25/08/2011

"Classicks" junto a Warner Music Argentina presentan:

CLASSICKS DELUXE
Lanzamiento Oficial de "I'm With You"

THE ROXY LIVE presenta CLASSICKS, una fiesta con el mejor rock de todos los tiempos, donde se honra a los grandes clásicos. Un espacio para homenajear a todos los artistas y bandas que marcaron el camino del rock. A aquellos que lo reformaron y reinventaron a lo largo de seis décadas, logrando en los admiradores de este estilo, sensaciones y estímulos únicos.

AV. CASARES Y AV. SARMIENTO
SABADO 3 DE SEPTIEMBRE - MEDIANOCHE (+18)


- Tributo en vivo a RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS x SEX MAGIK
- Invitados: F.A.F. (Federación Afrancesada de Funk)
- Venta oficial de "I'm With You" a precio promocional
- Sorteo de discos y remeras
- Videos Exclusivos en Pantalla Gigante
- Y los mejores clásicos del rock para bailar toda la noche.


ENTRADAS ANTICIPADAS A TRAVÉS DE TICKETEK O EN LA PUERTA EL DÍA DEL EVENTO!

¡Nos vemos alla!




19/08/2011

I'm With You podrá escucharse Online este lunes 22/08 a través de RedHotChiliPeppers.com !
¿Tenías algo mejor que hacer este feríado?

18/08/2011


Ya están en venta las entradas para ver en pantalla gigante y en HD el concierto que los RHCP brindarán desde Alemania!

El evento se desarrollará en El Teatro Colegiales el martes 30 de agosto a las 21.30hs.

Podés adquirir tus entradas aquí !

05/08/2011

La biografía OFICIAL de Red Hot Chili Peppers llegó a nuestro país!

Pueden adquirirla ahora haciendo click aquí!

Aún hay en stock para entrega inmediata!

Está realizada íntegramente en papel fotográfico y contiene fotografías inéditas a todo color.

Contiene anécdotas acompañados porimágenes que relatan su historia a lo largo de 256 páginas, todo presentado en una edición de tapa dura.

El libro es importado de Estados Unidos por lo que sólo está disponible en inglés.

04/08/2011

I'm With You en los cines argentinos!

Los Red Hot Chili Peppers tocarán en Alemania su nuevo disco completo y los hits de siempre!
El concierto será transmitido en diferido en cines de todo el mundo el 30 de agosto y tenemos buenas noticias: Argentina será uno de ellos!

Estén atentos a la venta de entradas aca !

18/07/2011

El single fue lanzado oficialmente en todas las radios del país!
Pueden escucharlo vía web en la web oficial de RHCP !

Atentos: El audio es de alta calidad! Por lo que podrán apreciar detalles ausentes en la versión que se filtró.

16/07/2011

El nuevo single de los Peppers, The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie, se filtró en internet antes de lo previsto.

Pueden escucharlo aca !

05/07/2011

- El sitio de TicketPortal se encuentra saturado, por lo que se encuentran suspendidas las ventas telefónicas y vía web. Se estarían reanudando mañana por la mañana.


- Si compran las entradas por teléfono o vía web, podrán retirarlas a partir del 1ro de agosto en cualquiera de las sucursales que figuran en TicketPortal.com.ar

- Los únicos puntos de venta habilitados son La Trastienda (Balcarce 460) y TicketPortal (Vidt 2084). Allí pagas y retirás la entrada al momento.


Consultas TicketPortal: 5353-0606


Tengan en cuenta que el sistema se encuentra colapsado, por lo que es muy probable que las líneas se encuentren ocupadas.

Si sabemos algo más, lo comunicaremos!

01/07/2011

Tenemos el agrado de anunciar el concierto de Red Hot Chili Peppers en River Plate el 18 de septiembre!



Entradas en venta a través de sistema TicketPortal a partir del martes 5 de julio.

Habrá preventa este lunes para los inscriptos al fanclub, aunque en realidad las inscripciones para Argentina aún no abrieron.
Así que a sacar a partir de este martes.

Amigos, ¡Nos vemos en River!

05/06/2011

Amigos!
Queremos anunciar que el nuevo disco de los Red Hot Chili Peppers saldrá a la venta el 30 de agosto y se llama "I'm With You"

Además, Chad Smith dio a conocer el nombre del primer single: "The adventures of raindance Maggie", que será presentado el 18 de julio !

