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Red Hot Chili Peppers are a California-based rock band formed by vocalist
Anthony Kiedis, bassist Michael "Flea" Balzary, late guitarist Hillel Slovak,
and drummer Jack Irons in 1983. The Chili
Peppers were birthed from the Los Angeles alternative rock scene of the 1980s
and early-1990s that also included bands like Jane's Addiction, Fishbone and
Thelonious Monster. Throughout their twenty-three year career, the band have
crafted a sound that added elements of funk, punk, psychedelia and pop to their
songwriting.
Known for their previous drug use
and numerous line up changes, the current line up (which has been in place for
almost 9 years now) features Kiedis, Flea, guitarist John Frusciante, and
drummer Chad Smith. Past members in addition to Slovak and Irons include Dix
Denney, Jack Sherman, Cliff Martinez, Dwayne "Blackbird" McKnight, D.H. Peligro,
Arik Marshall, Jesse Tobias, and Dave Navarro. The Red Hot Chili Peppers have
nine studio albums (the ninth, the long awaited double-album Stadium Arcadium,
was released in May 2006), nine #1 modern rock hits, and have sold nearly 50
million copies of their albums worldwide (37 million of them by Blood Sugar Sex
Magik, Californication and By the Way).
Originally signed to a record deal
by EMI in 1983, they switched to Warner Bros. Records in 1991, and they have
been with them since. Past producers include Andy Gill who produced their
self-titled debut album, George Clinton who produced Freaky Styley, and Michael
Beinhorn who produced The Uplift Mofo Party Plan and Mother's Milk. Their
current producer is Rick Rubin, who produced Blood Sugar Sex Magik and every
studio album thereafter.
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Origin Los Angeles, California, USA
Years active 1983—present
Genre(s) Alternative
rock,Funk-Rock,Funk-Metal,
Label(s) Warner Bros. Records
Members Anthony Kiedis
Michael Balzary (Flea)
Chad Smith
John Frusciante
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Sound philosophy
The roots of Flea's bass style lie
in punk rock traditions and in funk and blues, borrowing mainly from the likes
of Bootsy Collins of Parliament-Funkadelic and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin.
His bass is typically the lead instrument and sets the rhythm of the Peppers'
songs. The groove heavy, low tuned melodies, composed through either normal
fingerstyle or slapping has made for memorable bass riffs throughout the
Peppers' musical catalogue. Flea's unique slap bass style was the driving force
of earlier albums; however, the amount of slap bass on later albums (post
Mother's Milk) is significantly reduced.
The guitar styles, differing
amongst the four guitarists that have recorded albums with the Peppers --
Frusciante, Slovak, Navarro, and Sherman -- all share traits of Jimi Hendrix, a
distorted, yet sharp sound with strong range. However, the similarities end
there. Sherman's guitar was the driest and the most distorted of the four, but
he was mainly trying to stay as close as possible to Hillel Slovak's original
style - most of the songs he recorded with the band had been composed with
Slovak; Slovak based his guitar solely in the heavier aspects of blues and funk;
Frusciante brought along more melodies, texture, and depth; and Navarro arguably
brought along a style based in heavy metal, progressive rock and psychedelia.
Sherman also added guitar solos to much of the earlier work of the Chili
Peppers.
Flea was taught bass by Joss
Farrington and Hillel Slovak back in 1978 who introduced Flea to his signature
bass the "Music Man Stingray" which he used until the album Californication.
During the early years, original
member Jack Irons and replacement Cliff Martinez played drums, although Chad
Smith has been with the band continuously since the late 80s. In his audition he
played an energetic, chaotic jam, which is said to have taken Flea by surprise
and had Chad yelling at him to keep up. Smith was later accredited as one of the
premier rock drummers in the world after the release of Blood Sugar Sex Magik.
The band doubted Chad's dedication to funk music, and Anthony Kiedis told him he
had to shave his head before he could join the band. Smith then turned up to
rehearsals the next day with his hair still in a bandana, but was allowed to
stay because Anthony thought his obstinacy was impressive.
Kiedis is a diverse vocalist in
rock with a wide range of vocal styles which give the band an identity and sense
of familiarity. His untraditional rapping (with the melody rather than the
beat), spoken verse (characteristic of his vocals up to Blood Sugar Sex Magik),
and singing (which has improved drastically since Freaky Styley) add another
dimension to a Peppers song.
