Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Red Hot Chili Peppers Are:
- Anthony Kiedis
- Michael Balzary (AKA Flea)
- John Frusciante
- Chad Smith
Former Members:
- Jack Sherman
- Jack Irons
- Dave Navarro
- Hillel Slovak
[edit] Band History
The Red Hot Chili Peppers' were formed in 1983 when Anthony Kiedis and Flea (real name, Michael Balzary) who had met in high school, decided to start up a band. Soon Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons joined the guys and began doing gigs around L.A. It was not instant success, but The Red Hot Chili Peppers did become well known for their crazy stage antics and bizarre clothing. The Red Hot Chili Peppers had an ever-changing list of members for a while and in 1988, founding member Hillel Slovak died from a heroin overdose.
[edit] The Red Hot Chili Peppers Hit It Big
A year after Hillel Slovak's death, the Red Hot Chili Peppers hit it big with the release the CD Mother's Milk. After that the Red Hot Chili Peppers released the wildly successful Blood Sugar Sex Magik, which had mainstream hits like Under the Bridge and Give It Away. 1999's Californication was another huge hit. Today the band is made up of lead singer Anthony Kiedis, "Flea" on bass, John Frusciante on guitar and Chad Smith on drums.
[edit] Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam
[edit] 1991: On the bill with Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins
From October 16, 1991 thru December 14, 1991 almost all the shows that Pearl Jam played were together with Smashing Pumpkins and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. For the remaining shows of that year Nirvana replaced Smashing Pumpkins on the bill.
[edit] October
- October 16 - Madison, WI
- October 17 - DeKalb, IL
- October 19 - Ames, IA
- October 20 - Omaha, NE
- October 22 - Milwaukee, WI
- October 23 - East Lansing, MI
- October 25 - Pittsburgh, PA
- October 26 - Cleveland, OH
- October 27 - Rochester, NY
- October 30 - Toronto, Ontario
[edit] November
- November 1 - Boston, MA
- November 2 - Burlington, VT
- November 3 - Springfield, MA
- November 5 - Troy, NY
- November 7 - Syracuse, NY
- November 9 - Washington, DC
- November 11 - New York City, NY
- November 12 - New York City, NY
- November 15 - New York City, NY
- November 16 - New York City, NY
- November 17 - State College, PA
- November 22 - Detroit, MI
- November 23 - Detroit, MI
- November 24 - Indianapolis, IN
- November 26 - Normal, IL
- November 30 - St. Paul, MN
[edit] December
- December 2 - St. Louis, MO
- December 3 - St. Louis, MO
- December 4 - Kansas City, KS
- December 6 - New Orleans, LA
- December 7 - Houston, TX
- December 8 - Houston, TX
- December 10 - Austin, TX
- December 11 - Dallas, TX
- December 14 - Denver, CO
- December 27 - Los Angeles, CA
- December 28 - San Diego, CA
- December 29 - Tempe, AZ
- December 31 - Daly City, CA
[edit] 1992: Lollapolooza
Among with bands like Ice Cube, Soundgarden, Ministry and more, Pearl Jam and Red Hot Chili Peppers were also both billed on the 1992 Lollapolooza tour.
[edit] July
- July 18 - Mountain View, CA
- July 19 - Mountain View, CA
- July 21 - Vancouver, British Colubmia
- July 22 - Bremerton, WA
- July 25 - Denver, CO
- July 27 - Maryland Heights, MO
- July 28 - Cincinnati, OH
- July 29 - Cleveland, OH
- July 31 - Clarkston, MI
[edit] August
- August 01 - Clarkston, MI
- August 02 - Tinley Park, IL
- August 04 - Saratoga, NY
- August 05 - Barrie, Ontario
- August 07 - Mansfield, MA
- August 08 - Mansfield, MA
- August 09 - Wantaugh, NY
- August 11 - Wantaugh, NY
- August 12 - Stanhope, NJ
- August 14 - Reston, VA
- August 15 - Scranton, PA
- August 16 - Pittsburgh, PA
- August 18 - Raleigh, NC
- August 20 - Atlanta, GA
- August 22 - Miami, FL
- August 23 - Orlando, FL
- August 24 - Orlando, FL
- August 25 - Charlotte, NC
- August 28 - St. Paul, MN
- August 29 - East Troy, WI
[edit] September
- September 01 - Atlanta, GA
- September 04 - New Orleans, LA
- September 05 - Houston, TX
- September 06 - Dallas, TX
- September 08 - Phoenix, AZ
- September 11 - Irvine, CA
- September 12 - Irvine, CA
- September 13 - Irvine, CA
[edit] 2000
The "Peppers" join Pearl Jam for their 2 homecoming shows after the worldwide Binaural Tour.
[edit] 2007
Eddie Vedder solo opens up for the band at the Hullabaloo Festival on May 5, 2007 in Los Angeles, CA. After a short solo set, Flea (bass) and Jack Irons (drums) join Eddie for another set as a full band.
[edit] Dirty Frank
The Pearl Jam song Dirty Frank was heavily influenced by the funky style the Red Hot Chili Peppers are known for.
[edit] Jack Irons & Pearl Jam connection
[edit] 1990
After leaving the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1988, Jack Irons was asked to join Mookie Blaylock, the band that would become Pearl Jam in 1990, when they were first forming and still looking for a singer. Although he didn't join the band at that time because he was committed to his own band, Eleven, he did pass on a cassette of their work to a singer named Eddie Vedder, a local musician in San Diego at the time, with whom Irons had formed a friendship. Vedder joined the band and they recorded their debut album Ten, and Irons had no more to do with the project for the time being.
[edit] 1994
Irons became the official drummer for the band in late 1994 following the departure of Dave Abbruzzese. He drummed on the Pearl Jam/Neil Young collaboration Mirror Ball (1995) and on the subsequent Pearl Jam records No Code (1996) and Yield (1998). He toured with the band up until his semi-retirement in 1998 prior to the US Yield Tour. He brought a unique drumming style to the band, particularly in the way he played his fills and using a trash can lid as a cymbal. He sang the Pearl Jam song "Whale Song" which was on their collection of B-sides entitled Lost Dogs.
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