Falta cada vez menos!!!

18/03/2011



PRIMERAS CONFIRMACIONES OFICIALES SOBRE LA PRESENTACIÓN DE RHCP EN ARGENTINA

Esto dijo Blackie Dammett, padre de Anthony Kiedis, en su Facebook oficial:

"for all those argentine fans who have been asking me if we'll play there...anthony says they'll perform for Venezuela., Columbia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil."

A ESPERAR POR LAS FECHAS OFICIALES DE LOS SHOWS!

16/01/2011

ENTREVISTA EXCLUSIVA CON JACK SHERMAN PARA FUNKYMONKS !

Jack Sherman tuvo un fugaz paso por las seis cuerdas de los Red Hot Chili Peppers. Aunque su importancia no fue menor. Tuvo la responsabilidad de grabar el disco debut de una de las bandas más prometedoras de la la década.
26 años despues, Jack recuerda como fueron sus años en la banda y nos cuenta sobre su actualidad musical.

I know that you've been playing with very different kind of musicians. How was working with Bob Dylan?

Well, I did and still have much admiration for his music. At the time, Dylan was searching and at a low point perhaps. It was the Mid - 80's. A strange time for music. I was very happy to have him tell me he liked my playing the first time we worked together. I gave him my phone number and a year later I played on Knocked Out Loaded. He seemed kind of tired. He did not sing much on the basic track and the songs we did were not original songs. Still, I was happy to have played on They Killed Him, written by Kris Kristofferson. The song was recorded in one take for all the musicians. The vocals were done later. The next year I did some more playing with him in the studio. It is a very big honor and a great memory to have worked with Bob Dylan.

By listening to your work it’s clear that you are a very versatile guitarist. ¿What kind of guitarist do you define yourself?

I agree with versatile as one description of my guitar playing. I would hope my playing today comes across as heartfelt, surprising and passionate.

Before you played with George Clinton you made the first Chili Pepper's record. What do you remember about that time in the studio? (I mean, with the Peppers)

Well, at the time we were making the RHCP record my goal was to Make A Record, ha ha. Flea and Anthony were pretty negative and disruptive to the process. There is much to read already about all that. I wanted to play the best I could and I loved the recording process.

It was kind of new for me at the time. Sometimes, I would try to find out when Flea and Anthony would not be around so I could do the overdubs without being disturbed. Dave Jerden was very good to work with and I liked Andy Gill, too. Andy and I are the same age. We got along fine.

I liked getting all the different sounds. Green Heaven was pretty much live and the only song that Dave Jerden mixed as he quit the project after that.
I remember going for a direct (no amp) sound for Mommy Where's Daddy. I was quite happy with that. Also, I wrote and produced the horn part on Why Don't You Love Me.

What do you feel when you hear that record in the present?

Well, just the other day my son had put it on and it surprised me how much I liked it. So, I felt good about it. I thought I sounded good. Overall, pretty happy.

Is there any fun anecdote that you remember when being on the road with The RHCP?

We were all falling asleep in the van and the driver was going way too fast and hit Black Ice. The van and u-haul trailer (all the equipment) went across many lanes of highway, almost being struck by huge trucks. We went off the road into a ditch. The gear was all over the road and the trailer was smashed.

Cliff, the drummer who was very quiet went straight to bed once we found a little motel to stay in. I went to Flea and Anthony and suggested we go see the movie Terminator.
Anthony had no driver's license so I suggested he drive. It was a way of coping with the shock of the accident. Later I had heard that MTV had reported the accident we had. Lucky, no one was hurt.

Then a few days later, the driver would still go too fast, Flea and I screamed at him to slow down. We were terrified of his crazy driving and horrified that he did not slow down after having such a terrible accident. So, that was one time when Flea and I were completely in agreement, ha ha.

At that time, the Peppers were discovering their own sound. What was your gear at the time?

Mostly, I used a Randall RG-80 Solid State Amp with 1-12 Celestion speaker and another Randall extension speaker cabinet. I had 2 Schecter built Telecasters. They had 5 way switches and an extra pick up in the middle. On the floor I had a Rat pedal that I bought from Flea (still have it) a TS-9 Tube Screamer and an Ibanez Chorus.

