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They are many genres molded into one. You say RHCP are funk, others will say they're alt. rock. Some will say funk rock. Some will go as far as funk metal. Others will classify them as pop.
They are influenced by jazz and funk. Influence only, they are not funk in itself. They are the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and if you were to throw them into one major genre, it would most definately be rock.
Yes, they have the funky tracks, and they have the rock tracks, and they have the pop tracks and whatnot...but let's think about all the other bands that would be labelled "funk" by the style used by the bassist, as you've mentioned, Flea:
-Audioslave
-Primus
-Korn, so help me God
-Rage Against the Machine
-Les Claypool's Frog Brigade
I wouldn't list a single one of them as pure funk, just as I wouldn't dare to throw the Chilis into that genre.
I'll stick with rock.
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