These guys haven't made any good music since ____.

Pocket Ninja: Stadium Arcadium is an album so spectacularly bad that its mere existence absorbs, like a black hole, any of the previous notable work they've ever done.

so it's like the Make Believe of rock albums?

I like that one song of theirs that's a meaningless collection of rhyming phrases with a mellow beat behind it.

Donald_McRonald: These guys haven't made any good music since ____.

Ever?

Okay, harshness is for entertainment purposes only, but this is a major band that goes right over my head.

I've tried. Many times. I actually own everything between Freaky Styley and Californication (except One Hot Minute). I've always been surrounded by many Peppers fans who have preached the gospel to me many times, so I've revisited them a lot to see if they click. Never quite happens. At one time I remember really liking Mother's Milk and BSSM, but can't remember why.

That said, "Scar Tissue" is a goddamn amazing song, the harmonies are gorgeous, and the tone on what'shisface guitar blows me away during the solos.

Oh, and that song from some soundtrack with the black and white video in a circus or carnival or something. That song is great.

shoegaze99: except One Hot Minute

I never understood the hate for the album. Always had fun with it.

Did the band name themselves after Chili Willy and The Red Hot Peppers or do they just have similar names?

ooh ooh, I really dig that song about living in California...

Gunny Highway: shoegaze99: except One Hot Minute

I never understood the hate for the album. Always had fun with it.

I've always intended to check it out. Huge Jane's Addiction fan and really enjoy Navarro's guitar work, just never quite got around to it. I think the pairing seemed strange and that put me off a bit.

To this day they hold the title of worst headlining band I've ever put down money to see.

They performed as I suspect would a RHCP tribute band performing their first ever live gig (hell, their first practice session) after being pumped full of 'ludes and heroin and alcohol. No energy whatsoever (Keidis could barely stand let alone sing in time to the music) and all following different musical muses.

Just mesmerizingly memorably awful.
Thankfully, the three opening acts (Sidewinder, Mary's Danish and Camper Van Beethoven all kicked righteous amounts of musical heinie so the night wasn't a wash.

Loved them up 'til "mother's milk" then I jumped of the train (not because they became popular, anti-"hipsters", but because I felt their music took a swift downward turn towards bland unlistenability and away from the comparative greatness of their first 4 releases).

endtimethirtyfour: ooh ooh, I really dig that song about living in California...

Deem a tati po ni tay chun...

Tom Petty did it first

Anthony and Flea were so cool in '92, they hated Def Leppard.

Until Mother's Milk happened, I wanted these guys to succeed. Then the a**holeness kicked up in them.

They were better when they were all on junk and they sucked then.

endtimethirtyfour: ooh ooh, I really dig that song about living in California...

Hmm, are you sure that was them?

Uplift was the best definitely...Organic anti beat box band FTW!

Gunny Highway: shoegaze99: except One Hot Minute

I never understood the hate for the album. Always had fun with it.

Did the band name themselves after Chili Willy and The Red Hot Peppers or do they just have similar names?

I'm guessing here, but there's a song by the blues great Robert Johnson called "They're Red Hot".. I haven't listened to it in a while but I seem to recall a line in the song that goes "chili peppers, they're red hot". I always thought RHCP got their name from that ..

ParadisePornoTheater: Anthony and Flea were so cool in '92, they hated Def Leppard.

Until Mother's Milk happened, I wanted these guys to succeed. Then the a**holeness kicked up in them.

I pretty much agree. "Mother's Milk" was a huge disappointment for me. I still love the earlier albums. Hillel was fantastic. They had some decent stuff later, but really nothing on par with the first three albums.

I saw them twice on the "Uplift" tour. First show was fantastic. The second it was obvious they were doing (too many) drugs. But at least Fishbone opened, so it was worth the ticket price anyway.

I saw them once on "Mother's Milk" too, but after that I was pretty much done with them...

And damn those awful ballads to hell.

That was Thicktastic!

...back before Anthony Kiedis went shirtless.

I barbeque my meals!

Have always loved that song.

AdolfOliverPanties: The Uplift Mofo Party Plan and Freakey Styley are too awesome to be negated by the shiat that is Stadium Arcadium.

Both Uplift and FS are always in heavy rotation at TLP's Cirrhosis-By-The-Sea.

Special Secret Song, FTW.

ParadisePornoTheater: Anthony and Flea were so cool in '92, they hated Def Leppard.

Until Mother's Milk happened, I wanted these guys to succeed. Then the a**holeness kicked up in them.

It was the passing of Hillel that ended them for me.
But there have been less interesting popular bands for sure.

Wow a bunch of jerks above ^^

How about like WTF, when did they stop wearing soup cans and construction paper. Yeah that was a funny video of a famous band that "some people" (maybe not you) like.

Really Funny.

No somebody go listen to your Dashboard Confessional and cut your wrists, because you are hardcore like that.

Gunny Highway: shoegaze99: except One Hot Minute

I never understood the hate for the album. Always had fun with it.

