I-Red Hot Chili Peppers idale ukuhambisana phakathi kwe-punk, i-funk, i-rock ne-rap, yaba elinye lamaqembu aziwa kakhulu futhi ayingqayizivele esikhathi sethu.
Badayise ama-albhamu angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-60 emhlabeni jikelele. Ama-albhamu abo amahlanu aqinisekisiwe e-multi-platinum e-US. Bakha ama-albhamu amabili eminyakeni yamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye, i-Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) kanye neCalifornication (1999), kanye nokukhishwa okunesifiso esikhulu kule minyaka engu-15 edlule, i-two-disc Stadium Arcadium (2006).
Umculo wabo wawusukela ku-thrash punk funk kuya ku-hendrick neo-psychedelic rock kanye ne-melodic, i-Californian pop edlalwayo.
“Ukuze sonke sivumelane ngokubaluleka komculo othile,” kuphawula umshayi webhesi uMichael “Flea” Balzary, “lo mculo kumelwe uhlanganise zonke izinhlobo zegazi, zonke izinkathi zonyaka nawo wonke amagumbi omane omhlaba.”
I-Peppers iphinde iphakame kakhulu phakathi kwemidlalo ebukhoma ye-rock ehamba phambili, i-Flea eyabiza ngokuthi "isivunguvungu sesiphithiphithi esizenzakalelayo esifakwe kusifiso somphefumulo oqinile we-cosmic".
Imisebenzi yabo ebukhoma ine-physics ekhethekile ekhulula kokubili iqembu nabalaleli. "Ngishaye ngokuqondile," umculi u-Anthony Kiedis etshela umbhali uSteve Roeser. “Lokho wuphawu lomdlalo omuhle. Uma uqala ukopha, lapho amathambo akho ephuma, uyazi ukuthi wenza umbukiso omuhle."
I-Red Hot Chili Peppers ihlangabezane nakho kokubili ukunqoba kanye nenhlekelele emlandweni wabo weminyaka engu-30, ekhuphukela phezulu ekudumeni, ebhekana nokuluthwa yizidakamizwa nokufa kwelungu elisungula.
I-Red Hot Chili Peppers: umlando wokudalwa kweqembu
I-Red Hot Chili Peppers yaqala ngo-1977 ngenkathi umshayi wesiginci u-Hillel Slovak kanye nomshayi wezigubhu uJack Irons benza ibhendi ye-hard rock emthanjeni KISS ebizwa ngokuthi i-Anthim nabangani e-Fairfax High School e-Los Angeles.
I-Flea yaba i-bassist yabo ngo-1979, kwathi omunye umfundi wesikole samabanga aphezulu, u-Anthony Kiedis, wathatha isikhundla sokuba nguphambili. Njengoba ubuciko babo bomculo bukhula, i-Anthym yavela yaba Yini Lokhu?
Phakathi naleso sikhathi, uKiedis noFlea bangena ekolishi, bathola imisebenzi, futhi baqala ukuba nezinye izinkathazo. Nokho, baqhubeka nokubhala izingoma. Laba bafana babeka isisekelo se-Red Hot Chili Peppers (1983).
Badinga amalungu eqembu amaningi futhi baletha abafana abavela ku-What Is This?. Isimemo samukelwe. Ngokudlala kwabo okokuqala ekilabhini e-Sunset Strip e-LA, basebenzise igama elithi Tony Flow & the Miraculous Majestic Masters of Mayhem, okufakazela ukuhlekisa kwabo kwe-offbeat.
Umlando wegama leqembu elithi Red Hot Chili Peppers
Ngokukhetha igama elithi "Red Hot Chili Peppers", baqala uhambo lwabo oluyimpumelelo. Baduma ngemizimba yabo enqunu ekhonsathini, ngaphandle kwendawo eyodwa ababegqoka amasokisi amade.