Sometimes, I would play through Marshalls when they were already at a gig. I used my stage rig described above on some things on the album. Like that big guitar sound on Baby Appeal , that is my live rig. But, I used a 50 watt Marshall combo that was at the studio and a Les Paul custom for somethings like the solos on True Men. I used a '70 Stratocaster with a '61 neck for Why Don't You Love Me on the solo. Lots of combinations.

Did you have a favorite song while playing live with the Peppers?

I liked everything about the same live. Maybe Buckle Down was special. But, the short crazy stuff was really fun to play live like Police Helicopter.

Why do you think there wasn’t any more records with the Peppers after the debut album? Did you have a different direction?

I co/wrote and rehearsed all the material in preparation for Freaky Styley. But, the original guitar player and their best friend Hillel Slovak wanted to come back to the band. So, they told me to go.

Is there any record that you think they found their perfect musical balance?

I think Uplift Mojo is the one TRUE Chili Pepper record. Because it is the only record with the orginal Fairfax High School Friends. All the same age. Best friends, etc. THE ORIGINAL BAND: Flea, Jack Irons, Anthony and Hillel.

What do you think about their actual music?

I like all of their music. John Frusciante is obviously a very talented songwriter. It's simple and catchy music. Anthony's vocals get on my nerves sometimes. He wasn't nice to me and when I hear his voice I get kind of creeped out, ha ha.

But, I respect that the group has done so well and I know that they mean a lot to a lot of people all around the world. They resisted drum machines and play Organic music. They are talented and very hardworking and sincere.

¿In which musical projects are you involved today? ¿Are you still working with "In From The Cold"?

I live in Savannah now. A fairly small town. Not a big music scene. I play different kinds of gigs here and there. I worked a few years ago with a young and talented songwriter named Luke Mitchell. I was very proud of my guitar playing.

I wish I could do more recording but there is very little work here. In From The Cold stopped working together in 2001.

What are your future plans? A solo record, maybe?

I live day to day pretty much. No big plans. But, you never know. I never close the door on doing new things.

Jack, it was a big pleasure and I hope to see you at the Rock&Roll Hall Of Fame rocking with the Chilis one more time.

It was my pleasure. I appreciate your interest and your questions were very thoughtful. Perhaps, The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame will have us. I hope it is a happy situation. That would really be something.

17/11/2010

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
CONFIRMADOS EN ROCK IN RIO BRASIL 2011
24 . 09 . 2011

Luego de los rumores sobre la presentación de la banda en el festival carioca, el concierto es un hecho. Los Peppers se presentarán en la próxima edición de Rock In Rio a realizarse en Rio de Janeiro el día 24 de septiembre!

Ahora, queda por esperar la confirmación de un tentativo show en Buenos Aires.

Este festival se suele anunciar con muchísima antelación ya que es uno de los más grandes del mundo. La confirmación de un show en nuestro país, podría demorar hasta el año que viene (aunque esperamos que no).

¡Estén MUY atentos a próximas novedades!

17/10/2010

ENTREVISTA EXCLUSIVA CON JACK IRONS PARA FUNKYMONKS

El ex baterista de los Red Hot Chili Peppers nos dio una entrevista exclusiva contandonos sobre su nuevo trabajo "No Heads Are Better Than One" y sobre su paso por la banda.

Jack it has been so long since "Attention Dimension" What led you to make a new solo album at this stage in your life?
I basically had been working on this music during the years of Attention Dimension and the years that followed. I look at it as sort of one big process but the big difference on the new record is that I did a lot more of the production.

It happened to me that just hearing the name of the album I wanted listen to it, How did you come up with it?
This do it yourself age is quite complex with a lot to do. So sometimes my head got in the way.

Before you began your solo projects, you played in bands like RHCP, Pearl Jam and What is This. In which of them do you feel that you could exploit "more" your musical ability?
If I play with people long enough I feel like it is possible to play well. I think I played to potential (for where I was at the time) at times with all the bands that I played in (RHCP, ELEVEN, PEARL JAM, etc.) I do think you always can get better if you seriously keep working.

Next week Allan Johannes will be performing in Argentina, have you considered meeting him again with What Is This?
What Is This was a long time ago. But I do think Alain and I will do something together again one day.

Shortly after playing with Flea and Hillel in What Is This you joined them to perform next to Anthony Kiedis "Tony Flow..." (early RHCP). It is said that one day the band will be in the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”. If so, would you like to be in one last show with them?
I would always love to play a song or 2 with my old friends.

