24 May 2011
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NEW Red Hot Chili Peppers Album is Finished! But no title yet!
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Blackie Dammett (Father of Anthony Kiedis) has posted some new updates about the NEW Red Hot Chili Peppers Album after taking a trip to LA to stay with Anthony Kiedis recently!To summarise, Blackie said that the Album is finished according to Anthony Kiedis and RHCP Album producer Rick Rubin. He also said a title for the new Red Hot Chili Peppers Album hasn't been decided yet.See the list of updates in Blackie's own words below...
Blackie Dammett on his Facebook Page:April 27th“i’ve been at anthony’s in LA for awhile, but i’m back. much i’d like to reveal but can’t yet. tours and all. had fun.”April 28th“no album name yet”“it is done. saw rick rubin and ak say so.”“and all that baloney about the long temporary funny name was all a lie. there was no old friend who created it after an LSD trip . ak said not to believe rumors.”
08 Mar 2011
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Dine with Anthony Kiedis and Flea in support of Silverlake in LA on March 15th!
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This is a one off opportunity to dine with Anthony Kiedis and Flea at the Stella Cafe in LA on March 15th at 6pm! The guys are hosting the dinner to help raise funds for Flea's Music School, The Silverlake Conservatory of Music! Patti Smith will also perform with Lenny Kaye! Entry is $500 per person.
01 Mar 2011
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Anthony Kiedis says RHCP hope to have new album out by late summer!
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Showbiz411.com editor-in-chief, Roger Friedman bumped into Anthony over the weekend. Anthony Kiedis told him that RHCP are currently recording and hope to have the new Red Hot Chili Peppers album out by late summer!
18 Feb 2011
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Anthony Kiedis talks to SPIN about the NEW Red Hot Chili Peppers Album 2011!
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After two years off, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are hard at work on their 10th album, due later this year, and, according to frontman Anthony Kiedis, the time apart has reinvigorated the band.
"I think that during the writing of this record I have been the most open-minded and refreshed than I have been in a long time," Kiedis tells SPIN. "I guess that comes from a much-needed hiatus and becoming a father."
While Kiedis was family focused, bassist Flea studied music theory at USC and played in Atoms for Peace with Radiohead's Thom Yorke, drummer Chad Smith played with all-star rock act Chickenfoot, among others, and, most stunningly, guitarist John Frusciante quit the band in 2008.
"It is always going to change the chemistry and feeling of the music when such a creative force as John Frusciante leaves," Kiedis says. "He was something unique that shaped our sound then, but now I think it's also something fresh and exciting to have a new, incredible musical mind working with us now. We are still the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but we also have to adapt and welcome new opportunities. After all, that is how we've survived all these years."
Josh Klinghoffer, who'd previously toured with RHCP as a backing musician, officially became the group's guitarist last year, following Frusciante's amicable split.
Flea's musical studies, which included him learning the piano, have helped fill the void left by Frusciante, arming the Peppers with "a whole new dynamic," Kiedis says.
"This album has been one of evolution," he adds. "Before, some of our jams were a bit hit-and-miss. On this record, a decent number of songs were actually thought out and planned in a way we had never done before. That is, with Flea's new knowledge of music theory, we explored the writing process with a bit more precision."
Elsewhere, African vibes have also rubbed off on the recordings, thanks to a trip Flea and new bandmate Josh Klinghoffer took to the continent.
"He was reminiscing about one of his legendary acid trips, and told us that he had been playing a sold-out show to the planets and moons, and his number-one hit was, well, that title," Kiedis explains. "We found it so funny that we told him for as long as the album was under the radar, that that would be our nickname for it."
Follow Flea's tweets to keep tabs on the progress of the new album, produced by Rick Rubin, who produced their 1991 breakthrough Blood Sugar Sex Magik, among others.
17 Feb 2011
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Anthony Kiedis interviews Rick Rubin for Interview Magazine! Published February 2011!
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Anthony Kiedis interviews Rick Rubin Red Hot Chili Peppers' frontman Anthony Kiedis Interviews Music Producer Rick Rubin in a new Interview featured in the February 2011 Publication of Interview Magazine! Rubin recently took a break from working with the Red Hot Chili Peppers on the band’s forthcoming record—their first since the 2006 double album Stadium Arcadium—to sit down with the group’s singer, Anthony Kiedis, to discuss the connection between mind, body, and music.
Excerpt from Interview:
ANTHONY KIEDIS: Have you noticed a change in your outlook toward creativity since you have become highly physical?
RICK RUBIN: I’d say probably the biggest change is that I have more energy, and that probably is a good thing. And maybe I’ll think about things from different angles. But I feel like my commitment to creativity has been the one thread in my life, really. All I’ve had is an interest in watching things unfold creatively, I guess. That’s the best way to say it. And I don’t really know how that has changed through this process. [pauses] Hard to say.
26 Jan 2011
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NEW Photo of Anthony Kiedis laying down vocals for the NEW Red Hot Chili Peppers Album!
