So how long until he writes a song about getting treatment in California?

True men don't, kill kidneys.

Well my kidney gotta get and put it in you
Reeling with the feeling don't stop continue

I look forward to hearing him sign off-key about this

I bet 'cause he must be using teh drugs.

oh, that's sad. I wish him total and speedy healing.

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/they have to be the worst band ever

maybe but no reason to wish death on the man. jeez.

reportedly been secretly

That's solid.

I was listening to "Johnny Kick a Hole in the Sky" this morning while taking lil Thyomorb to daycare. Does anyone know what he says between verses?

Thyomorb: I was listening to "Johnny Kick a Hole in the Sky" this morning while taking lil Thyomorb to daycare. Does anyone know what he says between verses?

I mean Kiedis, of course. Lil Thyomorb says shiat like goo and blah and other jibberish I can't understand.

beefjerky: /they have to be the worst band ever

I just pretend like they broke up in Sept. 1989. I sleep better at that way.

being a past drug user disqualifies a person from treatment? WTF?

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/they have to be the worst band ever

^ Has to be the worst person ever. ^

If one kidney doesn't work, they could just take it from the otherside.

caknuck: If one kidney doesn't work, they could just take it from the otherside.


*golf clap*

I'm not a big fan, but they're not THAT bad.

Fight like a brave, Mr. Kiedis.

/thread

beefjerky: /they have to be the worst band ever

Really I can understand not liking their newer stuff but the worst band ever. I realize you are probably some troll but you need to explain yourself.

Freaky Styley came out in 1985. While there were some good albums out that year there was also alot of crap. Foreigner had a #1 hit for christ's sake.

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/they have to be the worst band ever

I know this is Fark, and "your favorite band sucks", but "worst band ever"? WTF? You're putting My Chemical Romance, R. Kelly, NSync, Nickelback, etc. in front of RHCP?

/I know, don't feed the troll
//Blood Sugar Sex Magic still kicks ass

people with histories of drug and alcohol use don't usually get the organs they need

Unless you're a Hall of Fame baseball player


If I'd have known I was going to live this long I'd have taken better care of myself - M. Mantle

Thyomorb: Does anyone know what he says between verses?

It isnt a shock that he doesnt have the best lyrics but his voice is a solid instrument and works in the band. There are lots of famous bands that cant write lyrics but are still good. And the fact that he auto tunes his voice on recent albums is better than hearing off key singing over good music. I dont mind that they engineer the vocals to get the best sound they can.

I can understand not liking Kiedis but acting like the band is nothing but solid is just stupid.

But to each his own i suppose.

ACCORDianate: /thread

That's Iggy Pop, not Anthony Kiedeiaeiaedas.

Gunny Highway: Thyomorb: Does anyone know what he says between verses?

It isnt a shock that he doesnt have the best lyrics but his voice is a solid instrument and works in the band. There are lots of famous bands that cant write lyrics but are still good. And the fact that he auto tunes his voice on recent albums is better than hearing off key singing over good music. I dont mind that they engineer the vocals to get the best sound they can.

I can understand not liking Kiedis but acting like the band is nothing but solid is just stupid.

But to each his own i suppose.

Gunny, you are a magnificent son of a biatch! Couldn't of said it better myself. Some of my favorite singers/songwriters don't have the greatest voices--the Boss, Petty, Dylan, Zevon.

lastchancepowerdrive: Gunny Highway: Thyomorb: Does anyone know what he says between verses?

It isnt a shock that he doesnt have the best lyrics but his voice is a solid instrument and works in the band. There are lots of famous bands that cant write lyrics but are still good. And the fact that he auto tunes his voice on recent albums is better than hearing off key singing over good music. I dont mind that they engineer the vocals to get the best sound they can.

I can understand not liking Kiedis but acting like the band is nothing but solid is just stupid.

But to each his own i suppose.

Gunny, you are a magnificent son of a biatch! Couldn't of said it better myself. Some of my favorite singers/songwriters don't have the greatest voices--the Boss, Petty, Dylan, Zevon.

again we agree. you must be my doppelganger. not really.

Gunny Highway: Thyomorb: Does anyone know what he says between verses?

It isnt a shock that he doesnt have the best lyrics but his voice is a solid instrument and works in the band. There are lots of famous bands that cant write lyrics but are still good. And the fact that he auto tunes his voice on recent albums is better than hearing off key singing over good music. I dont mind that they engineer the vocals to get the best sound they can.

I can understand not liking Kiedis but acting like the band is nothing but solid is just stupid.

But to each his own i suppose.

I think I was misunderstood. I love Mother's Milk. I just wondered what it was that he exclaims between the verses. To me it sounds (phonetically) like "Bo-pown" "Tikka-dikka" "Like that."

Stadium Arcadium is kick ass.

/John Frusciante FTW

The Red Hot Chili Peppers were hands down my favorite band through my high school years (1999-2002). I completely ignored that fact that 99% of Kiedis's lyrics make no sense to anyone but him. Californication and Blood Sugar Sex Magik are still really great albums to me, and I have great appreciation for Mother's Milk and Uplift Mofo Party Plan. By the Way was decent, but I do have to say that Stadium Arcadium didn't measure up at all for me. I've come to realize that the band's strength really comes from how solid they are instrumentally. I think they could have worked just as well with Kiedis just blabbering incoherently over the music (which he has been known to do anyway).

That being said, I'm sad to hear that he's battling kidney disease (and that he's 46). Part of me hopes that the band's hiatus is permanent because I don't want them to become one of those aging bands who wouldn't go away. (I hope this hasn't happened already.)

