Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has added another credit to his surprisingly hefty list of acting roles, popping up in the first two episodes of the new Star Wars series, Obi-Wan Kenobi. The show arrived early on Disney+ Thursday night, May 27, so for those who haven’t had a …
Read More »Red Hot Chili Peppers Get Chased by Cops in 'These Are the Ways' Video
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are kicking off the release of new albumUnlimited Lovewith a music video for “These Are the Ways,” the latest single from the record that dropped at the same time as the visual. The action-packed video, directed by Malia James, finds frontman Anthony Kiedis leading cops …
Read More »The Red Hot Chili Peppers Return to Their Californicating Glory With 'Unlimited Love'
When we think of the Red Hot Chili Peppers at their best — making rock that was both breezily Californian and exceedingly funky — guitarist John Frusciante has always been the heartbeat of that sound. Of course, Frusciante’s experience with the band has been tempestuous. He’s quit twice, most recently …
Read More »Red Hot Chili Peppers Lick Their Wounds on Moody New Song 'Not the One'
The Red Hot Chili Peppers get melancholy on “Not the One,” a new song from their upcoming, Rick Rubin–produced album, Unlimited Love. The album, due April 1, will be the first to feature guitarist John Frusciante since 2006’s Stadium Arcadium. Over mellow, shimmery chords, Anthony Kiedis sings about his struggle …
Read More »Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Kiss Lead 2022 Louder Than Life Fest
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot, and Kiss will serve as headliners at the 2022 Louder Than Life festival, returning to Louisville, Kentucky, on Sept. 22 to 25. Lamb of God, Tenacious D, Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Evanescence, Alice in Chains, Ministry, Incubus, and Mammoth WVH are also …
Read More »Red Hot Chili Peppers Go Full 'We Didn't Start the Fire' on New Song 'Poster Child'
The Red Hot Chili Peppers go full “We Didn’t Start the Fire” on their new song, “Poster Child,” from their upcoming album, Unlimited Love, out April 1 via Warner Records. The track boasts some classic Chili Peppers instrumentals, with returning guitarist John Frusciante’s funk riffs flitting over Flea and Chad …
Read More »Red Hot Chili Peppers Release First Song With John Frusciante in 16 Years
Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced their 12th studio album, Unlimited Love. The follow-up to 2016’s The Getaway marks the band’s first new album with guitarist John Frusciante since 2006’s Stadium Arcadium. It’s also their first with longtime producer Rick Rubin since 2011. Unlimited Love arrives April 1. “Our only …
Read More »A Warrior for the Heart: The Gigantic Music Legacy of Greg Tate
“Hip-hop is ancestor worship,” Greg Tate wrote in The Village Voice in the fall of 1988. He always chronicled music with that fiercely worshipful spirit of sacred ritual. Reading Tate was a revelation, then or now, because he was a writer who celebrated all kinds of music, from every era …
Read More »Was There Anything Good About Woodstock '99?
Twenty years later, the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast takes an in-depth look back at Woodstock ’99, from the fires and looting to the actual music. Rob Sheffield and Brian Hiatt, who were both there, trade reminiscences on our new episode, from the injury-laden mosh pits of Korn and Limp …
Read More »See Red Hot Chili Peppers Cover Radiohead's 'Pyramid Song' at Egypt Gig
Red Hot Chili Peppers covered Radiohead‘s “Pyramid Song” while performing in front of the Giza pyramids during the band’s live-streamed Egypt concert Friday. Guitarist Josh Klinghoffer delivered a solo piano rendition of the Amnesiac track, seen at the 1:58:00-mark of the above video, to kick off the Chili Peppers’ encore; …
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