Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk rock and psychedelic rock. Live, they incorporate many aspects of jam rock due to the improvised nature of much of their performances. Currently, the band consists of founding members Anthony Kiedis (vocals) and Michael "Flea" Balzary (bass), longtime drummer Chad Smith, and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, who joined in late 2009, following the departure of John Frusciante.

Besides Kiedis and Flea, the original lineup's completed drummer Jack Irons and guitarist Hillel Slovak. In the recordings of the first records were several lineup changes, and The Uplift Mofo only Party Plan (1987) agreed the four founding members in the study. In 1988, guitarist Hillel Slovak died of a heroin overdose, resulting in the departure of Irons. After the arrival in 1989 of Chad Smith and John Frusciante as substitutes Irons and Slovak, this training would record the album Mother's Milk (1989), Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991), Californication (1999), By The Way (2002), Stadium Arcadium (2006).
While the Red Hot Chili Peppers were on tour in Japan in 1992, Frusciante left the band, and would not return until 1998. Dave Navarro became his substitute during that period, and he released the album One Hot Minute (1995). Blood Sugar Sex Magik was the leap to the international success of the group, with a clear reference to the stylistic fusion that characterized the '90s.