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Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers is a funk metal band from United States, active 1983 to present. 20 releases and 14 musicians in the catalog.
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Facts

Genre
Funk Metal
Parent genre
Alternative Metal
Origin
Los Angeles, United States
Formed
1983
Releases
20

Biography

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1982, consisting of Flea (bass), Anthony Kiedis (vocals), Chad Smith (drums), and John Frusciante (guitar). Their music incorporates elements of alternative rock, funk, punk rock, hard rock, hip-hop, and psychedelic rock, and has influenced genres including funk metal, rap metal, rap rock, and nu metal. With over 120 million records sold worldwide, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are one of the top-selling bands of all time. They hold the records for most number-one singles on the American Alternative Songs charts (15), most cumulative weeks at number one (91), and most top-ten songs on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart (28). They have won three Grammy Awards, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, and in 2022 received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Genres

Current line-up

MusicianInstrumentsYears
Anthony KiedisLead vocals, Guitar1983 to present
Chad SmithDrums (drum set)1988 to present
FleaBass guitar1983 to present
John FruscianteGuitar1988 to present

Former members

MusicianInstrumentsYears
Dave NavarroGuitar1993 to 1998
Arik MarshallGuitar1992 to 1993
Cliff MartinezDrums (drum set)1983 to 1986
D.H. PeligroDrums (drum set)1988 to 1988
DeWayne “Blackbyrd” McKnightGuitar1988 to 1988
Hillel SlovakGuitar1983 to 1988
Jack IronsDrums (drum set)1983 to 1988
Jack ShermanGuitar1983 to 1984
Jesse TobiasGuitar1993 to 1993
Josh KlinghofferGuitar2009 to 2019

Albums

Other releases

EPs, demos, live records and compilations.

Related bands

Ranked by the strongest link the catalog can evidence: shared members, shared scene, or listener overlap.

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