It won 5 Grammys. And then, exhausted, Frusciante quit again. The search for footing.
What’s your favorite era of the Peppers? Drop it in the comments. the red hot chili peppers discography
Few bands in rock history have a career arc as bizarre, tragic, and triumphant as the Red Hot Chili Peppers. In the span of four decades, they’ve morphed from L.A. punk-funk weirdos wearing only tube socks to global stadium rock gods. It won 5 Grammys
If the Peppers had stopped here, they’d be a footnote in 80s funk-punk history. But they hired a 19-year-old guitar nerd named John Frusciante. What’s your favorite era of the Peppers
A 28-song, double-album monster. It was excessive, indulgent, and glorious. Dani California tells the story of a girl from all their previous songs. Snow (Hey Oh) features Frusciante’s impossibly delicate picking. Wet Sand contains one of the greatest guitar solos of the 2000s.
But the chemistry was wrong. Kiedis relapsed during this era. The band doesn’t play these songs live anymore. It’s not a bad album—it’s just the sound of a family fighting in a burning house. The resurrection.