Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers The Stories Behind Every Song

Raised in LA's subterranean punk clubs, how did America's strangest group break into the mainstream and become one of the biggest rock bands in the world? The story of the Chili Peppers' 25-year climb from being just another bunch of LA kids goofing around playing Kiss cover versions, to global mega-group, is one of almost constant disaster, and what has seen them through their troubles is an overwhelming spiritual commitment to the band. It wasn't that they wanted to be big stars and drive around in flash cars. They were always too punk for that to be their driving force. To be in the Red Hot Chili Peppers is to live the life of the free and the funky. It's about being in possession of an almost casual musical virtuosity. It's about California. And it's about paying homage to The Beatles by being photographed walking across Abbey Road with your cock in a sock. At the core of the Chili Peppers' success is the friendship of two men: Anthony Kiedis and Michael Balzary, forged in school and maintained through 25 years of dizzying rock'n'roll excess. This book traces their story through the music they made with their extraordinary Organic Anti-Beatbox Band. Book jacket.Fitzpatrick, Rob is the author of 'Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers The Stories Behind Every Song', published 2004 under ISBN 9781560255796 and ISBN 156025579X.