Did you have a favorite song while playing live with the Peppers?
Not really a favorite but I did like playing ‘Backwoods’

Is there an anecdote that you remember from time you were in the band?
Well when we first did the “sock” it seemed so funny just before we went on stage that I almost peed my sock.

Artists have a great connection with each of their songs, but there is usually one that occupies a special place. What would your "favorite song" of No Heads ... ?
I think I like ‘Sonic Tonic’. Just the nature of the drum parts and the simple way it came together. I would like to do more songs like that.

Have you been in our country before? It would be great if you introduced some of your latest work in Argentina!
I have not yet had the opportunity to come and play in Argentina but hopefully one day!




¡Muchas gracias a Jack Irons!

En ESTE link pueden adquirir su último trabajo.

ATENTOS A PRÓXIMAS NOVEDADES SOBRE JACK IRONS!

08/07/2010

La semana pasada se transmitió por la TV alemana el show completo de los Red Hot Chili Peppers en el festival "Rock Am King 2004"
Esta presentación incluye la performance de "Mini Epic", un tema que al día de la fecha no vio la luz en versión estudio.
En YouTube ya andan dando vueltas muchos de los videos de la transmisión que gozan de muy buena calidad.

¡A disfrutar Pepperos!

Para los coleccionistas: Revuelvan bien por Google que ya hay un DVD armado!

29/06/2010

Chad Smith salió a hablar y afirmó que el disco estará nuevo recien a principios del año que viene.
Rick Rubin continúa al mando de la banda y adelantan que el sonido será distinto.
¿Con qué nos sorprenderán esta vez?

23/05/2010

Según fuentes, el disco de los Peppers estaría listo para Octubre.
A estar atentos!

02/04/2010

En este link pueden escuchar el informe de Californication.
No hay necesidad de bajarlo, le dan "Play" y arranca!

01/04/2010

El informe radial sobre "Californication" previsto para ayer, se pasó para hoy a la misma hora.
Les recuerdo que para quienes no puedan escucharlo en vivo, podrán descargarlo luego en esta web.


30/03/2010

Mañana a las 11 am emitirán un especial sobre el disco Californication en la radio Estación K2 FM 96.3 de Necochea.
Será en el programa "Segundos Afuera".
Pueden sintonizar la radio online en este link.
Haciendo click en "la guitarra azul" visualizarán el reproductor.
Cuando esté el audio disponible lo encontrarán en nuestro sitio, en caso de no poder escucharlo en vivo.

10/03/2010

Los ajíes aportaron su grano de arena en apoyo a las víctimas de Haití.
Conocé todos los detalles en aca!

29/01/2010

Los Peppers se presentaron en vivo, por primera vez, desde la partida de John Frusciante.
Sin mediar palabra alguna, salieron a escena con su nuevo guitarrista, el jóven y talentoso Josh Klinghoffer.
Fue en el marco del tributo a Neil Young e interpretaron el clásico del cantautor "A Man Needs a Maid".

17/12/2009

John Frusciante acaba de dejar a los Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Este es el mensaje que deja a la gente:

When I quit the band, over a year ago, we were on an indefinite hiatus. There was no drama or anger involved, and the other guys were very understanding. They are supportive of my doing whatever makes me happy and that goes both ways.

To put it simply, my musical interests have led me in a different direction. Upon rejoining, and throughout my time in the band, I was very excited about exploring the musical possibilities inherent in a rock band, and doing so with those people in particular. A couple of years ago, I began to feel that same excitement again, but this time it was about making a different kind of music, alone, and being my own engineer.

I really love the band and what we did. I understand and value that my work with them means a lot to many people, but I have to follow my interests. For me, art has never been something done out of a sense of duty. It is something I do because it is really fun, exciting, and interesting. Over the last 12 years, I have changed, as a person and artist, to such a degree that to do further work along the lines I did with the band would be to go against my own nature.  There was no choice involved in this decision. I simply have to be what I am, and have to do what I must do.

Sending love and gratitude to you all.

13/12/2009

Chad Smith, baterista de los Red Hot Chili Peppers, dio una entrevista exclusiva, por primera vez para un sitio web de los Peppers!