I-Red Hot Chili Peppers isayine ne-EMI Records. Amadoda avela Kuyini Lokhu? ayivelanga ekuqaleni kwe-RHCP, yanquma ukugxila eqenjini labo. Ngenxa yalokhu, umshayi wesiginci uJack Sherman kanye noCliff Martinez ongumdlali wesigubhu bawashintsha ku-The Red Hot Chili Peppers. U-Andrew Gill ungumdidiyeli.
I-albhamu yokuqala ye-RHCP
I-albhamu yokuqala yeqembu yakhiqizwa ngu-Andy Gill (weqembu laseBrithani iGang of Four) futhi yakhululwa ngo-1984. I-albhamu iqale yadayisa amakhophi angu-25. Ukuvakasha okwalandela kwaba ukuhluleka, okwathi ngemva kwalokho uJack Sherman waxoshwa.
I-albhamu yesibili iFreaky Styley (1985) yakhiqizwa nguGeorge Clinton. Yaqoshwa eDetroit. Ukukhishwa kwehlulekile ukushadi futhi uKiedis waxosha uCliff Martinez eqenjini ngonyaka olandelayo. Ekugcineni washintshwa lapho uJack Irons ejoyina iqembu.
Ngo-1987, ibhendi yakhipha i-albhamu ethi Uplift Mofo Party Plan. Irekhodi lafinyelela inani eliphakeme ku-148 ku-Billboard Hot 200. Lesi sikhathi somlando weqembu, naphezu kokukhuphuka kancane kancane kwempumelelo yezohwebo, sonakaliswe izinkinga ezinkulu zezidakamizwa.
Izinyathelo zokuqala ekudumeni kweqembu
I-albhamu ethi Mother's Milk yaphuma ngo-1989. Ukuhlanganiswa kufinyelele kunombolo 52 kuBillboard Hot 200 futhi kwaqinisekiswa ngegolide.
Ngo-1990, leli qembu selivele lineWarner Bros. amarekhodi. I-Red Hot Chili Peppers igcine ifeze iphupho labo. I-albhamu entsha yaleli qembu, ethi, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, iqoshwe esithabathabeni somuzi esingasasetshenziswa. UChad Smith uyena yedwa owayengahlali endlini ngesikhathi kuqoshwa, njengoba wayekholelwa ukuthi wayecushwa. I-albhamu yokuqala ye-albhamu ethi "Give It Away" iwine i-Grammy Award ngo-1992. Ingoma ethi Under The Bridge ifinyelele endaweni yesibili kumashadi ase-US.
Tour of Japan kanye nokulwa nokulutha izidakamizwa
Ngo-May 1992, uJohn Frusciante walishiya iqembu phakathi nohambo lwabo lwaseJapane. Ngaleso sikhathi wayephethwe yizidakamizwa. Kwesinye isikhathi wathathelwa indawo u-Arik Marshall noJesse Tobias. Ekugcineni, bahlala eDave Navarro. Ngemva kokushiya iqembu, umlutha wezidakamizwa kaJohn Frusciante wazizwa. Ushiye lo mculi engenamali nempilo ebuthaka.
Ngo-1998, uNavarro walishiya iqembu. U-Kiedis kubikwa ukuthi wamcela ukuthi ahambe ngemuva kokuthi ekhombise ukuzilolonga ephuze izidakamizwa.
Umlando wengoma ethi Californication
Nokho, ngo-April 1998, uFlea wakhuluma noFrusciante futhi wamema ukuba ajoyine iqembu kabusha. Isimo kwakuwukuhlanganyela ohlelweni lokuvuselela. Ibhendi yaphinde yahlangana futhi yaqala ukuqopha ingoma eyaba yi-Legendary Californication.
I-albhamu ye-Californication ibe yimpumelelo enkulu. Kuthengiswe amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-15 emhlabeni wonke. I-"Scar Tissue" eyodwa yawina umklomelo we-Grammy we-Best Rock Song ka-2000. Kanye ne-"Californication" nethi "Otherside", bekuyingoma yokuqala.
