Red Hot Chili Peppers

[E. J. Rizo]

man i just recently started getting into them.... ive been too much into this rap shit...

these mutha fuckas are WESTCOAST! hahah. .. .lol

CALIFORNICATION

GANGSTA!

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

[suckaa free]

what part of cali are they from?

[E. J. Rizo]

they went to fairfax high school

so Los Angeles...

hollywood area...

[Malin]

Ahhh shutup.

[Sikotic™]

I still got their latest album on regular rotation.

[rik]

Yeah man they're tight, one of my all time favorite rock bands. Kiedis was born in Michigan and moved out here when 11. He reps the West though and does it right so it's all good.

"Eastside love is living on the West end" - Anthony Kiedis 

[E. J. Rizo]

what are must have tracks!?

i have the Californication album which in itself is classic....

but like just must have tracks besides any of the ones on that cd

[Don Jacob]

"blood sugar sex magic" is probably their best cd
"by the way" is great
"mothers milk" is good
"one hot minute " is pretty good

[gav09]

what are must have tracks!?

i have the Californication album which in itself is classic....

but like just must have tracks besides any of the ones on that cd

By The Way
Suck My Kiss
Give It Away
Scar Tissue
Under The Bridge

Theres loads, coppin their Greatest Hits is prob ur best bet.

[E. J. Rizo]

what are must have tracks!?

i have the Californication album which in itself is classic....

but like just must have tracks besides any of the ones on that cd

By The Way
Suck My Kiss
Give It Away
Scar Tissue
Under The Bridge

Theres loads, coppin their Greatest Hits is prob ur best bet.

does their greatest hits have stuff from their latest album (stadium Arcadium)?

[jeromechickenbone]

I can't even say how much I like these dudes.  They're incredible.  Their lastest album (which is a double) is so sick.  I bought back in May I think, and I haven't even popped in Disc 2 yet.  There's so much packed into the first disc that it's taken me forever to digest it all.

I don't own anything prior to Blood Sugar Sex Magic which dropped in like 91 or 92, but everything they've done since then (of course that album included) is nothing short of classic, and I'm not exaggerating.  (The lone exception might be One Hot Minute - it's a very good album, but John Frusciante isn't on there and it just feels a little off to me).  They've been around since 84 so they have quite a track record...I know George Clinton produced their album Freeky Stylee.

Anyway props for getting into them.  They manage to stay relevant because their talent transcends any gay ass trends that all these other so called bands today conform to.  As long as none of them die (which they've been extremely close to doing) I think they'll be dropping incredible music for the next 20 years.

[Bramsterdam (see ya)]

Love Rollercoaster is a sweet song. Most of their songs are all good though so..props to RHCP

[Lincoln]

Bloodsugarsexmagick was the first CD I ever bought I think. One Hot Minute is good as well, so is Californication.

[Sikotic™]

I really need to check their stuff pre-bloodsugarsexmagik.

[Shallow]

I really need to check their stuff pre-bloodsugarsexmagik.

It's basically a fusion of funk and punk. Mother's Milk was the first one with John but he was younger than the other guys and new so he didn't get to contribute as much. Now he's more or less the main songwriter. They're cover of Stevie Wonder's Higher Ground is on there as well as Knock Me Down, and Pretty Little Ditty is a great instrumental that really preludes the sound they would use for their later albums.