[QUOTE=Flea is Godly]Flea didn't start playing bass until he was 17! and he is asome. I can't belive he just picked up a bass and just started playing it.[/QUOTE]

It's not like he was completely new to music though, he'd been playing trumpet for a long time before he touched a bass (people were saying that he was a borderline trumpet virtusoso), that and he grew up surround by musicians (father/step-father, i forget which, played upright bass in a jazz band)

[QUOTE=BlackHole]It's not like he was completely new to music though, he'd been playing trumpet for a long time before he touched a bass (people were saying that he was a borderline trumpet virtusoso), that and he grew up surround by musicians (father/step-father, i forget which, played upright bass in a jazz band)[/QUOTE]

it was his step-father. when his parents divorced, they moved to new york and his mom got married, and his new dad was a big jazz musician and played a lot of shows and let flea come along. so then flea started playing trumpet.

Great band.

They are one of the ones some of my friends go "YOU LIKE THEM?" when I tell them I do because a lot of my friends think I am all about Death and black metal.

rhcp aren't anything like metal though, but i guess you could still like them. The only people who don't like the red hot chili peppers are people who haven't really heard songs outside their hits or just someone who just likes metal or somthing and dislikes all other kind of music. The thing that makes them so great is that they have lots of great songs outside of their greatest hits.

[QUOTE=Flea is Godly]The only people who don't like the red hot chili peppers are people who haven't really heard songs outside their hits or just someone who just likes metal or somthing and dislikes all other kind of music.[/QUOTE]

very naive statement there... how about people who have heard lots of their stuff and just don't like them? there's definitely plenty of those people, like there are for every band.

[QUOTE=7killer7]very naive statement there... how about people who have heard lots of their stuff and just don't like them? there's definitely plenty of those people, like there are for every band.[/QUOTE]

Truth.

So, what's everyone's favorite songs?

"Can't Stop", "Blood Sugar Sex Magik", "Fight Like A Brave", their cover of "Fire", and "Suck My Kiss".

This Velvet Glove
Under The Bridge
Can't Stop
The Zephyr Songs
Californication
Universally Speaking
Around The World

^^

[QUOTE=7killer7]very naive statement there... how about people who have heard lots of their stuff and just don't like them? there's definitely plenty of those people, like there are for every band.[/QUOTE]

I'm saying that most people who has heard lots of thier stuff like them, so if you heard lots of the their stuff you'll like them better then if you heard just the hits like californiocation and under the brindge

I like

Under The Bridge
Rollercoaster
Get On Top
The Power Of Equality
My Friends
Suck My Kiss
Higher Ground
Parallel Universe
By The Way

I could go on for days.

So... who's everyone's favorite Chili Pepper guitarist?

Frusciante. I can barely listen to them without him. However, Hillel was pretty good, I must admit.

Also, Dave Navarro is a talented guitarist, but his sound doesn't really fit in with the Chilis.

[QUOTE=Canadian_Guy]Frusciante. I can barely listen to them without him. However, Hillel was pretty good, I must admit.

Also, Dave Navarro is a talented guitarist, but his sound doesn't really fit in with the Chilis.[/QUOTE]
I agree, Frusciante is my favorite, but I like pretty much all their stuff.

[QUOTE=stonecoldbush]So... who's everyone's favorite Chili Pepper guitarist?[/QUOTE]
I don't have a favorite, as weird as that sounds. I've respected all of their guitarists. Hillel, Frusciante, Navarro, Flea, they're all excellent at their craft.
They make the sounds people love. I pretty much like everything from the Peppers so there's no point in choosing my favorite..
It'd be a hard choice to make for me.

frusciante would have to be my favorite guitarist. flea is an awesome trumpet player as well as a bassist. i was fortunate enough to hear a song off of their new album called 21st century and it was brilliant. the red hot chili peppers are excellant at their instruments and a very good band

frusciante is my favorite guitarist ever
i have heard "21st century" and "ready made" off the new album and it sounds like they are going a bit more old school :thumb:

^^
it does seem like they are going back to their earlier style. which i enjoy much more than their stuff now.

indeed
i am so excited for the new album!

[QUOTE=azwethinkweiz528]frusciante is my favorite guitarist ever
i have heard "21st century" and "ready made" off the new album and it sounds like they are going a bit more old school :thumb:[/QUOTE]
how did you hear a new track from the new album and do you know anything else?

I love the new one. Its so soothing and relaxing. And just so beautiful.

im guessing he heard a song off the new album at a concert. thats how i heard em at least

the new album should be great!!!!!!

I mean By THe Way

By the Way was a good album, but I liked Blood Sugar Sex Magik more.
I mean, the title is so awesome, and the title song is good too.
..ok, bad reasons for liking it. I've preferred their older stuff anyway. I guess I liked their stuff before they sobered up.

Blood Sugar was their best then probly californiacation

They're good musicians and make good music but I've never been a big fan.

I've never liked them; I think their sound is a little annoying.

The Chilis is a very good band. I love most of their music, except for the stuff they did with Navarro.. I cant stand that guy.. Too ghey and ugly, IMO.. He didnt fit in.
Favorite songs:
Dont Forget Me
Under The Bridge
Brandy (cover)
Californication

[REQUEST]

Can anyone send me Californication and The Other Side by RHCP?

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are great. When By The Way came out I just listened to it over and over again. They are all such talented musicians and work so well together. Something that I really love about By The Way is the Magnificent vocal harmonising, Many a time when I'm singing along I'll sing the Harmony instead of the lead.