By adding a wild funk edge to their hard-core roots, over which Anthony rapped more than he sang, they opened up a whole now area of rock’n’roll. Part of the flourishing Hollywood hardcore scene, the members went their own ways – Flea serving in renowned punk band Fear – until reuniting as the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1984. I happen to know that there are no criminals in this band.”Īnthony and Flea may never have been criminals but they have been on the wrong side of musical regulations and conventional behavior since first playing together, with guitarist Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons, in 1979. And hopefully we’ll stay out of jail, even thought there are certain backward areas of the world where people don’t understand the nature of what we’re doing and take it as a criminal act. “As much as we might tell ourselves we’re going to stay out of trouble, the fact is that if we feel like doing something that we don’t think is going to cause anyone any harm, we’ll do it. When they supposedly “spanked” a girl in the audience while performing for an MTV special on the beach in Florida, Flea and drummer Chad Smith were both arrested for battery, with Flea facing additional charges that could have landed him in jail.Īll three have now put their legal woes behind them, but although Anthony tries to apologize for allowing the pranks to get out of control, he ends up defending himself. After exhibiting himself to a female fan backstage in Virginia, Anthony was charged with indecent exposure and sexual battery. When their last album Mother’s Milk sold over 500,000 in America alone, their newly expanded followers often failed to get the joke. For years the Red Hot Chili Peppers, confined to cult status, had performed to unrestrained, unabashed audiences. This lurking dark side has been known to land the group in serious trouble. ![]() Only when he removes his shirt and reveals a torso of tattoos-including the name of his wife, Loesha, above his left nipple (they have a young daughter, Clara) and a wonderful portrait of Jimi Hendrix on his left bicep – does his other side show through. Gone is the green Mohican that accompanied the group’s last tour today his hair is neatly cropped, and he is the epitome of politeness. That relationship is over now, but given that he was last heard lauding his new love, an 18-year-old model, as “the biggest sexual genius I’ve encountered in the last ten years”, one doesn’t offer much sympathy.įlea – real name Michael Balzary – is somewhat more restrained. Anthony – who once broke his back when he jumped from a roof into an empty swimming pool – was also famous for dating Hollywood actress, lone Skye whom he lived with for two years. Never ones for sexual modesty, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were once as famous for playing with only a strategically-placed sock for clothing as they were for their music. Sometimes the opportunity is obviously too good to miss. ![]() People just get annoyed at the fact that we’re having so much fun and getting so much more pussy than they are.” In excusing his band’s ability to wind people up, he has further contributed to it. “We don’t intentionally go out of our way to annoy people. Tony Fletcher reports.Īnthony Kiedis, singer with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, reclines on a swimming pool deck chair at the Los Angeles home of lifelong friend and Chili Pepper bassist Flea, and offers the barest trace of a smirk. Now, having clichéd a multi-million dollar record deal, the Chili Peppers are releasing their new album this month and will shortly be touring the UK. Since they formed in Hollywood in the early 80s their libidinous songs, like Party On Your Pussy, have always ensured minimal airplay and “Parental Advisory” stickers, while their live shows, which include their renowned “rock orchestra”, have scared away as many people as they have attracted. “Playing music like you’ve got a big dick,” is the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ basic philosophy. ![]() ![]() Thank you to Kathie Davis for the transcript.
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