I saw the Uplift Mofo tour at La Luna back w/Hillel. It was completely oversold and overflowing. The whole venue floor was such a violent seething mass, it was impossible not to be knocked down regularly. Flea wore a bondage mask and diaper... fun times I saw them in Milan on the Blood Sugar tour as well. The Italians were completely out of sorts hosting a big American rock show... they just didn't know how they were supposed to act so everyone was looking over their shoulders checking everyone else out hoping to catch a clue. Maybe halfway through the show I walked/bounced uncontested right up front to a Crosstown Traffic cover where I unwittingly got into the only fistfight I ever won. A guy was attempting to crowdsurf like he'd probably seen in videos. His buddies kept launching him from behind unsuspecting concert goers who'd catch his hip (or whatever) in the back of the head. I'd seen this happening around me and when I saw them lining up just behind, I sidestepped him to avoid a foot in the face... but the guy next to me socked him probably over the idiot factor. Dude pops off the ground and comes after me. I'm like the guy Artest wrongly went after in the Detroit melee... he's hitting me repeatedly and addressing me in some of the few Italian words I know as I'm retreating and shaking off my music fan euphoria. I finally got mad and hit back landing a flush blow that felt like it went through his nose. There was such a bloody mess his two buddies just gathered him up and left without giving me a thought. Anyhoo, great band... I loved their early stuff with George best of all STOMP
LOL! "Is that Will Farrell?" Everybody says that. And the "No habla Engles" part was funny also. 07 Coachella? Their into was sick. One of the few times i've seen John use the whammy pedal. [video=youtube;4j_jBrs_QNw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j_jBrs_QNw[/video] Bad quality, but sick intro. Wow. I remember wishing that I could see them back in the day. Like at Rock Palast in Germany in 85. Their shows were the absolute best back then, man. You are so fucking lucky. Sounds like you had an experience you won't be forgetting any time soon. LOL. Wow. Great stuff. Was John in the BSSM show? Or was it in later 92 after he left? If you saw a BSSM with Frusciante you are seriously a lucky man. I also would have given anything for that. Definitely agree. George Clinton and the Peppers made amazing music, and I probably like those albums best. I really loved their early stuff, particularly with Hillel (even though I believe the 1st CD was not with Hillel), but i'm very fond of John as a guitar player. I miss their old stuff, I wish their was a band like the Old Chili Peppers out now.
1. I have broken 37 bones in my body 2. I have a bad case of arthritis because of #1 at age 44 3. I played college basketball and college hockey, but only once in the same year 4. I don't like the volume of my tv or radio to ever be on an odd number, but I always wore number 11 in sports 5. I dated Deborah Foreman (she was the main chick in Valley Girl) for 2 months. 6. I went on 1 date with Phoebe Cates and got a kiss on my cheek for my trouble. 7. I have been to Gene Simmons house for dinner. I met his "wife" at the Playboy club in Vegas. 8. I have been to the Playboy Mansion once. (BEST THING EVER BY THE WAY) Scott Baio was there LOL 9. I almost got the shit beat out of me after an open mike night at a comedy club. The owner asked me to come back the next week, but I never did 10. Recieved a "happy ending" after my first massage. I didn't know any better, so when I asked for one after my second massage I was thrown out. 11. I do not like any beer....God knows I have tried
actually 2003.... it was awesome...hot day all day, they went on at like midnight in the middle of the desert....it was so clear outside and the light effects were amazing. it was wild.
GOD THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL!!! MY only problem with them playing some of their live stuff recently like towards the Coachella part, was them having Josh Klinghoffer on the stage, I love Josh, and what he has helped with with John's solo stuff, but he isnt a Chili. I would look on the stage and there were 5 dudes up there, and I was like WTF! I just felt like I wasnt watching someone else. The times I have seen the Chili's was the Californication tour (at the Portland show filemed on half of "off the map" I was 15!!! hell yeah!) Then I saw them at the MC and thats when I was only about 10 feet from the stage, dead center by Anthony. I then saw them in Vegas at their 100 year bash thing. Then for the Tour opener for Stadium Arcadium and was only like 20 feet away but was in the seats on Flea's side. Its so crazy how this band never gets old to me.. they have something for pretty much every musical mood possible with their versatility. Oh and I already explained to the wife, that if the Chili's ever have a final tour, like a farewell one, WHEREVER their last show is I dont care, we will be attending, even if it depletes savings, I WILL be there, to bid them adieu. Hopefully that wont be for a long time though.
Oh plus I forgot to mention, how the F is their music and chemistry possible!?!? Their story is nothing short of amazing. And to think they are making all this music, while basically being a joke band starting out, or an accident band. Man you guys are getting me all obsessed again.
I agree. Its crazy how they went from Hillel to John without missing a beat. But those are their 2 guitarists, always will be. Its not the same to me if one of the two isn't on with 'em. And yeah, I bought and read AKs biography "Scar Tissue", it was an amazing read. I actually learned a lot about Anthony. BTW, this is probably my favorite live improv they have ever done. [video=youtube;OYhdkOne8KI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYhdkOne8KI[/video] and then that one jam after the dani california solo in 06. That was gorgeous. Then their shit on Jools Holland, wow. The improvised Dani California solo on that was sooooo amazing, imo. I used to play guitar like 10 hours a day, and I remember going through youtube and finding all the frusciante stuff that he improvised and learning it by ear. Good times. I mainly went after his old stuff from the late 80s - early 90s. [video=youtube;UD-Mkn0AzAU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD-Mkn0AzAU[/video] Old shit like that was soo rad. So simple, yet so fun to play and sounds really nice. That was my favorite era of the rhcp and definitely of John's playing. His early days in the band after Hilled OD'd and before John quit.
