Crazy seeing them before the stadium tours, just two sweaty dudes grinding it out in some tiny basement
snowbunbail on
The start of something legendary right here. What a time.
numericalusername on
When he was the same age as the girls he dates
Biscocino on
I wonder if they were able to imagine even 10% of the success they would get, even within a year from that picture.
Tall_Spirit_06 on
RHCP were probably the first “rap-rock band” the more I think about it.
There were rock-rap fusion songs that existed pre-RHCP Out in LA demo/self titled debut (1983/84):
The Clash – The Magnificent Seven (1980)
Blondie – Rapture (1981)
Run-DMC and Eddie Martinez – Rock Box (inspired by the band Riot) (1983)
But the Peppers were most likely the first full time rock act to have rap as part of their core sound.
In 1984:
Faith No More were doing Killing Joke-worship new wave
Beastie Boys were starting to transition into rap, but mostly as a joke, and well before Licensed to Ill.
RHCP (early shit 83-89), Beastie Boys, FNM, Anthrax (I’m the Man), Mordred (first metal band with a DJ), Urban Dance Squad, Body Count, RATM, Biohazard, and the Judgment Night soundtrack should be considered proto nu metal in that order (1983-1993).
joneas212 on
Flea already killing it at 60 years old … amazing
Constant-Peace660 on
🤮🤮
hamfist_ofthenorth on
John Frusciante is an *artist*.
Flea is an *icon*.
Chad Smith is a *solid drummer that does his job well*.
#Tony Kiedis is a fucking tool.
But you don’t have to take *my* word for it! *Ba-da—BOOP* (reading rainbow sound)
I read his autobiography a decade ago. The first couple chapters are actually interesting but it takes a serious nosedive real quick once they become hyper-successful, and he expects the reader to feel bad for him because of all the fucked up decisions he chose to make in his life.
This is mainly a pendulum that swings from drugs and teenage girls, to stints in various million-dollar luxury rehabs around the world, only to swing right back to teenage girls and drugs. Back and forth. Teenage girls. Sobriety. Teenage girls again. Sobriety. Then he talks about falling in love again, guess what, she’s a teenager.
It’s fucking exhausting, this guy.
nomamesgueyz on
Over 40 years they’ve been rockin it
Far out
Time for a new book? He’s lived an interesting life
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Crazy seeing them before the stadium tours, just two sweaty dudes grinding it out in some tiny basement
The start of something legendary right here. What a time.
When he was the same age as the girls he dates
I wonder if they were able to imagine even 10% of the success they would get, even within a year from that picture.
RHCP were probably the first “rap-rock band” the more I think about it.
There were rock-rap fusion songs that existed pre-RHCP Out in LA demo/self titled debut (1983/84):
The Clash – The Magnificent Seven (1980)
Blondie – Rapture (1981)
Run-DMC and Eddie Martinez – Rock Box (inspired by the band Riot) (1983)
But the Peppers were most likely the first full time rock act to have rap as part of their core sound.
In 1984:
Faith No More were doing Killing Joke-worship new wave
Beastie Boys were starting to transition into rap, but mostly as a joke, and well before Licensed to Ill.
RHCP (early shit 83-89), Beastie Boys, FNM, Anthrax (I’m the Man), Mordred (first metal band with a DJ), Urban Dance Squad, Body Count, RATM, Biohazard, and the Judgment Night soundtrack should be considered proto nu metal in that order (1983-1993).
Flea already killing it at 60 years old … amazing
🤮🤮
John Frusciante is an *artist*.
Flea is an *icon*.
Chad Smith is a *solid drummer that does his job well*.
#Tony Kiedis is a fucking tool.
But you don’t have to take *my* word for it! *Ba-da—BOOP* (reading rainbow sound)
I read his autobiography a decade ago. The first couple chapters are actually interesting but it takes a serious nosedive real quick once they become hyper-successful, and he expects the reader to feel bad for him because of all the fucked up decisions he chose to make in his life.
This is mainly a pendulum that swings from drugs and teenage girls, to stints in various million-dollar luxury rehabs around the world, only to swing right back to teenage girls and drugs. Back and forth. Teenage girls. Sobriety. Teenage girls again. Sobriety. Then he talks about falling in love again, guess what, she’s a teenager.
It’s fucking exhausting, this guy.
Over 40 years they’ve been rockin it
Far out
Time for a new book? He’s lived an interesting life