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 This Alternative-Rock Funk-Metal band was formed in Los Angeles, California
USA, in 1983 with the original line-up of Hillel Slovack on guitar, Anthony
Kiedes also on guitar, Flea real name Michael Balzary on bass and Jack
Irons behind the drum kit.
In 1984, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, released their self-titled debut album
and followed it up with "Freaky Styley" which came out on EMI
Records one year later.
1987's "The Uplift Mofo Party Plan" marked their first charting
album cracking The Billboard 200 that same year as a result of the buzz
created by their explosive live performances.
After the release of "The Abbey Road EP", Slovack died of a
heroin overdose on June 25, 1988; Irons subsequently left the group and
the Peppers bolstered its line-up by recruiting John Frusciante on guitar
and Chad Smith on drums.
In August of 1989 the band unleashed "Mother's Milk" which peaked
at #52 on The Billboard 200 Albums chart and generated two Modern Rock
hit singles: "Higher Ground" reached the #11 and "Knock
Me Down" peaked at #6.
A year later, the group contributed the Modern Rock top 10 hit, "Show
Me Your Soul", to the soundtrack of the film "Pretty Woman".
September 1991 saw the release of the Warner Brothers' stunning debut,
"Blood Sugar Sex Magik", the record made them international
Rock stars; in America, it rose to #3 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart,
its single "Give It Away" peaked at #1 on The Modern Rock chart
and won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance; the second single, "Under
The Bridge", became a transatlantic smash hit, in the U.S. peaked
at #2 on both The Billboard's Hot 100 and Active Rock charts; "Suck
My Kiss" followed reaching the #15 spot on The Modern Rock list and
"Breaking The Girl" crashed into the top 20 on both Mainstream
and Modern Rock Tracks charts.
After two albums, Frusciante left The Peppers in May of 1992; in September
EMI America released a compilation titled "What Hits!?" which
collected the best tracks from the group's first four albums plus a previously
unreleased song, "Behind The Sun"; the track, released as a
single, hit #7 on The Modern Rock chart and pushed the collection to #22
on the U.S. Albums chart as well.
The following year the band recorded the song "Soul To Squeeze"
for the movie soundtrack "Coneheads", the single went straight
to #1 on Modern Rock chart and ex-Jane's
Addiction, Dave Navarro, joined
as new lead guitarist.
In 1995 "One Hot Minute" peaked at #2 in Britain and at #4 on
The Billboard 200 Albums chart but failed to match the commercial success
of its predecessor; the main single, "My Friends", climbed to
the top on both the Billboard's Rock charts, "Aeroplane" peaked
at #8 on The Modern Rock Tracks list and "Warped" hit #7 in
the same chart.
The band recorded in 1996 "Love Rollercoaster", a song for the
soundtrack to the animated TV series "Beavis And Butt", the
track hit #14 on Modern Rock chart.
By that point Navarro departed for a solo career and Frusciante returned
re-energized for 1999's "Californication" which was a massive
smash worldwide; the record rose to #3 slot on the U.S. Top 200 and to
#5 on the U.K. Albums charts spawning a seemingly endless series of singles:
"Scar Tissue" smashed into the top 10 of The Billboard Hot 100
and climbed to the #1 slots on both Modern and Mainstream Rock Tracks
charts, also "Otherside" reached the top spots of the Billboard's
Rock charts, the title-track hit #1 and #2 respectively on Modern and
Mainstream Rock charts and "Around The World" climbed into the
top 10 of The Modern Rock list.
The band's eighth studio effort, "By The Way", was released
in the summer of 2002, going straight to #1 on the Top Canadian Albums
and to #2 in the United States, highlighted by two #1s Modern Rock singles:
"By The Way" and "Can't Stop"; the title-track also
reached the top of the Active Rock chart; "The Zephyr Song"
hit #6 on Modern Rock Tracks list and "Dosed" cracked the top
20 in the same chart; "By The Way" album eventually reached
the #1 in Britain, in all Scandinavian countries, Germany, Italy and Australia.
The next year, the band, assembled the retrospective collection "Greatest
Hits" which included two new songs; "Fortune Faded" debuted
in the top 10 of The Modern Rock chart.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers, are back with the new double album, "Stadium
Arcadium", the set features 28 new tracks including two Hot Modern
Rock #1 hit singles "Dani California" and "Tell Me Baby".
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