The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Documentary on Netflix
A little over an hour and a half. I thought it was pretty interesting and coming from virtually nothing, they made it big.
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March 26, 2026, 01:30 PM
smschulz
Watched it and found it interesting, always like history/documentary stuff on bands. Sad, typical with expected results of certain behavior.
March 26, 2026, 02:49 PM
LS1 GTO
Well, they had to give it away now.
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March 26, 2026, 03:27 PM
ibanda
I went to a college house party in Colorado when I was a senior in high school and hearing the Chili Peppers for the 1st time. The party was fun, the music was better, it made me want to get out of high school pronto.
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March 27, 2026, 10:56 AM
Prefontaine
So many artists with heroin addiction. Hillel’s replacement, John Frusciante, and amazing guitarist in his own right, got addicted to it just like Hillel.
My favorite “band” since I have been on the planet. From 2000-2020, incredible at 40 years old to mid 60’s, they kept coming out with incredible tracks. IMO, never sold out either. Their music quality has been consistent throughout. Each member, an almost genius at their instrument.
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March 27, 2026, 06:15 PM
Roady toady
Im dang near 71 years and love the Chili Peppers and im not really sure why! Wife looks at me like i'm crazy. She should know.
March 28, 2026, 06:45 PM
lyman
guess I will be the one to say they started out great, but then released Under the Bridge and that song was horrible, and yet made them famous and make more songs like it,
Sorry to be the outlier, I just simply can't stand this band at all, I will quickly switch radio stations if I hear their stuff. IMO, really horrid music to my own ears. Just horrid.
It doesn't swing, the music seemingly takes the worst of punk/hard rock and funk. The lead singer- nevermind his idiotic behavior- I can't tolerate his voice quality, his timbre, his tone, his phrasing, and especially his lyrics. In the words of Robert Plant, they are "nursery rhyme" music. Ugh. And I can barely tolerate Flea. His bass playing is technically proficient, but no matter how much he slaps those strings, for me just does not add up to great music.
Give me Les Claypool and Primus very day, twice on Sundays. Please.
I remember as a college DJ, 1984 was a watershed year for great indie albums- Husker Du Zen Arcade, The Replacements Let It Be, REM Reckoning, The Minutemen Double Dimes On The Nickel, etc. etc. and the first RHCP album rears its ugly head in the record bin... nobody at my station liked it. None of the musicians I hung with at the time liked it, for us, it was just pedestrian Los Angeles crap, not nearly as good as X, Black Flag, The Minutemen, all from L.A. I never played their songs, the album barely got any airplay at our station. And through the years, their music got worse…
Even though I'm not a big fan of hard rock/funk, I'll take Mike Patton any day over Anthony Kiedis. At least Patton has some brains, and IMO, Mr. Bungle blows away RHCP.
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March 30, 2026, 01:10 PM
PKFan
quote:
Originally posted by oddball: ^^^^^^^
I'll go even further, I'll be "that guy".
Sorry to be the outlier, I just simply can't stand this band at all, I will quickly switch radio stations if I hear their stuff. IMO, really horrid music to my own ears. Just horrid.
It doesn't swing, the music seemingly takes the worst of punk/hard rock and funk. The lead singer- nevermind his idiotic behavior- I can't tolerate his voice quality, his timbre, his tone, his phrasing, and especially his lyrics. In the words of Robert Plant, they are "nursery rhyme" music. Ugh. And I can barely tolerate Flea. His bass playing is technically proficient, but no matter how much he slaps those strings, for me just does not add up to great music.
Give me Les Claypool and Primus very day, twice on Sundays. Please.
I remember as a college DJ, 1984 was a watershed year for great indie albums- Husker Du Zen Arcade, The Replacements Let It Be, REM Reckoning, The Minutemen Double Dimes On The Nickel, etc. etc. and the first RHCP album rears its ugly head in the record bin... nobody at my station liked it. None of the musicians I hung with at the time liked it, for us, it was just pedestrian Los Angeles crap, not nearly as good as X, Black Flag, The Minutemen, all from L.A. I never played their songs, the album barely got any airplay at our station. And through the years, their music got worse…
Even though I'm not a big fan of hard rock/funk, I'll take Mike Patton any day over Anthony Kiedis. At least Patton has some brains, and IMO, Mr. Bungle blows away RHCP.
While I only liked their first album and "Uplift Mofo Party Plan" (the second with George Clinton producing did nothing for me), I don't feel like they've aged very well. And I totally agree with you on the other offerings in that time period, especially "Double Nickels on the Dime", which is perhaps my favorite punk album.
March 30, 2026, 10:02 PM
lyman
got to see Minute Men live , opened for REM, fantastic show, and not to much longer after that, Minute Men suffered a loss due to the auto accident,
I certainly liked quite a bit of the music by the RHCPs. Like this one. I fear it.
The documentary focused a lot on Hillel Slovac. I know almost nothing about the early days of the Chili Peppers, to the extent that I had never heard of him.
After his death, they talked with and about John Frusciante, who is the first guitarist I knew of, but surprisingly, nothing about Chad Smith.
Slane Castle in in the NE part of the Republic, not too far south of the Northern Ireland border.
Edited to change “some” to “quite a bit” because I started watching the Slane Castle recording, and realized that I liked a lot of what they made in the era.This message has been edited. Last edited by: TMats,
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March 31, 2026, 10:22 AM
TMats
I like this one a lot too, also from the Slane Castle concert (which is available on YT).
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April 01, 2026, 06:49 AM
sourdough44
A little bit outside my wheelhouse as a band, but I did watch it.
Yes, tragic with the overdose of the one, some others likely not far behind.
April 02, 2026, 07:58 AM
Graniteguy
They might have the most movie cameo appearances of any rock band. (as non-band actors)
Wife looks at me like i'm crazy. She should know.