single "You Oughta Know".
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| 1997 -- Flea, Dave and Porno For Pyros have made a soundtrack for the Howard Stern move "Private parts".
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| 1998 -- John Frusciante back and Dave Navarro quits The Band, They're getting ready for the next album.
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