Creo que desde el primer momento en que uno comienza a escuchar un grupo, anhela con tener la oportunidad de charlar con ellos, intercambiar
opiniones o preguntar sobre aquello que no tuvieron la oportunidad de contar. En momentos de incertidumbre, esperas que alguien les pregunte cuáles son las novedades, qué se viene, en qué andan...
El pasado Jueves 10 de Diciembre, decidí aventurarme y ser el que elige qué preguntar y esto es lo que pasó:

I'm talking on the phone with Chad Smith, the drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chickenfoot and the Bombastic Meatbats.
Chad, I'm Francisco from the Argentinian Chili Peppers' fan club called "Funky Monks" so, how are you Chad?

CS: I'm good, how are you?

I'm fine, where are you Chad? Are you at home?

CS: Yeah, I'm in Los Angeles in the Malibu

Ok Chad, taking into account that lately you've been very busy with so many projects, what are your future plans with Chickenfoot?

CS: Well, with Chickenfoot we're gonna... I take a little break right now 'cause I'm back to playing with the Chili Peppers and we might do something, hopefully next year and play some more music and write some more songs. That's kind of the plan at the moment, but I don't have any plans to do any touring with them

That's good... how it's going with the Boombastic Meatbats? How are you feeling the receptivity of the public? I mean, how the audience is responding to the shows?

CS: The Boombastic Meatbats are going good, we're playing a couple of shows around the Los Angeles area this month and next month in January, it's really a fun project to do and I really enjoy playing with those guys, they're good friends of mine and it's fun to do other things, it's really musicaly satisfing to be able to play with other people and I'm just very fortunate to find people that are like myself that wanna make good music and be creative

Great, so you're playing in bands that are totally different, they have a wide range of infuences, presently, which current bands are the ones that you listen to, which ones of them do think that influence you when you're playing?

CS: Oh, you know, I do listen to the new stuff that comes out that I think it's really good, you know, that's always really good exciting to music, but I would said with the Chickenfoot and the Meatbats those are kind of infuences for me from where I was growing up... with Chickenfoot is more like a classic rock from lates 60's and early 70's, are the kind of bands that I grow up with, and with the Meatbats it's kind of a funk thing, you know, there's a little bit of kind of fussion stuff in there, there's a little bit of jazz influence but it's mainly a... we all kind of enjoyed a Jeff Beck, Blow by Blow, Wired Area, Billy Preston, you know, that kind of stuff. You know, we are not trying to be retro, which is just an influence to us, and we're just trying to do our own version of that, keep it modern... the sounds that we use in the way we record, also that's very tipical of the bands from that time

Now that you've been playing with new mates, and just released the first record with both proyects, I mean Chickenfoot and the Boombastics, do you agree that major labels, record labels, force some artists to do commercial material the artist want to release his work?

CS: I don't really think about that, I just wanna play music that I like and I can be myself, and that to me it's the most important thing, I'm not trying to, you know, with the Meatbats we're like a ? [sneezes] excuse me, it's like i mean, you know, it's just a mellow music, we are not just trying to compete with the Coldplays and the Lady Gagas of the world, it's just people that are gonna like that music, are gonna hopefully ?. I want people to know that with the Meatbats it's not... I play instrumental music, ? kind of very serious, and it's just per musicians, a bunch of notes and all guys with no sense of humor, exploding music. It's supposed to be fun and have sense of humor. To people who haven't heard it, I want them to know, don't be scared about the whole instrumental thing, the song structures, there are verses and choruses, you know, you can tap your foot to it.

Here in Argentina we have a lot of good bands, have you had the chance to listen any of them and if you had, did you like them?

CS: Not lately, we haven't been in Argentina in a while, in the last tour the Chili Peppers didn't come down to hear music and play in Buenos Aires, we didn't have a... we just toured out so much, that we didn't had a chance to come down. So I miss being able to hear the local favourites and going out and see bands and stuff, but I know there's a lot of good music there and I always enjoy ? to new stuff.

I hear that when you were a teen, you used to play basketball and that you even played with Eddie Vedder. At present time do you have free time or are you playing drums all day long?

CS: You know, we used to tour with Pearl Jam a long time ago. We used to play with those guys, they’re great. Jeff [Amment] is quite a good bass player. Jeff is a really good basquetball player, you know, he is a big fan. You know, I do. I do get out and do other things. I can’t play music all the time. You gotta to get balance. Right now I’m busy with my groups and so it’s taking me a lot of my time. It’s ok, I’m not complaining. I love to play, I love that people wanna hear us play and I can fortunate to make recordings and, you know, it keeps me busy. It’s what I love to do, so I’m really happy with it.

