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In the case of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, they were right on the nose ... And it’s a sentiment shared by Flea who despite all of his stellar work, regards their 1991 album as their finest hour. “To me ...

And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers.” I can’t find the exact origin of that quote, but Cave apparently said it sometime around 2004, when he’d already achieved full elder ...

Erica Ehm was interviewing Anthony and his Red Hot Chili Pepper's bandmate Flea on Canadian television station MuchMusic back in October 1991, when the singer made an unwanted advance. As Erica ...

Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis wrote a 'heartfelt' letter apologizing to his ex-girlfriend after leaving her to terminate his baby at a Beverly Hills abortion clinic alone back in ...

However, cracks began to show among the Red Hot Chili Peppers after the band’s fifth album, 1991’s Blood Sugar Sex Magik, catapulted them to international rock star status. In addition to ...

The key to being a great band or a great musician is to be able to relax enough so you can be aware of what’s going on around you and it can flow through you, and you can pick up all the energy,” Flea ...

At age 16, Ione Skye began dating Red Hot Chili Peppers front man Anthony Kiedis, who was 24 and fresh out of rehab. The chemistry was immediate, as they were "instantly full-blown, instantly ...

Ione Skye, in her new memoir Say Everything, claims Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis got her pregnant when she was 17 and they decided to terminate the pregnancy. Skye, now 54 ...