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Few
rock groups of the '80s broke down as many musical barriers
and were as original as the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Creating
an intoxicating new musical style by combining funk
and punk rock together (with an explosive stage show,
to boot), the Chili Peppers spawned a slew of imitators
in their wake, but still managed to be the leaders of
the pack by the dawn of the 21st century.
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The
roots of the band lay in a friendship forged by three
school
chums, Anthony Kiedis, Michael Balzary, and Hillel Slovak,
while they attended Fairfax High School in California
back in the late '70s/early '80s. While Balzary and
Slovak showed great musical promise (on trumpet and
guitar, respectively), Kiedis focused on poetry and
acting during his high school career. During this time,
Slovak taught Balzary how to play bass, while the duo
encouraged Kiedis to start putting his poetry to music,
which he soon did. Influenced heavily by the burgeoning
L.A. punk scene (the Germs, Black Flag, Fear, Minutemen,
X, etc.) as well as funk (Parliament-Funkadelic, Sly
& the Family Stone, etc.), the trio began to rehearse
with another friend, drummer Jack Irons, leading to
the formation of Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic
Masters of Mayhem, a group that played strip bars along
the sunset strip during the early '80s. It
was during this time that the quartet honed their sound
and live act (as they stumbled across a stage gimmick
that would soon become their trademark -- performing
on stage completely naked, except for a tube sock covering
a certain part of their anatomy). By 1983, Balzary had
begun to go by the name "Flea," and the group
changed their name to the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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Greatest
Hits attempts to sum up the history of the Red Hot
Chili Peppers, but its focus is firmly in the second
half of their career. Early on, in the late 1980s,
the Chili Peppers were an LA band who played a unique
fusion of punk and funk--four guys, united by a love
of partying and playing music. But they had a problem:
although they were developing an underground following,
nobody was buying their albums. Their first three
albums failed to set the charts on fire, though they
finally had a bit of a breakthrough with 1989's Mother's
Milk. It wasn't enough--their label, EMI, dropped
them.
EMI's A&R department must be kicking themselves
now because the Red Hot Chili Peppers have since gone
on to become one of the most popular bands in the
world. Their next album. Blood Sugar Sex Magik, was
a massive, worldwide hit, containing such huge singles
as "Give It Away" and "Under the Bridge".
It's follow-up One Hot Minute was frankly a bit poor,
but it hardly stalled their upward trajectory. These
funky punks had matured and they found a whole new
audience on albums such as Californication and By
the Way. On them, there's the perfect marriage of
playful innuendo, blistering musicianship (Flea is--quite
rightly--considered one of the finest bassists in
rock) and thoughtful songwriting. Greatest Hits focuses
on these later years of the Chili Peppers' career
(only the Stevie Wonder cover "Higher Ground"
predates Blood Sugar…). It may not please all
of their fans, but it's certainly a great starting
point for the casual listener.
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All
sixteen songs from the album that confirmed the Chilis'
reputation as one of the greatest rock bands in the
world. Accurate guitar transcriptions in tablature and
notation.
Contents
/ Song list
BY THE WAY
UNIVERSALLY SPEAKING
THIS IS THE PLACE
DOSED
DON'T FORGET ME
THE ZEPHYR SONG
CAN'T STOP
I COULD DIE FOR YOU
MIDNIGHT
THROW AWAY YOUR TELEVISION
CABRON
TEAR
ON MERCURY
MINOR THING
WARM TAPE
VENICE QUEEN
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