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Red Hot Chili Peppers is a funk rock band that is based in Hollywood, California and was formed in 1983. The band initially formed as a joke act, calling themselves Tony Flow and the Miraculous Masters of Mayhem. Upon renaming themselves Red Hot Chili Peppers, they played a handful of small club venues in Los Angeles in 1983, before they were signed to EMI Records.
The Chili Peppers' original guitarist, Slovak, was replaced in 1984 by Jack Sherman, while Slovak and Irons recorded music with their band at the time, What Is This? Upon Slovak's return, Sherman was fired from the band.
Following Slovak's death of a heroin overdose, a young John Frusciante took over as guitarist in 1988. Frusciante, however, quit the band in 1992 due in part to his sadness at the band becoming so successful in such a short time; complex personal issues, involving an addiction to heroin, were also a factor. He was then replaced by Arik Marshall. Approximately a year later, Marshall left the band, to be replaced by former (read more)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
Little girl from Sweden
Dream of silver screen quotations
And if you want these kind of dreams
It's Californication
It's the edge of the world
And all of western civilization
The sun may rise in the East
At least it settles in the final location
It's understood that Hollywood
sells Californication
Californication Lyrics
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Top Albums
Greatest Hits
1. Under the Bridge
2. Give It Away
3. Californication
4. Scar Tissue
5. Soul to Squeeze
6. Otherside
7. Suck My Kiss
8. By the Way
9. Parallel Universe
10. Breaking the Girl
11. My Friends
12. Higher Ground
13. Universally Speaking
14. Road Trippin'
15. Fortune Faded
16. Save the Population
Release Date: 11/18/2003
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium: Special Edition Guitar Book with 2 CDs (Guitar Recorded Versions)
By The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Guitar tablature songbook for guitar and voice. Series: Hal Leonard Guitar Recorded Versions (Authentic note-for-note transcriptions). 288 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.690852)
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits: Guitar Recorded Versions (Music)
By The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Guitar tablature songbook for guitar and voice. Series: Hal Leonard Guitar Recorded Versions. 104 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.690673)
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Top Songs
![Under The Bridge [Explicit]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61lqVPXLNZL._SL75_.jpg)
![Higher Ground (2003 Digital Remaster) [Explicit]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5139ghrh8SL._SL75_.jpg)
Higher Ground (2003 Digital Remaster) [Explicit]
Release Date: 12/06/2005
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Knock Me Down (Original Long Version) [Explicit]
Release Date: 12/06/2005
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Taste The Pain (2003 Digital Remaster) [Explicit]
Release Date: 12/06/2005
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Wikipedia
Red Hot Chili Peppers (often abbreviated RHCP) is an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1983. For most of the band's existence, the members have been vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John Frusciante, bassist Michael "Flea" Balzary, and drummer Chad Smith. The band's varied musical style has fused traditional funk with elements of other genres including alternative, punk rock, and psychedelic rock.
In addition to Kiedis and Flea, the group originally featured guitarist Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons. Slovak, however, died of a heroin overdose in 1988, re...
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- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Wikipedia
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- MTV - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Stay current on the latest Red Hot Chili Peppers music videos, news, tour dates, ringtones and more on MTV - the leader in music news, video premieres and entertainment online.
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- a_willow a_willow Sep 11, 2008 @ 4:24 pm
- Love them so I'm lensrolling you to my http://www.squidoo.com/musicalretreat
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- verywell verywell May 18, 2008 @ 8:14 pm
- Glad you made a lens on them. Now I don't need to. Thanks!
I love the RHCPs!! They remind me of home (CA). I tell my kids they can play Parallel Universe at my funeral because "you can die but you are never dead."
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- LifeLongFan LifeLongFan Feb 24, 2008 @ 1:12 am
- Lots of great info on this band. Thanks!
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- TommyL TommyL Jan 12, 2008 @ 5:51 pm
- Thanks for making RHCP lens. They're one of my favorite bands. Went to their concert when I was still in Australia in 2002 or 2003, I forgot and that was the best concert ever. 5 stars!
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