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Flea treats us to another glimpse inside the Red Hot Chili Peppers Studio, tweeting a picture of Anthony Kiedis laying down vocals for the NEW Red Hot Chili Peppers Album 2011! Brighter version included as the original photo's quite dark.
flea333: "Anthony layin down the vox on our record today. Bringing it"
Over the past two weeks Flea has also tweeted a picture of Josh Klinghoffer playing guitar, a picture of their mixing desk and pictures of himself recording piano for the new Red Hot Chili Peppers Album!
The other pictures tweeted so far... (Click to enlarge)
15 Jan 2011
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NEW Radio Interview with Flea! He talks about RHCP's history, the new album and studying Bach and classical theory! The BEST bit is he plays Bach's Prelude on Piano!
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11 Dec 2010
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Anthony Kiedis says Red Hot Chili Peppers will play in Peru & Colombia!
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Anthony Kiedis has confirmed that the Red Hot Chili Peppers will play in Peru and Colombia at some point during their 2011-2012 tour, due to kick off in Summer 2011! RHCP are already confirmed to play the Rock In Rio Festival in Rio De Janeiro on September 24th! In a recent interview Chad Smith also confirmed that the Red Hot Chili Peppers will play at the Summer Sonic Festival in Japan 2011!
Via Blackie Dammett (Father of Anthony Kiedis) on Facebook: anthony and everly came up and spent a few days celebrating my birthday. we had a great time and bear got to see santa again like last year. for south americans, ak mentioned that among other concerts in the future are peru, columbia and brazil.
22 Nov 2010
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Red Hot Chili Peppers to play Summer Sonic Festival in Japan 2011!
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16 Nov 2010
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Red Hot Chili Peppers to play Rock In Rio September 24th 2011! CONFIRMED!
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15 Oct 2010
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Chad Smith talks about NEW RHCP Album and more in new interview!
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Chad Smith recently spoke again to MusicRadar about the progress of the NEW Red Hot Chili Peppers Album! He says that progress is going well and that they hope to release the new RHCP album by March/Summer 2011. Chad also talks about working with new Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer!
Relevant RHCP related excerpts from the interview:
How are things with the Peppers?
"Things are good. Very good. We've cut a bunch of songs, so we're probably halfway through the record. I think we've tracked about 20 songs already, and there's a few more left to do. Then we'll whittle them down to make the best record. We always cut a lot of songs and see which ones rise and which ones fall - that's just how we like to work. But the new one won't be a double album like Stadium Arcadium, I can tell you that."
Do things feel any different with Josh Klinghoffer? How's he working out?
"Things are a bit different. You know, he's a different guy. But he's doing great. He's got a terrific sound, he's very musical, he's full of idea - we're enjoying working with him. Things are coming along pretty easily, so that's always a good sign. I've been playing with him for over a year now, so it's feeling very natural.
"What I'm really liking about Josh is how multi-talented he is. He plays guitar, bass, piano, drums, he sings…We've been very fortunate to have him come into our fold and help inspire us to try some new things."
Is his guitar sound radically different from John Frusciante's?
"I wouldn't say it's radically different. Josh is just Josh. He has his own thing, and that's why we love him. The sounds he comes up with are very pleasing to my ears, and I'm pretty sure they will be to everybody else once they hear him on this record."
If the Chili Peppers have dates booked for next summer, I would assume that you'd want the album out by then.
"That would be nice. We probably have three to four more weeks left for cutting basic tracks. Then we'll start doing overdubs - guitars, vocals, all the other things that go on a record. After that, there might be a couple of things to do in January. Or we could start mixing - and as you know, that can take some time. I'm just projecting and guessing, but I would say we'd like to try to deliver the album in March. We're definitely hoping to have it out by next summer. It's been a long time in coming."
13 Oct 2010
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Red Hot Chili Peppers Book Signing in LA on November 4th 2010!
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Order Red Hot Chili Peppers - An Oral/Visual History on Amazon now and get a huge discount! An Oral/Visual History will be released in the USA on October 19th and some people have already received their book in the UK!
15 Sep 2010
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Anthony Kiedis talks about NEW Red Hot Chili Peppers Album & John Frusciante's Departure!
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Anthony Kiedis talks about recording new Red Hot Chili Peppers material and John Frusciante's Departure during an interview at the Surfrider's Celebrity Expression Session on September 11th 2010!
24 Jul 2010
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Anthony Kiedis in Russian Esquire Magazine July 2010
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Anthony Kiedis Article featured in July 2010 edition of Russian Esquire Magazine! Scans and translated transcript below. (Many thanks to PceBdoNim for scanning and translating the article!)
24 Apr 2010
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Show your support for the publication of Blackie Dammett's Autobiography! (Father of Anthony Kiedis)
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Show your support for Blackie Dammett's Autobiography in order to help him get a publisher for his long awaited Autobiography (Blackie Dammett is the father of Anthony Kiedis!) The more interest he can generate on his Facebook page, the better, as this shows potential publishers that there is demand for the book to be published!
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Blackie Dammett (Father of Anthony Kiedis) has posted some new updates about the NEW Red Hot Chili Peppers Album after taking a trip to LA to stay with Anthony Kiedis recently!To summarise, Blackie said that the Album is finished according to Anthony Kiedis and RHCP Album producer Rick Rubin. He also said a title for the new Red Hot Chili Peppers Album hasn't been decided yet.See the list of updates in Blackie's own words below...
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