I know you're a very very good drummer, apart from playing drums, have you played other instruments or ever written the lyrics of a song?

CS: I play a little guitar, I'm not very good, I know a few chords, I don't think anybody has to worry about me, taking out with the guitar stuff. I think it's really important, if you're a drummer, a guitar player, a bass player, a keyboard player, that you should play, at least try and play other instruments, it gives you the sense of... you know, what is like, certainly for me, being a drummer, to play a lot of instruments is really helpful to me with songs, and arrangements of songs and melodies, and stuff like that. It's good to always be challenging yourself and trying to grow and get better as a musician. It's fun, I'm not good, but it's fun [laughs]

Recently I saw a video where you were playing the guitar in Led Zeppelin's song "Rock and Roll" together with Chickenfoot and Jason Boham

CS: Oh, that was last weekend, right! [laughs]

I didn't know that you played electric guitar, by the way, you seemed very happy doing it. How long have you been playing it?

CS: I've been playing guitar for, I don't know, for ten years maybe?. But yeah, "Rock and Roll" has three chords so that's ok. I'm not a soloist, I leave that to Joe [Satriani], but it was really fun to play that song with Jason, he's a great guy, great drummer, it was really fun

People wants to know how does a day in the life of Chad Smith look like. I mean, I know you're a drummer but what you do all the day?

CS: I have a family, I have a two small childrens, I have a four year old and I have a nine month old baby. So, the life of Chad is getting up at 6:30 in the morning, taking care of baby, feeding him and get them change, and then my son gets up for school, take up him, you know, I'm a dad, I'm like Mr. ?, so that's what I do when I'm not on the road, I'm taking care of my kids and my family and that's really important to me, I want them to have some kind of ? in their lifes, they know their dad is around, he's there for care and watch them ...?... when I'm home, I really wanna be at home, I'm not like haunting clubs and stay up all night, I used to do that, but I don't do that anymore, and that's ok, it's all good, it makes me very happy.

You look like a very good father man!

CS: I try, I try, it's a hard job man! It's hard, full of chalenges.

Chad, we know that the Chili Peppers are performing on the 29th of January, Neil Young tribute concert... are you going to play a new song apart from Neil's cover? Is there someting you can tell us about the concert?

CS: I think it's for the Grammys and around that time they do as always, honour an artist, this year is Neil Young and a lot of people are going to be doing Neil Young songs, he's gonna be there, obviously. So we're just really honoured to be able to play this great music, we're just gonna do one song, 'cause like 20 people are playing, bunch of diiferent people, I don't what song we're gonna do yet but ? wrote Neil.

I don't want to bother you with questions of the Chili Peppers, but we have heard rumours about the band situation for almost three years and we would like to know what plans the band has after this concert

CS: Well, we're writing songs right now, you know, we're gonna make another record and it's going really well, we have a great time, we just needed to take a break, we've been playing... you know, being a Chili Pepper is a full time job [laughs]. You know, we write songs, we record them and then we go on tour on tour for a long time. We did that for ten years pretty straight, and we just thought it was time to take a break and do other things and live our lives, be with our families and come back fresh with your batteries recharged and once again make new music. That's why we took the time off, we're not breaking up or anything, it was just a break and now we're back and everybody is really happy to be back playing.

That's great! Well we heard that you have recorded four new songs with the Peppers. By the way, congratulations. Some of them have pianos and it seems to be something different from what you have been doing all these years. What can you tell us about the new sound of the band?

CS: Well, I can't talk too much about it because it's really in a early stages, you know, we write music for a long time and get a lot of different things before we end picking what, you know, it's going to be songs and what's gonna end up on CD's. So I don't want to say "Yeah, there's gonna be piano", we're just doing whatever feels right and whatever people in the group wants to bring to the table. You know, it's gonna be different. Always different, a very honest represententation of what we're doing at the time. So that's what I can say.

So, will the South American fans have the chance to see the Peppers in concert again?

CS: Yes, we will come. On the next tour, after this records comes out, we'll come to South America.

I hope. Is there something else you can say specially to Chili Peppers fans you haven't told to any newspaper?

