Red Hot Chili Peppers

SEJARAH SINGKAT
Red Hot Chili Peppers (RHCP) adalah sebuah band (funk)-rock asal California,US. Band ini terbentuk dengan berformasi awal: vokalis Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, Guitarist Hillel Slovak,dan drummer Jack Irons, RHCP berdiri pada 1983.

Pada proses recording album pertama "The Red Hot Chili Peppers", Hillel dan Jack digantikan oleh Jack Sherman dan Cliff Martinez karena waktu itu RHCP terikat kontrak dengan EMI sedangkan Hillel dan Jack (yang juga anggota dari What is This?) terikat kontrak dengan MCA.

Baru di album #2 "Freaky Styley (1985)" Hillel Slovak kembali mengisi posisi gitar (untuk recording), tetapi posisi drum masih Cliff. Di album berikutnya (#3) "The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)" Jack Iron kembali mengisi posisi drum.

Kemudian masuklah John Fru dan Chad smith untuk album #4 Mother's Milk (1989), #5 Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991). Untuk album #6 One Hot Minute (1995), John keluar dari formasi untuk rehabilitasi drugs dan digantikan oleh Dave Navarro.
John Kembali pada tahun 1991 dan menghasilkan album #7 Californication (1999), #8 By The Way (2002) dan #9 Stadium Arcadium (2006).

Desember 2009 John Fru diumumkan bahwa dia keluar dari band (untuk kedua kalinya) walaupun sebenarnya akhir 2008 / awal 2009 JF sudah keluar, sekarang digantikan oleh Josh Klinghoffer. Dan pada akhir 2010 ini, RHCP sedang menyiapkan album ke 10 mereka, yang rencananya akan rilis tahun 2011.

Latest Line Up
Anthony - Flea - Chad - Josh

Former Members

Left-Right:
Hillel Slovak - Jack Irons - Jack Sherman
Cliff Martinez - Dave Navarro - John Frusciante

Other Formers:
D. H. Peligro
DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight
Jesse Tobias
Arik Marshall

Album Red Hot Chili Peppers


Left-Right:
The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984) | Freaky Styley (1985) | The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987)
Mother's Milk (1989) | Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) | One Hot Minute (1995)
Californication (1999) | By the Way (2002) | Stadium Arcadium (2006)



Albums Contributions

EMI Label

The Red Hot Chili Peppers Anthony Kiedis – vocals Flea – bass, backing vocals Jack Sherman – guitar Cliff Martinez – drums

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Freaky Styley Anthony Kiedis – vocals Hillel Slovak – guitar Flea – bass, trumpet, backing vocals Cliff Martinez – drums

The Uplift Mofo Party Plan Anthony Kiedis – vocals Hillel Slovak – guitar, vocoder, backing vocals, sitar (on "Behind the Sun") Flea – bass, backing vocals Jack Irons – drums, backing vocals

Mother's Milk Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals, art concept Michael "Flea" Balzary – bass, trumpet John Frusciante – guitar, backing vocals Chad Smith – drums, percussion Hillel Slovak – guitar on "Fire" Jack Irons – drums on "Fire" Dave Coleman – cello on "Taste the Pain" Philip "Fish" Fisher - drums on "Taste the Pain"

Warner Music Label

Blood Sugar Sex Magik Michael "Flea" Balzary – bass, trumpet, background vocals John Frusciante – guitar, background vocals Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals Chad Smith – drums, percussion

One Hot Minute Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals Dave Navarro – guitar, backup vocals Michael "Flea" Balzary – bass, backup vocals, lead vocals on "Pea" Chad Smith – drums

Californication Michael "Flea" Balzary – bass guitar and trumpet John Frusciante – guitar, backing vocals, and keyboards Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals Chad Smith – drums and percussion

By the Way Michael "Flea" Balzary – bass guitar and backing vocals John Frusciante – guitar, backing vocals, piano, keyboards, and modular synthesizer Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals Chad Smith – drums

Stadium Arcadium Michael "Flea" Balzary – bass, trumpet John Frusciante – guitar, backing vocals, keyboards Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals Chad Smith – drums, percussion

?????????? Michael "Flea" Balzary - bass Josh Klinghoffer - guitar Anthony Kiedis - lead vocal Chad Smith – drums, percussion

Other Release



Left-right
The Abbey Road E.P. 1988 | What Hits!? 1992 | Live Rare Remix Box 1994 | The Plasma Shaft 1994 | Out in L.A. 1994

Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers 1998 | The Best of Red Hot Chili Peppers 1998 | Greatest Hits 2003 | Live in Hyde Park 2004 | iTunes Originals 2006