The 1992 MTV Video Music Awards are perhaps best remembered for the tense pre-show face-off between the Nirvana and Guns N' Roses camps, but for Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis the night was memorable for an entirely different reason.
The night always promised to be a special one for the Los Angeles quartet, who were then riding high on the success of their fifth album, 1991's Blood Sugar Sex Magik. The Chili Peppers were actually the most nominated artists of the evening, having scored six nominations for French film-maker Stéphane Sednaoui's striking video for the album's first single, Give It Away, and an additional three nominations for Gus Van Sant's more low-key and intimate video for Under The Bridge, which had peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The band were also scheduled to perform on the night, alongside U2, Def Leppard, Guns N' Roses, Michael Jackson, and their 1991 touring partners Pearl Jam and Nirvana.