CS: [laughs] Not really. We love coming to Argentina, we always really love to coming down and play at the fans, they're so passionate, they just go crazy and we are so fortunate that people wanna come and see us play and we don't take that for credit. I remember... I don't when was the last time we played there at the stadium, you know, the economy was really bad at the time

You were here in 2002 with the By The Way tour

CS: Yeah, you guys had a really tought time and we wanted to play and you know, I think we made tickets like 5 dollars or something, really cheap so everyone could come

I didn't get tickets, they were sold out, so I couldn't go to the concert [laughs]

CS: Well, next time you'll come to see us. We will play and we will be looking foward to it.

Surely you have listened to a lot of music all over your life, however, is there a particular drummer that you consider your favorite that had influence you to make your decition to start playing drums?

CS: You know, I have a brother, 2 years older than me and he plays guitar and we would play together, so I started playing when I was really young, when I was 7 and around that time, it was the late 60's / early 70's, English hard rock, blues bands like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Queen and Humble Pie but the band I really connected first was a band called Deep Purple and its drummer Ian Pace, and his style and their his music really inspired me to play the drums. There was a record called "Made in Japan", I really loved that and really inspired me to play. So bands like that, drummers like that, you know, like John Boham, ?, Ian, guys like that, Mitch Mitchell, those guys really inspired my drumming.

In this age of the internet, when all the information flows so quickly, how do you get along with it? Are you the kind of person that searches his name in Google to see what appears?

CS: [laughs] Yeah, you know, I think it's great. Such an instant way to find out what's going on, that's fantastic and it's just a big part of life, a culture, everybody of the world knows the internet. It's great, I enjoy going on and see a lot of stuff, it's defenitely the way to go, you can see anything and you can hear anything, and get information about anything, and that's fantastic.

Ok Chad, this is one of the last questions. There is an old saying that says that there are three things that people ought to do before dying, about plant a tree, have a son and write a book. I know you have children, but I don’t think you like gardening. Which are the things that you would like to do to be able to say "I have done everything I wanted"?

CS: [thinks] Well, that's a hard one. I mean, I've been so fortunate in my life, because musically that's what I'm very pasionate about, I really acomplish quite of it, musically I've been so lucky. You know, I'd say on the other hand, the other side of that, it would be that I just want to be a good father and a good house, have a good family, because I won't be able to play music forever you know, I'm still kind of young and still play well, but, you know, at some point, I'll be old and I wanna be surrounded with a loving family and that takes a lot of work, that's not easy, I'm not good at that, I'm good at doing some music, but the other stuff takes a lot... you have to really work at it, it's a learning experience. I just want to be a good role model to my kids, so that's really what I want to be on my gravestone "pretty good drummer, great dad, loving father and husband", that would be cool.

That's nice Chad. Could you leave a message to the fans in Argentina?

CS: Hey, we'll see you next year. Thank you for being so supportive with our band for all these years, and when we make the next record we will go on tour and we will come down there and we will look foward to it.

Chad, it was a pleasure to speak with you

CS: My pleasure!

I wanted to tell you on behalf of all the argentinian fans that we love the band and that we hope to see you soon. I know you love drinking beer, so if you come to make a concert to Argentina, I’m going to invite you to drink one.

CS: [laughs] Ok! Thank you. Thanks for all, I really appreciate it. Happy Christmas!

You too, see you!



Francisco Fernández.

07/12/2009

Blackie Dammet, padre de Anthony Kiedis, adelantó que "AK reporta un buen progreso del álbum".

Estén atentos esta semana ante importantes novedades.


05/12/2009

En una reciente entrevista, Chad Smith afirmó que se le ha pedido que se aleje de las preguntas sobre John Frusciante.

La semana pasada, el baterista de los Chili Peppers dio una entrevista con la revista Classic Rock donde informó al periodista que no podía responder preguntas en relación al confuso guitarrista John Frusciante.
Entre otras cosas, adelantó que están encaminados a la realización de un nuevo disco.
Aquí, el fragmento de la entrevista:

So the Chilis have finally returned to work, following the 2006 double-set Stadium Arcadium. Did guitarist John Frusciante, who in recent interviews seemed to express antipathy towards doing so, take some persuading?
[Sounding uncomfortable]: Well… at this time I can’t talk about that. I have been told to stay away from the John questions.

Nevertheless, the tenth album is underway?
What I can tell you is that the Chili Peppers are writing songs, and we’re looking forward to making a record next year.

Who might produce it?
I really can’t go into any more detail than what I’ve said.