Did the band name themselves after Chili Willy and The Red Hot Peppers or do they just have similar names?

That's actually one of my favorite albums. It's simply very well done, from pretty much every perspective.

justinw2116: Wow a bunch of jerks above ^^

How about like WTF, when did they stop wearing soup cans and construction paper. Yeah that was a funny video of a famous band that "some people" (maybe not you) like.

Really Funny.

No somebody go listen to your Dashboard Confessional and cut your wrists, because you are hardcore like that.

What the hell are you going on about?

Gunny Highway: justinw2116: Wow a bunch of jerks above ^^

How about like WTF, when did they stop wearing soup cans and construction paper. Yeah that was a funny video of a famous band that "some people" (maybe not you) like.

Really Funny.

No somebody go listen to your Dashboard Confessional and cut your wrists, because you are hardcore like that.

What the hell are you going on about?

Bally timpani one's dropping in the custard?

I saw them that year at a place called the Keystone in Palo Alto. Thought they sucked. Watched the vid. Still think they sucked.
Obviously, they put out some good stuff later on.

Lord Binky: Gunny Highway: justinw2116: Wow a bunch of jerks above ^^

How about like WTF, when did they stop wearing soup cans and construction paper. Yeah that was a funny video of a famous band that "some people" (maybe not you) like.

Really Funny.

No somebody go listen to your Dashboard Confessional and cut your wrists, because you are hardcore like that.

What the hell are you going on about?

Bally timpani one's dropping in the custard?

Anything goes up.

Uh..... caught them in Morgantown WV ( underground railroad biatches) In I guess '85 with the Hillel, Chaz, Flea Anthony line-up.

Yeah , I fired up kind bud with them and they played the second set wearing socks around their junk.

EPIC. They ripped "Fire", Hendrix woulda been proud.

AdolfOliverPanties: The Uplift Mofo Party Plan and Freakey Styley are too awesome to be negated by the shiat that is Stadium Arcadium.

this 1000 times. this. KIller line-up.

Goonie_Goo_Goo

more like (for me):

We all listened to this stuff at the time it came out. Up through Mother's Milk, I was a huge fan. BSSM is a good album, but I kinda parted ways with them at that point.

This episode of cool story bro was brought to you by lemon fresh Pledge.

the once greatest and mightiest band in the world that hasn't put out anything decent in 23 years.

very sad. :(

wilksbamf: ...back before Anthony Kiedis went shirtless.

Dont you mean before he puts pants on?

The All-Powerful Atheismo: more like (for me):

Hello.

AeAe: Gunny Highway: shoegaze99: except One Hot Minute

I never understood the hate for the album. Always had fun with it.

Did the band name themselves after Chili Willy and The Red Hot Peppers or do they just have similar names?

I'm guessing here, but there's a song by the blues great Robert Johnson called "They're Red Hot".. I haven't listened to it in a while but I seem to recall a line in the song that goes "chili peppers, they're red hot". I always thought RHCP got their name from that ..

It's Hot Tamales, and they're red hot,

and The Chili Peppers did a cutesy cover of that on Blood Sugar Sex Magick.


/I enjoyed them up to blood sugar sex... I've been meaning to get into Frusciante's solo stuff.

I was never a fan, but I preferred their earlier stuff to what they became when every girl on the block had them penciled in as her favorite band (and if not them, Jane's Addiction, another band I was never fond of).

mekkab

I've been meaning to get into Frusciante's solo stuff.



Enough of Me off of his latest album (new window)

Well, he prolly has four more albums ready to go...he is prolific to say the least.

Alan Thicke is a pretty funny guy. Too bad he was up against Carson.
RHCP suck. Did I say that yet?

AdolfOliverPanties: The Uplift Mofo Party Plan and Freakey Styley are too awesome to be negated by the shiat that is Stadium Arcadium.

Catholic Schoolgirls Rule. Yertle the Turtle. Behind the Sun. Me and My Friends. All great tunes. I saw them play an all-ages gig in Madison, WI in 1988. About 200 people, tops. They loaded their own equipment after the show. Nice guys, especially Flea.

mekkab: AeAe: Gunny Highway: shoegaze99: except One Hot Minute

I never understood the hate for the album. Always had fun with it.

Did the band name themselves after Chili Willy and The Red Hot Peppers or do they just have similar names?

I'm guessing here, but there's a song by the blues great Robert Johnson called "They're Red Hot".. I haven't listened to it in a while but I seem to recall a line in the song that goes "chili peppers, they're red hot". I always thought RHCP got their name from that ..

It's Hot Tamales, and they're red hot,

and The Chili Peppers did a cutesy cover of that on Blood Sugar Sex Magick.


/I enjoyed them up to blood sugar sex... I've been meaning to get into Frusciante's solo stuff.

tamales, right...

AeAe


tamales, right...


maybe I'm missing something, but it is tamales (new window)

I was not watching the video as I posted...I guess it is NSFW...african boobies...makes no sense.

Ahhh, memories. At Arizona State University- Pearl Jam, RHCP, and some opening act called Nirvana.