The band claims to be the first in
the world to fuse punk and funk, or "White sound" with "Black sound", way before
Aerosmith and Run DMC featured "Walk This Way", although there were already
white hip-hop bands in the early 1980s, such as the Beastie Boys. Back in 1987
their sound was considered "unusual", hence the marketing problems regarding
Freaky Styley. Moreover, alongside with other bands of similar styles (Faith No
More, Rage Against The Machine, Fishbone, Primus) they are also sometimes
credited with influencing the nu metal genre that emerged in the late 1990s.
Even though most fans don't know much about the formative years of the Red Hot
Chili Peppers in the '80s, it was the backbone of their more renowned work from
the '90s and 2000s.
Political views in the music
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are
concerned about social justice and environmental issues as reflected in many of
their songs. The song "Johnny Kick a Hole in the Sky" from Mother's Milk is
about the plight and affliction of the Native Americans and this particular song
made the public see Kiedis as part-Native. The song "Green Heaven" from Red Hot
Chili Peppers highlights police brutality and racism in America. "Californication"
also speaks in opposition of globalization.
History
The 1980s
Red Hot Chili Peppers (1983-1984)
Fairfax High School alumni Anthony
Kiedis, Michael Balzary (Flea), Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons, founded the Red
Hot Chili Peppers (originally "Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters
of Mayhem"), after what was supposed to be a one-time performance in 1983. The
four gathered a sizable following for a band that had yet to release an album,
mainly through their connections to the Los Angeles music community and their
manic live performances, which occasionally included them playing with only
socks covering their penises. Later in that same year, they secured a record
deal with EMI. However, Irons and Slovak were already committed to their
original band, What Is This?, so for the recording sessions of the debut album,
Jack Sherman was brought in on guitar with Cliff Martinez on drums. The result
was the self-titled Red Hot Chili Peppers. Arguably poor production by Andy Gill
(with whom they often argued), a failure to catch the aura of their live
performances, and lack of band chemistry doomed it to commercial failure. The
tour did not fare much better, as problems between Sherman and the other band
members arose, resulting in his removal from the band. Slovak would then leave
What Is This? and come back on board full time in the beginning of 1985.
Freaky Styley (1985-1986)
Parliament-Funkadelic maestro
George Clinton took over production duties for their second album and with the
line up of Kiedis, Flea, Slovak, and Martinez, they recorded and released Freaky
Styley. Described as straightout funk played at a punked out speed, it featured
a rendition of Sly & the Family Stone's "If You Want Me To Stay", and cult
classics such as "Jungle Man" and "Catholic School Girls Rule", which would
appear on college radio stations. The album did not attract the eye of the
mainstream. Martinez would leave the band soon after the release of the album,
leaving room for the return of original drummer Jack Irons in early 1986. The
only recognizable hit off this album would be "Hollywood (Africa)" which
received reasonable airplay in Europe, but didn't make the same impact back in
the US.
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan and Slovak's death (1987-1988)
The Chili Peppers' next album, The
Uplift Mofo Party Plan, was produced by Michael Beinhorn and released in
September 1987. This would be the only album with the four original Fairfax High
School friends performing. The album was fuelled by the most recognizable of
their early anthems, "Fight Like a Brave", the first and what would be the only
single until the release of "Behind the Sun" in 1992. The album was their first
to dent the Billboard Top 200; however, their success was partially stunted by
the fact EMI did very little to market the album, due to the confusion of
musical styles. Still, the album's mixture of thrashed funk, psychedelica, and
punk sent them to Europe for the very first time. Drug problems, which were
prominent in the band throughout the decade, came to light when Slovak failed to
stay clean during the Uplift Mofo tour, especially in 1987, which resulted in
erratic behavior and botched performances. The band, at the advice of Fishbone's
front man Angelo Moore, allegedly backed off on firing Slovak. When the band
toured Europe in May 1988, Slovak was clean again and all the problems seemed
far away, but shortly after the band returned to the United States, on June 27,
1988, Slovak was found dead in his apartment after a heroin overdose. Irons quit
soon after, not wanting to continue with the band after his friend's death.
