Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Flea’s Confirmation of John’s Return
Flea confirms John Frusciante's unexpected return to the Red Hot Chili Peppers' camp, by responding to a fan tweet. People flock in.
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John Rejoins the Red Hot Chili Peppers for the Second Time!
As posted on the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ instagram profile on Sunday evening, John Frusciante is back in the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and they parted their ways with Josh Klinghoffer. We waited for two days to post this, because it sounded like absolute science fiction at first. The picture message was posted both on the band’s official instagram profile and Flea’s own account on instagram, the earlier eventually making the way to the front page of the funk rockers’ official website. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Red Hot Chili Peppers (@chilipeppers) on Dec 15, 2019 at 12:28pm PST Latet during the night, the people behind…
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Mother’s Milk 25th anniversary reissue coming up
According to Chad Smith, Mother's Milk is getting a 25th anniversary reissue. There may be bonus tracks, or not. There may be live material, or not. You might want a copy, or not. Read this, or not.
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Reactions to RHCP in Hall of Fame
The Red Hots are preparing a digital EP with covers they did of other Hall of Fame artists' songs. John is on most of them, as these recordings already existed as parts of various releases. In other news, his dad was approached and asked about Hall of Fame and he said he's proud of his son.
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RHCP take time to honour John at the Hall of Fame induction
The Red Hot Chili Peppers were induced into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last night. Even though John was not present, they said some kind words about him. Creative spirit, mind blowing young man, someone they're grateful for. The whole transcript will surely move you!
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Stadium Arcadium 180 gram vinyl to be reissued for Record Store Day
Red Hot Chili Peppers' critically acclaimed 2006 double album and their last so far with John will be re-issued on 180 gram vinyl for the 2012 record store day, to honour the band's Rock and Roll Hall of fame entry. If you did not get it before and you aren't willing to pay more than its face value through second-hand marketplaces, this could be your chance.
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Chad says John won’t attend Hall of Fame induction
In a brief interview for Billboard.com, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith talked about the band's plans after Anthony Kiedis' recovery, revealed that Jack Irons and Cliff Martinez will perform at the ceremony of inducing the band to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. However, John is not going to be there. He's "not with them".
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Red Hot Chili Peppers to be inducted in Rock and Roll hall of Fame!
After having been nominated for the second time – the first time for induction in 2010, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are to be inducted into Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. The results have been announced earlier today and the other inductees are Guns N’ Roses Beastie Boys, the Small Faces/Faces, Donovan and Laura Nyro. Here’s the official statement from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees The founding members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers have already reacted to the news – Flea on his blog and Anthony Kiedis in an interview, and while Flea mentioned John by himself, Kiedis was…
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Flea on his special connection with John, for Bass Player
In an interview for this month’s Bass Player, Flea was asked to talk about how Josh Klingoffer changed the band dynamic of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and he also shared some nice memories from when BloodSugarSexMagik was recorded. In both answers, he mentioned his special connection with John. How much has the addition of Josh Klinghoffer on guitar changed the Chili Peppers band dynamic? A lot! John [Frusciante] and I had established such a language together — if I started playing bass with John, we’d make awesome grooves that we didn’t need to talk about or think about. With Josh, we’d start playing something and I’d be like, ‘Okay,…
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Clash magazine presents Blood Sugar Sex Magik 20 years on
In their issue no 67, Clash Magazine, among other things, revisit the 20th anniversary of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ legendary worldwide breakthrough album Blood Sugar Sex Magik – with nostalgic in-depth feature. In the online preview, written by Simon Harper, readers can remind themselves of the basic story behind the band prior to this album and its epic making-of procedure, as well as what music inspired the Red Hots to come up with their capital masterpiece. For the rest, you’ll have to grab the print edition of Clash. The entire excerpt is
