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Former Red Hot Chili Peppers star Josh Klinghoffer accepts no jail plea deal over fatal car crash

Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer has been sentenced but avoided jail time over a vehicular manslaughter charge.

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Ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer avoids jail after entering plea in vehicular manslaughter case

Klinghoffer was warned about his future conduct during court proceedings in California

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"He was very grumpy, ignoring people." Why teenage guitar prodigy John Frusciante walked away from an audition to join Frank Zappa's band before hooking up with Red Hot Chili Peppers

In another universe, John Frusciante might never have joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers

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David Fincher directed an absolutely wild-looking musical Red Hot Chili Peppers puppet show for returning Netflix sci-fi animated anthology

You know what, hell yeah

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"Chris Cornell was the first rock star to consume the contents of my stomach." How Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and Soundgarden's Chris Cornell inspired the youth of America to drink vomit in the early '90s

Things got freaky on Lollapalooza 1992 thanks to The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow and their rock star friends

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“I’ve gone from having the greatest time of my life, to wanting to kill myself.” An audience with a tired, homesick, and somewhat irritable Red Hot Chili Peppers on the final night of their One Hot Minute world tour

In the summer of 1996, rumours spread that the Red Hot Chili Peppers were going to break up following the conclusion of their One Hot Minute world tour. I was sent to the tour's final show to find out the truth

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Nick Cave addresses ‘obnoxious’ comment he made 25 years ago

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea responded to the remark in 2006, admitting that it had hurt his feelings

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"Countless musicians and friends lost everything." Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Jarvis Cocker, Primal Scream, Red Hot Chili Peppers duo and more donate unreleased songs to new benefit album to aid Californian wildfire relief

The newly-released Los Angeles Rising compilation also features previously unheard music from Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gary Numan, Devo and more

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"We got any Led Zeppelin fans out there?" Watch pop superstar Pink absolutely smash a timeless Led Zeppelin classic at Los Angeles FireAid benefit show

Pink proves once again that she is one of pop music's great voices with a flawless take on a Led Zeppelin classic

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"Thank you for showing up LA." Watch Red Hot Chili Peppers' four-song set at star-studded FireAid benefit show in Los Angeles

LA funk-rock superstars Red Hot Chili Peppers play first show together since the 2024 Olympics closing ceremony, to help support fundraising efforts for those affected by the devastating fires in their hometown

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Joni Mitchell, Lady Gaga and Billie Eilish set to play LA fires benefit concert

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Katy Perry and Green Day also on line-up for FireAid

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Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rod Stewart, Stephen Stills, Stevie Nicks, Green Day, Joni Mitchell and more confirmed for FireAid benefit concerts

FireAid will raise money for those affected by Californian wildfires and efforts to prevent future disasters

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This is not a typo – you can save more than $1,000 on a Universal Audio guitar effects bundle in what is hands-down the biggest Black Friday gear deal you’ll come across this year

Six plugins inspired by legendary effects pedals and rack units beloved by the likes of Pink Floyd, U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers and countless others are included in the absurdly discounted bundle

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“I irresponsibly generalized that the reason people don’t learn theory is because they are lazy. There is another, better reason to not learn it”: That time John Frusciante wrote in to Total Guitar magazine to share his thoughts on music theory

It was 2006, one hot summer, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar hero had some things he needed to get off his chest about theory, and why he had learned “immensely” from reading Total Guitar

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“When he saw the guitars, he goes, ‘John’s going back to the Chili Peppers.’ I said, ‘No way is he ever going back’”: John Frusciante’s former guitar tech on the moment he realized the guitarist could be rejoining the Red Hot Chili Peppers

Top-tier guitar tech Dave Lee reveals how he got to know about Frusciante's plans to return to the Chili Peppers

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Who's gonna tell him? Busker drums Red Hot Chili Peppers song without realising drummer Chad Smith was watching

Watch busker play Red Hot Chili Peppers' Otherside to an audience of one – the man who plays on the record

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“I’ve had many other Strats – I’ve never found one better than that”: John Frusciante’s first-ever Fender signature guitar is here – and it’s a $20k Custom Shop replica of his iconic 1962 Stratocaster

Fender Master Builder Paul Waller has painstakingly recreated the Red Hot Chili Peppers icon’s legendary sunburst Strat, which features all the relic’d cosmetics and electronics upgrades of the original

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Busker goes viral covering Red Hot Chili Peppers while having no idea who his audience is

‘Bro has one man listening but still the biggest audience’ said one person

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"I went over to John's house, and he just started sobbing and said he wanted to do it": The story of the Red Hot Chili Peppers album Flea thinks is the best they ever made

The Red Hot Chili Peppers were unravelling, but they pulled together, kept it together, and recorded their masterpiece album: Californication

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Ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer to be charged with vehicular manslaughter following death of pedestrian

The former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer is set to be arraigned for manslaughter following a fatal car accident

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Listen to Eddie Vedder team up with members of AC/DC and Red Hot Chili Peppers for new version of Tom Petty's Room At The Top, one of 21 Petty covers on the soundtrack to Bad Monkey

The soundtrack to new Apple TV+ show Bad Monkey features Tom Petty covers recorded by Eddie Vedder, Weezer, The War On Drugs, Larkin Poe and more

Guitar World

Paul McCartney joins Andrew Watt and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith to perform Beatles and Neil Young classics at tiny show

The Beatles legend also revealed that he has written an as-yet-unreleased song with Watt

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“Paul’s bass playing is so lyrical and melodic, and it’s just so beautiful... He’s amazing”: Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea thinks McCartney is "the greatest rock bassist"

Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea calls Paul McCartney "the greatest rock bassist"

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“His bass playing is so lyrical – he'd play a counter melody as opposed to just rhythm”: Flea names his pick for “the greatest rock bass player” of all time

The Red Hot Chili Peppers member has singled out a player for his ability to subvert what is expected of a traditional bassist

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Watch Red Hot Chili Peppers perform Can't Stop in Los Angeles as part of Paris 2024 Olympic closing ceremony

Red Hot Chili Peppers take part in handover from Paris to Los Angeles –where 2028 Olympics will be held

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