01/12/2009

Los Red Hot Chili Peppers están ensayando y grabando nuevo material!
Según rumores, la banda tiene 4 canciones nuevas!
A esperar por más novedades!

04/11/2009

El 29 de Enero los Red Hot Chili Peppers se estarán presentando en un tributo a Neil Young en Los Angeles!

Estén atentos a próximas novedades.

29/07/2009

En variadas entrevistas de los últimos días, Chad Smith afirmó que la banda se juntará en Octubre. Comentó que comenzarán a crear nuevas canciones a partir de las improvisacion (como hicieron siempre) y que el productor de la nueva placa probablemente vuelva a ser Rick Rubin (productor de la banda desde Blood Sugar Sex Magik).
Por otro lado, el proyecto paralelo de Chad Smith, Bombastic Meatbats, programó unas fechas para Japón para el mes de Octubre; asi que probablemente la reunión se retrasará algunas semanas más.



25/04/2009

Según un reciente artículo de People, los planes de Anthony Kiedis para el Verano (Invierno nuestro) son: "escribir música, ensayar,  surfear y grabar un piloto de un Show de TV para HBO, Spider and Son"
Leé el artículo completo aca !




06/04/2009

El próximo 8 de Mayo en el Club Nokia, se celebrará el 5to Concierto Benéfico de la Fundación MusicCares, esta vez, en honor a Anthony Kiedis, por su dedicación y apoyo a la Fundación MusicCares, y por su compromiso en ayudar a otros adictos con la adicción, y en el proceso de recuperación; el objetivo, es juntar fondos para "Servicios de Recuperación de Adicciones MusicCares".
El anfitrión será Greg Behrendt y el evento contará con la participación de artistas como Flea, Chad Smith, The Mars Volta, Josh Klinghoffer, DJ AM, Bob Forrest, Elijah Forrest e Ivan Neville.

También, se presentará Iggy Pop, como invitado especial.




28/03/2009

El 1er disco de la nueva banda de Chad Smith (junto a el guitarrista Joe Satriani, el bajista Michael Anthony y el vocalista Sammy Hagar (Ambos dos ex Van Halen), saldrá a la luz el 5 de Junio en Alemania, el 7 en USA y el 8 en Inglaterra.

Por el momento, no hay noticias de que se edite en Argentina.

 

                                 


Esta es la lista de temas del disco:

01. Avenida Revolution
02. Soap on a Rope
03. Sexy Little Thing
04. Oh Yeah
05. Runnin' Out
06. Get It Up
07. Down the Drain
08. My Kinda Girl
09. Learning to Fall
10. Turnin' Left
11. Future in the Past

12/02/2009

Se lanzaron los nuevos Fleabass!

Toda la info haciendo click aquí.

04/02/2009

El tan esperado nuevo disco solista de John Frusciante, "The Empyrean", salió finalmente el pasado Enero.



 

Esta es la lista de temas:

1. Before The Beginning  
2. Song To The Siren  
3. Unreachable  
4. God  
5. Dark/Light  
6. Heaven
7. Enough Of Me  
8. Central  
9. One More Of Me  
10. After The Ending 
 

John dejó un mensaje para todos sus fans antes de lanzar el disco:
 

"The Empyrean es mi nuevo disco y será lanzado mundialmente a través de Record Collection el 20 de Enero de 2009. Fue grabado entre Diciembre de 2006 y Marzo de 2008. Es un disco conceptual que centa una simple historia musical y letrísticamente. La historia toma lugar en una persona, y hay 2 dos personajes. Contiene una versión de "Son To The Siren", de Tim Buckley, y el resto de las canciones son escritas por mí. My amigo Josh toca en el disco, al igual que Flea. También participa el "Sonus Quartet", "Johnny Marr" y "The New Dimension Singers". Estoy realmente feliz con él y lo he escuchado muco debido a la experiencia psicodélica que provee. Debería ser escuchado lo más fuerte posible y se recomienda hacerlo en cuartos oscuros a la noche tarde.

-John Frusciante, 3 de Noviembre de 2008."


Por el momento, el disco no fue editado en ningún país de Sudamérica.




30/01/2009

Los Red Hot Chili Peppers se encuentran en un descanso de tiempo indeterminado.
Cada uno se encuentra por su cuenta dedicando su tiempo a distintas actividades.
Chad Smith aseguró que cuando los 4 se sientan listos para volver a juntarse, asi será!