Mother's Milk (1989)
Kiedis (who had just spent a stint
in rehab) and Flea decided to continue the band, and after temporarily employing
drummer D.H. Peligro and guitarist Dwayne "Blackbird" McKnight, settled on
today's line-up of Chad Smith on drums and John Frusciante on guitar. The
following effort, Mother's Milk, was recorded and produced with an energetic
mixture of funk, rap, metal and jazz, and was released in August 1989. It
included a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Fire", which was the last studio track
recorded with Slovak. On the strength of the touchstone "Knock Me Down" (their
first top 10 hit), the cover of Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground", and other
numbers including "Magic Johnson" (a tribute to their favorite basketball team -
the Los Angeles Lakers) "Stone Cold Bush" and "Pretty Little Ditty" (which would
be later sampled as "Butterfly" by Crazy Town), the Red Hot Chili Peppers
finally entered the mainstream. They progressed to start a successful nine month
world tour, which was just as eventful as their last and featured a
comprehensive tour of Europe and the US.
Although Mother's Milk is
considered to be a milestone in their career, the Red Hot Chili Peppers usually
refrain from performing songs from this album anymore, due to John's dislike of
the way he performed back then. Many avid fans would regret it, though, as
Mother's Milk is perceived by many longtime RHCP fans to be one of their
strongest albums.
The 1990s
Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1990-1992)
The winning streak continued into
1990 with "Show Me Your Soul" from the Pretty Woman soundtrack. The following
year the Peppers jumped to Warner Brothers Records and hired Rick Rubin to
produce their fifth album. That album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, which was recorded
in the summer of 1991 (at an empty mansion in the Hollywood hills once owned by
magician Harry Houdini), and released in September of that year, would launch
the band into megastardom. Spurred by hits "Give It Away" (their first ever #1
hit), "Under the Bridge," "Breaking the Girl" and "Suck My Kiss", the album sold
a staggering seven million copies in the United States alone. Blood Sugar Sex
Magik is often regarded as the finest album in the entire Peppers catalogue, as
the mix of funk, punk, metal, hip-hop, and blues flowed together impressively
under the masterful production of Rubin, even at a running time of 74 minutes.
Unfortunately, this success was
taking its toll on Frusciante, who was finding the band's superstar status hard
to deal with and was experiencing severe existential problems. This lead to the
degradation of his relationship with other band members until he finally decided
to quit the band during the BSSM tour in May of 1992, sinking soon after into a
drug addiction. After headlining Lollapalooza with replacement guitarist Arik
Marshall and briefly working with Jesse Tobias, the Peppers found a more
permanent replacement in former Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro.
One Hot Minute and Navarro (1993-1998)
In 1994, Live Rare Remix Box was
released under the Warner Bros. label. The name explains the concept. After,
former record company, EMI, released Out in L.A. (a compilation of rare tracks
from their albums before stardom). Their only album with Navarro, One Hot
Minute, was released in the fall of 1995 to mixed reviews, usually critically
acclaimed by the press, being received with usually good reviews worldwide and
nationwide. Many music journalists criticized the lack of chemistry between
Navarro and the rest of the line-up, the main reason being the missing John
Frusciante and his prodigious and diversified sound on Mother's Milk and Blood
Sugar Sex Magik. The album featured the familiar styles of funk, metal, and
jazz, but this time included increased psychedelia and heavy metal instruments
along with some of the longest songs ever produced by the Peppers. Despite the
criticism the album still was a success and spurred another #1 hit, "My
Friends", and charted well with songs such as "Warped," "Aeroplane", "Coffee
Shop", and internationally with "Shallow Be Thy Game".
However, the line-up wasn't to last
as the band's chemistry progressively deteriorated. In the end of 1997, Navarro
and Flea played on the Jane's Addiction reunion tour, but at the time the
Peppers were in a state of creative stand-by, and Navarro, who after four years
of working with the Peppers wished to focus on his own musical projects, left
the band in early 1998. One Hot Minute did fare well, selling four million
copies, 2 million of them in the United States alone, and was crowned as a
double platinum, but is now considered by the band members as an exception in
their career. However, the band did not renounce the album, as is often
erroneously stated, but was labeled an "exception" because it was not inspired
from jam sessions like other Peppers albums, being mostly composed and
fine-tuned in recording studios, which was a very long, complex and sometimes
frustrating process, far from the band's usual way of working. After Navarro's
departure the band ceased playing songs from OHM during their shows (except for
"Pea" that Flea occasionally performs), mainly because the songs didn't match
John Frusciante's style and would not fit in their sets. Frusciante claims never
to have heard the album.
