Red Hot Chili Peppers appreciation thread

[Mullen4Prez]

 

[bedouin fire]

great musicians, great performers, non interesting music

 

[Numb1075]

You betcha. They have been a strong band for a real long time and are never mentioned in the same conversation with other "quality" bands who have stood the test of time....U2, REM etc

They still make great records. BIG

 

[RademR]

Flea is one of the great bass players I've ever heard.

Great band, one of my favorites, they have had a few "misses" during their careers which is why they aren't given the total respect (greatest lists), but when John Fruciante is around, they are always on their game.

 

[BAW]

 

[trojanchick99]

Flea is one of the great bass players I've ever heard.

He also plays a mean trumpet.

I love the Chili Peppers. Amazing lyrics, constantly changing and challenging themselves, I hope they release another album soon.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Frusciante is a great guitarist

and they've got some fantastic songs

 

[RademR]

"Could Have Lied" is probably in my top 10 favorite songs of all time.

 

[Zoots]

RHCP is one band who I like for the amazing bass lines and Kiedis's vocals. But their lyrics are so bad. Of course there's exceptions like Under The Bridge, Californication or Otherside. But Suck My Kiss???

 

[uwwedoogie]

as the man who gave you your only chili's albums... i'll also say they rock :rock:

 

[Jack In The Box]

Flea is great, only thing I like from Chili Peppers actually

 

[U2DMfan]

Frusciante is ludicrously good. Better than just about any other mainstream rock guitar player.

And Flea, well it goes without saying, unreal.

Chad Smith, average, Anthony Keidis, average voice, odd lyrics.

By The Way is one of the best pure rock records I've heard in many years.

I even thought One Hot Minute was a good record, as I think Dave Navarro is excellent too, maybe a notch below Frusciante.

 

[Se7en]

i'm not a huge fan of their early stuff, but bloodsugarsexmagik, californication, and by the way are excellent.

navarro and frusciante are completely different players, equally talented.

 

[IWasBored]

frusciante kicks ass. flea's cool.

'by the way' is a great album.

"easily" still wins out as my favorite chili peppers song, though. overall i really couldn't care less about californication as an album.

i haven't listened to bloodsugarsexmagik in ages.

and really don't care about the other stuff.

 

[u2popmofo]

'by the way' is a great album.

The one and only thing of theirs I own. Yes, it's great.

 

[Saracene]

I really like "Californication" and "By the Way". Not too keen on their earlier stuff though; "BloodSugarSexMagic" has some fantastic songs but oh so much filler. They're a lot of fun live, too, although Anthony Kiedis' vocals are soooo flat in concert he just only makes up for it with energy and charisma.

 

[jkid]

John Frusciante was one of the guitarist who inspired me to pick up the guitar so, I kind of have a connection with them.

I also saw them live, it was one of the best concert I have been to. I know they have make some mistakes in concert (as does U2) but, I still love them and consider them one of my favorite bands (after U2, of course
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