Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers is a Californian rock band which has combined aspects of funk and hip-hop with rock and roll, pioneering funk metal. The band started in 1982.

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Californian - Rock - Funk - Hip-hop - Funk metal - 1982

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One critic has summarized Red Hot Chili Peppers' lyrics as "sex, good times, rock and roll and more sex" with some truth, though some of the band's biggest hits, such as "Under the Bridge", along with their newer albums, have been considerably more introspective. Perhaps the most distinctive feature of their sound is the bass playing of Flea, whose flashy, slap-heavy playing not only provides a groove but is also the source of many musical flourishes. The band is also well known for playing bare chested and sometimes naked.

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Under the Bridge - Bass - Flea - Groove - Bare chested - Naked

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Red Hot Chili Peppers' label were originally signed to an EMI subsidiary known as EMI Belfort. Epic Records offered the band a contract where each member would be paid a million dollars, but only if Epic would release them from their contract with EMI Manhattan by paying them off. Epic and EMI Manhattan hit a wall in negotiations, the deal fell through and they signed with Warner Brothers Records. Their breakthrough record Blood Sugar Sex Magik as well as all subsequent records were released on Warner Brothers Records and were produced by Rick Rubin.

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EMI - Epic Records - Warner Brothers Records - Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Rick Rubin

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Red Hot Chili Peppers' earlier work was a fusion of funk and punk rock with a party attitude, and laid the groundwork for the development of funkcore. After the sobering death of guitarist Hillel Slovak, Jack Irons left the band, leading to the addition of current members, John Frusciante and Chad Smith. It was after the death of Hillel that the band had their most success.

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Funkcore - Hillel Slovak - Jack Irons - John Frusciante - Chad Smith

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Red Hot Chili Peppers has recently finished their new untitled album which will be released in January 2006, and will be followed by a world wide tour. The new album was recorded in the same mansion where the album Blood Sugar Sex Magik was recorded.

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