Frusciante's return and Californication (1998-1999)
Frusciante rejoined the band in
1998 after spending time in rehab and releasing two solo albums. The refreshed,
refocused, and re-energized guitarist was on board for the Peppers 1999 release,
Californication. The funk, punk, and psychedelic album produced three more
number one hits - "Scar Tissue" (which won a Grammy), "Otherside" and "Californication",
in addition to well-charted songs "Around the World", "Road Trippin'" (UK
single), and "Parallel Universe" (which was not even released as a single, but
still managed to break the top 40 in modern rock). Contrarily to the previous
Peppers' albums, Californication contains few rap-driven songs. The band went on
a tour which lasted nearly two years, which saw some of their largest shows,
including performing in front of 200,000 people in Moscow. In 2001, they
released their first concert DVD, Off The Map. Some would suggest that it was
Frusciante's return which made Californication successful, as all the sold-out
albums of the Red Hot Chili Peppers were produced after his joining/rejoining
the band - Mother's Milk, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Californication and By The Way.
The 2000s
By the Way and Live in Hyde Park (2001-2004)
After returning to the studio in
November 2001, the Red Hot Chili Peppers released By the Way, which received
generally positive yet somewhat mixed reactions from many fans. The moodiest and
most mellow release they ever had, the psychedelic, alternative, and pop rock
album produced two more #1 singles: "By the Way" and "Can't Stop". The Peppers
then went on another two year tour, in the meantime releasing their second
concert DVD, Live at Slane Castle in 2003 and recording new songs for their
Greatest Hits album later that year. In 2004, the Peppers released their first
ever live album, Live in Hyde Park. Recorded during their 2004 performances at
Hyde Park, London, the shows went on to be the highest grossing concert events
put on by a single band in history.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ recent
shows at Hyde Park in London set a new world record as the highest grossing
concert event at a single venue in music history, bringing in an astonishing $17
million. The three shows (June 19, 20 and 25) sold out within hours of going on
sale, had a paying audience of 258,000 punters, bringing in $17,187,234 (approximately
£9,115,282) setting a new world record. The Bonnaroo Music Festival in Nashville
had previously held the record, with a gross of approximately $14.5 million, but
the Clear Channel Entertainment UK promoted and produced RHCP shows, blew the
competition out of the water.
Scar Tissue (2004)
On October 6, 2004, lead singer
Anthony Kiedis released his autobiography entitled Scar Tissue (Hyperion
Publishing). The book includes details of his friends, loves, struggles with
drug addiction, and music. It also contains lyrics from certain songs, along
with the story behind each.
Stadium Arcadium (2005-2006)
Again working with producer Rick
Rubin, they completed their ninth studio album, Stadium Arcadium, in 2005.
Although 38 songs were created, it will be a 28-track double album, originally
intended to be released as 3 mini-albums spaced six months apart. The record
contains some of the heaviest material the band has ever made as well as having
the harmonious and textured sounds similar to the ones featured on their
previous two albums. As for the rest of 10 songs not featured on the double
album, the band is thinking of releasing several different versions of Stadium
Arcadium; each album version would contain one or more tracks that did not make
the 28. However, there has been no evidence since of such plans, and multiple
retailers have been found offering the album with a uniform tracklisting.
The band performed some of their
new material live in concerts in Atlantic City, Las Vegas, New York, and in Los
Angeles. The album will be released on May 9, 2006 in North America (May 8 in
Europe) with a world tour being launched to support it. The first single is
called "Dani California", according to Kiedis the same girl from songs "By The
Way" ("Dani the girl") and "Californication" ("Teenage bride with a baby inside")
are representative of every girl he has ever known.
In February 2006, the band
announced the first dates of the Stadium Arcadium world tour, with the first
dates being announced in Europe. The band announced dates in Spain, Germany,
France, the Czech Republic and most notably 13 dates altogether in the UK (Four
nights in London). The band also scheduled to play festivals such as T in the
Park in Scotland, Rock In Rio in Portugal and Oxegen in Ireland, as well as
Lollapalooza in Chicago, IL, USA. The band has announced that they are beginning
a US tour in August 2006.
On April 4, 2006, the band's first
single "Dani California" from Stadium Arcadium was released as a download, the
single released followed 4 weeks later on May 1, 2006, and a week later the 7"
Picture disc was released, on the day of Stadium Arcadium's official release. On
April 29, the full album was leaked onto the internet.
On April 15, the band performed a
free open air gig at BBC Television Centre in White City, London. The gig was
free to people who entered a competition by the rock magazine Kerrang! and the
Red Hot Chili Peppers' website. They performed Dani California and a host of new
tracks off their new album and a couple of old songs for a special recording of
popular chart show Top of the Pops shown on Sunday, April 16 at 1900 on BBC2,
this caused problems because the BBC didn't have a license for the concert.
