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Red Hot Chili Peppers actively working on first album in four years

Flea has confirmed new Red Hot Chili Peppers music is on the way.

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"I was so shocked I just fell on the floor, gasping for air." Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist Flea pays tribute to the "beautiful boy" who changed his life and broke his heart

"I looked up to him. I was in love with him"

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“I would never have played bass without him, and without him I would never have been in a rock band. He taught me so much”: Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea remembers the band’s original guitarist Hillel Slovak

“His guitar playing was beautiful”

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“We had nothing to do with it creatively. We hope it sparks interest in him and his work”: Chili Peppers distance themselves from documentary about founder member Hillel Slovak

Guitarist died in 1988, aged 26

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'We had nothing to do with it creatively' Red Hot Chili Peppers distance themselves from Netflix doc

Red Hot Chili Peppers have distanced themselves from an upcoming documentary about their former co-founding member Hillel Slovak, The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, insisting they had "nothing to do with it creatively".

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"He sang it to me and I thought it was beautiful. But he was emphatic: 'No, this isn't what we do!'" The story of the classic song Red Hot Chili Peppers didn't want to record and its unexpected impact on Middle America

People thought the Red Hot Chili Peppers were just zany frat boys who sang about sex and partying – until they released a gentle and heartfelt ballad about heroin

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John Frusciante and Dave Navarro are the household names, but plenty more guitarists made their mark with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Here’s our guide to all of them

RHCP founder Hillel Slovak created the template, but the seven guitarists who later enjoyed stints in the band all created their own delicate balance of funk grooves and rock aggression

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"He was shooting up. He’d just lost his best friend. Who wouldn’t numb that blow if they could?" Actress Ione Skye recalls the night that her ex-boyfriend, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis, learned that RHCP guitarist Hillel Slovak had died

Ione Skye shares vivid memories of the night that broke Anthony Kiedis' heart

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“The White Album was the first thing that I connected with as a kid”: Flea picks his top 5 ‘desert island’ discs

The Red Hot Chili Pepper was also asked to name his dream supergroup. Safe to say he picked himself on bass

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Flea names his least favorite Red Hot Chili Peppers album – and says he wants to re-record it

The RHCP bass icon revealed he has tried to convince the band to take another crack at it, but “can never talk anyone into it”

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How Red Hot Chili Peppers recorded a sweet tribute to Guns N' Roses, but ended up causing beef with Axl Rose instead

Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose wasn’t happy about Red Hot Chili Peppers' "tribute" to his band on their fourth record

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