When most people think of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, they think of the Californication era. They think of melodic bass lines, soaring choruses about the universe and Emily Dickinson, and Anthony Kiedis singing about his “ding ding dong.” They think of the polished, alt-rock juggernauts of the late ‘90s and 2000s.
That’s a shame, because those old songs aren’t just "demo-quality" relics. They are the DNA of the band. Without the reckless, thrashing, bass-slapping chaos of Freaky Styley , there is no "Can’t Stop." Without Hillel Slovak’s fiery solos, there is no "Scar Tissue." red hot chili peppers old songs
The old Red Hot Chili Peppers were a band that looked like they might literally explode on stage. They were weird, they were horny, they were politically messy, and they played faster than humanly possible. When most people think of the Red Hot