On May 6, 2006, the band will be
performing on Saturday Night Live to help promote the new CD. Additionally, on
May 13, 2006 the band will also be performing at the fourteenth annual KROQ
Weenie Roast.
On June 17, 2006, in Japan, the
movie Death Note will come out in Japan with "Dani California" as its theme
song.
In Film
The group has been featured on many
movies soundtracks, most notably "Show Me Your Soul" from the Pretty Woman
soundtrack; "Soul to Squeeze" from the Coneheads, "Love Rollercoaster", a cover
of The Ohio Players hit song from Beavis and Butthead Do America, and
"Sikamikanico" from Wayne's World.
It has been revealed that Dani
California, from the album Stadium Arcadium, will be on the soundtrack for the
live action Japanese film version of the manga Death Note.
The band appeared in a 80s movie,
THRASHIN' about a skateboarder, and they also appeared playing a song called
"Set It Straight" in the movie Tough Guys, featuring Burt Lancaster and Kirk
Douglas. Anthony Keidis and Flea have both had several big screen appearances.
Kiedis was featured as gangmember Tone in the 1991 film Point Break with Patrick
Swayze and Keanu Reeves. Flea has appeared in several films, including a cameo
in "Back to The Future Part 3" and a memorable turn as a nihilist in the 1997
film The Big Lebowski.
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Discography
Studio Albums
Red Hot Chili Peppers
(August 10, 1984)
EMI
300 000 units worldwide
Freaky Styley
(August 16, 1985)
EMI
500 000 units worldwide
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
(September 23, 1987)
EMI
#148 US
750 000 units worldwide
Mother's Milk
(August 16, 1989)
EMI
#52 US
2 million units worldwide
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
(September 24, 1991)
Warner Bros.
#3 US
12 million units worldwide
One Hot Minute
(September 12, 1995)
Warner Bros.
#4 US
5 million units worldwide
Californication
(June 8, 1999)
Warner Bros.
#3 US
15 million units worldwide
By the Way
(July 9, 2002)
Warner Bros.
#2 US
10 million units worldwide
Stadium Arcadium
(May 9, 2006)
Warner Bros.
Singles
Year Song US Hot 100 US Modern Rock
US Main- stream Rock UK singles Album
1984 "True Men Don't Kill Coyotes"
- - - - Red Hot Chili Peppers
1984 "Get Up and Jump" - - - - Red
Hot Chili Peppers
1985 "Jungle Man" - - - - Freaky
Styley
1985 "American Ghost Dance" - - - -
Freaky Styley
1985 "Catholic School Girls Rule" -
- - - Freaky Styley
1985 "Hollywood (Africa)" - - - -
Freaky Styley
1987 "Fight Like a Brave" - - - -
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
1987 "Me & My Friends" - - - - The
Uplift Mofo Party Plan
1989 "Behind The Sun" - - - - The
Uplift Mofo Party Plan
1989 "Good Time Boys" - - - -
Mother's Milk
1989 "Knock Me Down" - 6 - -
Mother's Milk
1989 "Higher Ground" - 11 26 54
Mother's Milk
1990 "Taste The Pain" - - - 29
Mother's Milk
1990 "Show Me Your Soul" - 10 - -
Pretty Woman soundtrack
1991 "Give It Away" 73 1 - 9 Blood
Sugar Sex Magik
1991 "Breaking the Girl" - 19 15 41
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
1992 "Under the Bridge" 2 6 2 13
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
1992 "Suck My Kiss" - 15 - - Blood
Sugar Sex Magik
1993 "If You Have To Ask" - - - -
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
1993 "Soul to Squeeze" 22 1 7 -
Coneheads soundtrack
1995 "Warped" - 7 13 31 One Hot
Minute
1995 "My Friends" - 1 1 29 One Hot
Minute
1996 "Aeroplane" - 8 12 11 One Hot
Minute
1996 "Coffee Shop" - - - - One Hot
Minute
1996 "Walkabout" - - - - One Hot
Minute
1996 "Shallow Be Thy Game" - - - -
One Hot Minute
1997 "Love Rollercoaster" - 14 - 7
Beavis and Butthead Do America soundtrack
1999 "Scar Tissue" 9 1 1 15
Californication
1999 "Around the World" - 7 16 35
Californication
2000 "Otherside" 14 1 2 33
Californication
2000 "Californication" 69 1 1 16
Californication
2000 "Road Trippin'" - - - 30