Ngo-2002, i-albhamu ethi By the Way yakhululwa. Irekhodi lithengise amakhophi angaphezu kuka-700 ngesonto lalo lokuqala. Ifinyelele inombolo yesibili ku-Billboard 000. Amaculo amahlanu: By the Way, The Zephyr Song, Can't Stop, Dosed and Universally Speaking wonke amaculo anosonhlamvukazi.
Esebenzisa udumo lwabo, abakwaRed Hot Chili Peppers bakhiphe iqoqo le-Greatest Hits ngo-2003. Baphinde bakhipha i-DVD ebukhoma e-Slane Castle kanye ne-albhamu ebukhoma ethi Live in Hyde Park eqoshwe eLondon.
Ngo-2006, i-albhamu entsha ebizwa ngokuthi Stadium Arcadium yayihlanganisa amathrekhi angu-28. I-albhamu ikhishwe okokuqala ngqa e-UK nase-US. Amakhophi angaphezu kwesigidi athengiswe ngeviki lokuqala. NgoJulayi 2007 ama-RHCP afakwe ku-Live Earth e-Wembley Stadium yaseLondon. I-Stadium Arcadium yathola ama-Grammy Awards ayisithupha ngo-2007. Iqembu lenze "Snow (Hey Oh)" bukhoma emcimbini wemiklomelo elizungezwe yi-confetti.
Group Red Hot Chili Peppers seisas
Ngemuva kweminyaka eyishumi yokuvakasha eqhubekayo nokudlala, uFrusciante washiya iqembu okwesibili. Kulokhu, ukuhamba kwakhe kwaba kuhle, njengoba wayenomuzwa wokuthi ufeze konke ayengakwenza. Umdwebi wayefuna ukunikela amandla akhe okudala emsebenzini wakhe yedwa. Ngemuva kokuvakasha nebhendi, uJosh Klinghoffer wahlala esikhundleni sikaFrusciante. Uvela ku-albhamu yeqembu ye-11 ethi "I'm with You" (2011) kanye ne-"The Getaway" (2016).
Ngaphandle kokungabaza, iRed Hot Chili Peppers iyiqembu labasindile abashaye abaningi kodwa abakaze baphuthelwe. “Ngicabanga ukuthi ngaphandle kothando lweqiniso ngabe kade soma njengeqembu,” kusho uKiedis ekhuluma ngokuphila isikhathi eside kweqembu.
Maphakathi noDisemba 2019, ekhasini elisemthethweni le-Instagram, amalungu eqembu aqinisekisile ukuthi uJosh Klinghoffer uyalishiya iqembu.
Ehlobo lika-2020, kwaziwa ukuthi owayengumculi weqembu, uJack Sherman, ushone eneminyaka engu-64. Amalungu eqembu adlulise amazwi enduduzo ezihlotsheni zikaJack.
Ekupheleni kuka-Ephreli 2021, abaculi bamemezele ukuthi abasasebenzisani ne-Q Prime. Manje iqembu liphethwe nguGuy Osiri. Ngawo lowo nyaka, kwavela ukuthi abaculi basebenzela i-LP entsha.
NgoFebhuwari 4, abakwaRed Hot Chili Peppers bakhiphe ividiyo yomculo esemthethweni yengoma yabo ethi Black Summer. Ukukhishwa kwe-LP Unlimited Love kuhlelelwe ekuqaleni kuka-Ephreli 2022. Ividiyo iqondiswe nguDeborah Chow yakhiqizwa nguRick Rubin we-Unlimited Love.
“Ukucwila emculweni yiwona mgomo wethu omkhulu. Sichithe inani elingelona iqiniso lamahora ndawonye ukuze sikulethele i-albhamu epholile. Ama-antenna ethu okudala ashunwe ku-cosmos yaphezulu. Ngecwecwe lethu sifuna ukuhlanganisa abantu sibathokozise. Ingoma ngayinye ye-albhamu entsha iyingxenye yethu, ebonisa umbono wethu ngendawo yonke…”.