/There is still a RHCP poster hanging above my bed.

Nice headline, Gene Shallit. I was reading it with the proper italics.

They are all amazing musicians and even if you don't like the sound of their music it's easy to recognize that.
Also, I like how they keep trying to do different music and just not remake BSSM 100 times. They didn't go by the AC\DC or KISS forumla.

I hope he gets better. I wonder if this has anything to do with them putting RHCP on hold I guess about a year ago now.

lastchancepowerdrive: Gunny Highway: Thyomorb: Does anyone know what he says between verses?

It isnt a shock that he doesnt have the best lyrics but his voice is a solid instrument and works in the band. There are lots of famous bands that cant write lyrics but are still good. And the fact that he auto tunes his voice on recent albums is better than hearing off key singing over good music. I dont mind that they engineer the vocals to get the best sound they can.

I can understand not liking Kiedis but acting like the band is nothing but solid is just stupid.

But to each his own i suppose.

Gunny, you are a magnificent son of a biatch! Couldn't of said it better myself. Some of my favorite singers/songwriters don't have the greatest voices--the Boss, Petty, Dylan, Zevon.

Perfect is boring, give me someone who can't sing but actually cares about the words and the effort they have to put into it

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/they have to be the worst band ever

I wondered if it might be Apache. But, you know, you can yell at me in binary if you want to.

/mandingueiro: replace Springsteen (whose appeal I could never understand) with Tom Waits and I can get on board

He's got Hep C...he talks about it in his book.

It's the hep that's killing his liver.

Even if you hate them you have to admit...their success is a great story.

/Kidney? No thanks. Just the liver and fava beans.

/With a nice

Thyomorb: Gunny Highway: Thyomorb: Does anyone know what he says between verses?

It isnt a shock that he doesnt have the best lyrics but his voice is a solid instrument and works in the band. There are lots of famous bands that cant write lyrics but are still good. And the fact that he auto tunes his voice on recent albums is better than hearing off key singing over good music. I dont mind that they engineer the vocals to get the best sound they can.

I can understand not liking Kiedis but acting like the band is nothing but solid is just stupid.

But to each his own i suppose.

I think I was misunderstood. I love Mother's Milk. I just wondered what it was that he exclaims between the verses. To me it sounds (phonetically) like "Bo-pown" "Tikka-dikka" "Like that."

He's just making sounds.
He goes, Bo-powwnn, stickha-dicg-on.

Thyomorb: I think I was misunderstood. I love Mother's Milk. I just wondered what it was that he exclaims between the verses. To me it sounds (phonetically) like "Bo-pown" "Tikka-dikka" "Like that."

Sorry I thought it was a rhetorical question. Alot of people get on him about that. I can honestly say I have no idea what he says. Sorry I wasnt trying to attack you. I agree Mother's Milk is a great album.

The Dot And The Line: Perfect is boring, give me someone who can't sing but actually cares about the words and the effort they have to put into it

Lyrics isnt the bands strong suit, the music and energy has always been most important. Keidis uses melody and different voices to create a dynamic sound instead of powerful lyrics. Mr. Bungle does the same thing albiet much better.

It is impressive they have managed to stay together over all these years and managed to stay relevant. On top of that they have also managed to make some pretty solid rock for over 20 years.

They arent my favorite band but it gets so much worse when it comes to rock and roll on the radio. Save your hate for bands who deserve it. Or dont hate bands at all, just dont listen.

This is of course all opinion and I can see where people are coming from.

Gunny Highway: Lyrics isnt the bands strong suit, the music and energy has always been most important. Keidis uses melody and different voices to create a dynamic sound instead of powerful lyrics. Mr. Bungle does the same thing albiet much better.

I love the Chili Peppers, I love the Mr. Bungle. I know they hate each other but goddamn, SO much talent in those two bands (well Bungle broke up but still). I couldn't imagine the awesomeness of Mike Patton fronting a band with Flea on bass, Frusciante on guitar, and Chad Smith behind the kit.

Gunny Highway: I wasnt trying to attack you

No probs. It's the Internet.

Thyomorb: Gunny Highway: I wasnt trying to attack you

No probs. It's the Internet.

Me either. Sorry if it came across that way.

Even if he does die, they've got so many songs to overplay that they'll never. EVER. Go away.

California rest in peace
Cedars Sinai help kidneys
Patient parking placard please
Need hemodialysis

Not only are his kidneys bad, but there's a devil in his dick and demons in his semen.

I hope he gets well soon so that we can have more opportunities to hear Flea and Fruciante jam. Hate the Chillis or not, those two men are freakin' gods at what they do and to not recognize that you must be either retarded, tone-deaf, or dead. I've been a fan of the band since I was sixteen and first heard Mother's Milk, and other than One Hot Minute I don't think they've had a mis-step since. In fact, By The Way is one of my favourite albums of the 21st Century and I'm not ashamed to admit it.

/BloodSugarSexMagic FTW

This is one of the worst headlines I have ever seen.

FTFA:
"There was talk of getting him on a transplant list. But people with histories of drug and alcohol abuse are less likely to receive organs they need."

One word: karma.

My favorite RHCP song.

Give to me sweet sacred bliss,
Replace my blood - dialysis.

Definitely one of my top 10 favorite bands. Only saw them once though, back around 2000 (give or take). Later than I would have liked, but they were better than i thought they'd be. Figured they'd just kinda play a selection of songs, hopefully cleanly. But they started with a little group huddle, came out swinging and the energy just escalated the whole show. And this was at a big outdoor amphitheater, not a little club. There was a lot of improvisation, also, which i did not expect. That really impressed me. They are truly very good at what they do.