Californication
2000 "Parallel Universe" - 37 - -
Californication
2002 "By the Way" 34 1 1 1 By the
Way
2002 "The Zephyr Song" 49 6 14 11
By the Way
2003 "Can't Stop" 57 1 15 22 By the
Way
2003 "Dosed" - 13 - - By the Way
2003 "Universally Speaking" - - -
27 By the Way
2003 "Fortune Faded" - 8 22 11
Greatest Hits
2006 "Dani California" 1 9 1 1 12
Stadium Arcadium
1 currently active on charts
Cover songs
"1970" by Iggy Pop and The Stooges
"Africa" (Recorded as "Hollywood")
by The Meters
"Ain't Nothing but a G Thang" by
Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg
"Anarchy in the U.K." by Sex
Pistols
"Atomic Dog" by George Clinton
"Back in Black" by AC/DC
"Beverly Hills" by Circle Jerks
"Black Cross" by 45 Grave
"Brandy" by Looking Glass
"Bullet Proof" by Sound And Vision
"Ca plane pour moi" by Plastic
Bertrand
"Castles Made of Sand" by Jimi
Hendrix
"Crosstown Traffic" by Jimi Hendrix
"Christine" by Siouxsie & the
Banshees
"Dazed and Confused" by Led
Zeppelin
"Dr. Funkenstein" by George Clinton
and Parliament Funkadelic
"F.U" by Thelonious Monk
"Fire" by Jimi Hendrix
"Five Years" by David Bowie
"For Emily, Where Ever I May Find
Her" by Paul Simon
"Forming" by The Germs
"Four Sticks" by Led Zeppelin
"Foxy Lady" by Jimi Hendrix
"Fox on the Run" by Sweet
"Get Up, Stand Up" by Bob Marley
"Good God" by James Brown
"Good to Be Back" by Gary Glitter
"Great Expectations" by KISS
"Hardheaded Woman" by Cat Stevens
"Havana Affair" by The Ramones
"Heard It on the X" by ZZ Top
"Heartbreaker" by Led Zeppelin
"Heroin" by The Velvet Underground
"Hey Joe" by Jimi Hendrix
"Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder
"I Feel Love" by Donna Summer
"I Found Out" by John Lennon
"I Love Living in the City" by Fear
"I Wanna Be Your Dog" by Iggy Pop
and The Stooges
"I Want You Back" by The Jackson
Five
"If You Got Funk, You Got Style" by
Funkadelic
"If You Want Me to Stay" by Sly &
The Family Stone
"Inca Roads" by Frank Zappa
"Little Miss Lover" by Jimi Hendrix
"Long Division" by Fugazi
"Loose" by Iggy Pop and The Stooges
"Love Rollercoaster" by Ohio
Players
"Lucky" by Radiohead
"Manic Depression" by Jimi Hendrix
"My Michelle" by Guns'n'Roses
"Nervous Breakdown" by Black Flag
"Neutron Bomb" by The Weirdos
"Orange Claw Hammer" by Captain
Beefheart
"Poptones" by PIL
"Ramble On" by Led Zeppelin
"Rapper's Delight" by Sugar Hill
Gang
"Red Hot Mama" by Funkadelic
"Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" by The
Ramones
"Sound and Vision" by David Bowie
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" by
Nirvana
"Standing on the Verge of Getting
It On" by Funkadelic
"Superstition" by Stevie Wonder
"Search and Destroy" by The Stooges
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" by
Bob Dylan
"Suffragette City" by David Bowie
"Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd
Skynyrd
"The Needle and the Damage Done" by
Neil Young
"Theme From Rocky" by Bill Conti
"Teenager in Love" by Dion & The
Belmonts
"They're Red Hot" by Robert Johnson
"Tiny Dancer" by Elton John
"Trouble" by Cat Stevens
"Venus in Furs" by The Velvet
Underground
"Waiting Room" by Fugazi
"What Is Soul" by George Clinton
"Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin
"World Full of Nothing" by Depeche
Mode
"Why Don't You Love Me?" by Hank
Williams
"Youre Gonna Get Yours" by Public
Enemy
"Your Song" by Elton John
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Videography
Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from
Heaven (1990) - live
Positive Mental Octopus (1990) -
music videos
Funky Monks (1991) - making of
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
What Hits!? (1992) - music videos
Off the Map (2001) - live
"By the Way" (2002) - music video
single
Greatest Hits and Videos (2003) -
music videos
Live at Slane Castle (2003) - live
Dani California (2006)
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