Paul McCartney, Chili Peppers, NIN Book a Trip to San Francisco for Outside Lands : April 17, 2013

Paul McCartney continues to add dates to his North American tour this summer, and the latest is an appearance at San Francisco’s Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival in San Fr ...

Firefly Music Festival Highlighted by Tom Petty, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Vampire Weekend : February 19, 2013

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Vampire Weekend and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are set to headline the impressive lineup at this year’s Firefly Music Festival. The second an ...

Stone Roses, Blur, Phoenix, Red Hot Chili Peppers Headline Coachella 2013 : January 25, 2013

We've heard the rumors for months, and now at long last we finally have the Coachella 2013 lineup, and Stone Roses, Blur, Phoenix and Red Hot Chili Peppers are the headliners. O ...

Red Hot Chili Peppers Welcome New Year in Las Vegas : September 05, 2012

The Red Hot Chili Peppers will ring in the new year (relatively) quietly this year in Las Vegas. MTV reports that the band will play a club show for around 4,000 fans at the Che ...

The Killers, Red Hot Chili Peppers Headline Australia’s Big Day Out Festival : July 16, 2012

Much of the news about Australia’s perennially popular Big Day Out Festival released over the last year was concerned with behind the scenes business dealings. So it’s refreshi ...

Kiedis Foot Surgery Pushes Red Hot Chili Peppers Tour Back to March : January 11, 2012

The Red Hot Chili Pepper’s “I’m With You Tour,” originally set to start January 20, has been postponed due injuries to lead singer Anthony Kiedis’ right foot. All 23 date ...

Guns N Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys Headed to Rock and Roll : December 07, 2011

Topping the list of this year’s inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (at least in name recognition) are Guns N’ Roses, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Beastie Boys as ...

Red Hot Chili Peppers Expand US Tour : December 05, 2011

When the Red Hot Chili Peppers announced the first six dates of a new U.S. tour at the end of last month, the band promised that more shows would be announced soon. Well, to answer ...

Red Hot Chili Peppers Schedule European Tour Dates : June 19, 2011

Later this year the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be returning to Europe. The band recently announced a string of concerts for the continent. One of rock's biggest bands in the wor ...

Red Hot Chili Peppers Release New Album ‘I’m With You’ August 30 : June 07, 2011

A new highly anticipated album from the Red Hot Chili Peppers has been announced. The name of the record isn't going to be “Dr. Johnny Skinz's Disproportionately Rambunctious Pol ...

Rage, Bjork, Chili Peppers Highlight 2007 Coachella Festival : January 22, 2007

Progressive rock-rap act Rage Against the Machine will be headlining this year’s Coachella Festival, along with Bjork and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The announcement was made on ...

red hot chili peppers Biography

The alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers was formed in 1983 in Los Angeles. The current lineup of the band includes vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bassist Michael “Flea” Balzary, drummer Chad Smith and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer. The musical style of the group fuses traditional funk along with elements from other genres, including psychedelic rock and punk.

The original lineup of the group featured drummer Jack Irons and guitarist Hillel Slovak. In 1988 Slovak died from a heroin overdose, which also resulted in Irons leaving the band. For a brief time D.H. Peligro, former drummer of the Dead Kennedys, filled in for Irons before Smith became the new permanent drummer. Slovak was replaced with guitarist John Frusciante. That lineup recorded five albums, include 1989's “Mother's Milk,” 1991's “Blood Sugar Sex Magik,” 1999's “Californication,” 2002's “By the Way” and 2006's “Stadium Arcadium.”

The first commercial success for the band was “Blood Sugar Sex Magik,” which has sold more than thirteen million copies. In 1992 John Frusciante abruptly left the band right in the midst of touring. Guitarist Arik Marshall was recruited to finish the tour. Dave Navarro from Jane's Addiction was then employed for the band's 1995 set “One Hot Minute.” The album was commercially successful but didn't match the popular or critical claim that “Blood Sugar Sex Magik” had. Shortly after the release of the album Navarro left the group.

In 1998 Frusciante rejoined the band after coming out of drug rehab. The four reunited band members recorded “Californication.” The set was released in 1999 and has sold a total of fifteen million copies to make it the most commercially successful of the band's albums. Three years later in 2002 the band released “By the Way” and in 2006 “Stadium Arcadium,” a double album, was released. Following a world tour the Red Hot Chilli Peppers went on a long hiatus. Once again Frusciante left and Josh Klinghoffer became the new lead guitarist for the band. The Red Hot Chili Peppers have sold more than 55 million worldwide albums and won a total of seven Grammy Awards.