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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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Paris Olympics Closing Ceremony: Star-Studded Performances And Surprises Galore

Experience the star-studded Paris Olympics closing ceremony with performances by Phoenix, H.E.R., Snoop Dogg, and more, culminating in a handover to Los An...

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Paris Olympics closing ceremony review – Gallic cool upstaged by LA glitz

Alt-rock hipsters Phoenix put on a likably chaotic closing show, but Tom Cruise and Los Angeles stole the spotlight

The Guardian - UK

Olympics 2024 closing ceremony LIVE! Tom Cruise, Snoop Dogg and Billie Eilish all star in Paris to LA handover

The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Dr Dre also perform as the Olympic baton is officially passed over to the USA

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Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg, Red Hot Chilli Peppers tipped to close Olympics

Superstars Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers will perform at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to entertainment magazine Variety.

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“I told the guys, ‘Aah, it's just another bassline – I don't really like it.’ But they said, ‘No, no, it's really good – we gotta do it!’” Flea wanted to ditch Give It Away before his Red Hot Chili Peppers bandmates stepped in

Rick Rubin persuaded Flea to tone down his original bassline on the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 1991 hit single

Guitar World

"The Red Hot Chili Peppers might have based their entire career on it": Steven Wilson's 20 favourite British rock albums

Porcupine Tree mainman, solo star and prog remix king Steven Wilson on 20 British albums that blew his mind

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With the sounds of The Beatles and Beach Boys in their heads, The Lemon Twigs have spent their lives in search of perfect pop: On their new album they may have found it

"We didn't let anything fly that wasn't perfect" - Michael D'Addario on the Lemon Twigs' latest album, A Dream Is All We Know

Louder

Can you guess Olympians' warmup songs? World's top athletes share their favorite tunes

Curious about the songs fueling the Olympians competing in Paris starting this month

The Independent UK

Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist sued for wrongful death over pedestrian collision

Pearl Jam touring member Josh Klinghoffer is alleged to have ran over and killed a pedestrian in March

The Independent UK

My summer of love and lust: I fell for a Ukrainian rocker – but was I just a groupie?

For one memorable season in the 90s, I travelled with a group called Colney Hatch. It gave me a fleeting but fascinating window into the treatment of women who are ‘with the band’

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The 20 greatest slap bass songs of all time

These masterful slap basslines chart the evolution of the quintessential bass technique, from Larry Graham to today's YouTube heroes

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“People think of them as a heavy metal band, but they swing. It‘s not just bash bash bash”: how Deep Purple changed Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith’s life

RHCP drummer Chad Smith is a card-carrying Deep Purple fan, and here he explains why

Guitar World

“John Lydon once made a stab at poaching Flea for Public Image. At which point Flea keeled over and passed out”: Anthony Kiedis takes a nostalgic look back at Flea’s finest hour from Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Flea’s reputation as a killer bass player almost saw him lured away from the Red Hot Chili Peppers

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"I don't do that": If you bump into the Red Hot Chili Peppers, don't expect a handshake from guitarist John Frusciante

Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante doesn't do handshakes, just so you know

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"We were on live TV in front of millions of people. And it was torture": What happened when John Frusciante sabotaged the Red Hot Chili Peppers on Saturday Night Live

It's 1992, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are on the cusp of superstardom, and unhappy guitarist John Frusciante has just been kicked

Guitar World

“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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How to buy Red Hot Chili Peppers concert tickets for Unlimited Love Tour

Want to watch the Red Hot Chili Peppers live on the Unlimited Love Tour 2024? Some tickets still remain!

Louder

"This big guy comes in like he owns the place, and we all hate him immediately": the truth about Chad Smith's audition for the Red Hot Chili Peppers

When drummer Chad Smith walked into the Red Hot Chili Peppers rehearsal studio to try out for the band, their first impressions were not good

MusicRadar

Rick Rubin admits he doesn't know how to use a mixing desk: "I have no technical ability, and I know nothing about music"

Best of 2023: The super-producer reveals his creative process in a new interview with Anderson Cooper for 60 Minutes

Guitar World

"My apologies to you, our guitarist broke a finger": Red Hot Chili Peppers forced to cancel KROQ show following John Frusciante finger injury

Vocalist Anthony Kiedis has now revealed the reason for the cancelation, with Frusciante sidelined for six weeks

The Guardian - US

‘You all look really good wet!’: big stars play rain-soaked Global Citizen festival

Anitta, Lauryn Hill and Charlize Theron were some of the A-listers welcoming a Central Park crowd for the philanthropically minded music event

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