Red Hot Chili Peppers

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The Red Hot Chili Peppers is a rock band.

Members[edit]

  • Anthony Kiedis (vocals)
  • Flea (bass)
  • John Frusciante (guitar)
  • Chad Smith (drums)
  • Josh Klinghoffer (guitar)
  • Hillel Slovak (guitar, deceased)

Song meanings[edit]

Obviously open to interpretation...

  • Under the Bridge is about abusing heroin under a bridge
  • Snow is about feelings of tranquility during a heroin high
  • Otherside is about struggling with heroin addiction
  • Can't Stop is about making the most of life
  • Scar Tissue is about giving other people a break because you don't know what they've been through
  • Californication is about superficiality and commercialism
  • By the Way is about struggling to keep promises to yourself
  • Dosed is about a friend of Kiedis who died
  • Dani California is about a southern girl who moves to California
  • Soul to Squeeze is about drug addiction
  • Hump de Bump is about a philanderer
  • Special Secret Song Inside is self-explanatory

John Frusciante[edit]