Red Hot Chili Peppers Disbanded...
Thursday, May 22, 2008 - NME

Red Hot Chili Peppers have disbanded for at least a year.

Singer Anthony Kiedis has revealed that the band members will step away from music to concentrate on their individual lives.

The singer told Rolling Stone that the band have decided to have no involvement in the band for 12 months after becoming exhausted with their hectic schedule.

The star went on to explain that he will spend more time with his family, while bassist Flea and guitarist John Frusciante are set to work on individual musical projects.

"We're disbanded for the moment," he said. "We took a very long time to make the 'Stadium Arcadium' record (released in 2006). It was a gruelling, long haul and it followed two other very long hauls, 'Californication' (1999) and 'By the Way' (2002).

"So we didn't really stop until the tour ended last year. We were all emotionally and mentally zapped at the end of that run. The discussion was, 'Let's not do anything Red Hot Chili Peppers-related for a minimum of one year, and just live and breathe and eat and learn new things.'"

He added: "I'm just home, hanging out with this really cool little kid, learning how to surf. But I'm starting to get just a little bit of a tingle that it would be nice to start thinking about songs and pieces of music. But just pieces."

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A year of peace! Brilliant!

THANK THE GOOD LORD ABOVE. Here's hoping the rock genre dies altogether *stirs*

Very bad news, they were awesome and original. Don't understand why people can get happy when real musicians that compose real music and perform live decide to stop doing it.

Because they're awful.

Indeed. They've been releasing the same album for the past 15 years.

I certainly won't be losing any sleep over this!

I suppose that is a problem with their style of music. There is not much liscence for change

Well I dunno really. U2 are a rock band and they have dabbled with their sound over the years.

U2 :chuckle:

Oh you're not one of those "U2 are shit" imbeciles, are you?

They've only written some of the greatest rock songs ever made. There's a reason they're the biggest band in the world you know.

BUH-BYE. Don't let the door hitcha in the arse on the way out!

Yes I am :)

Fait enough if it's accepted they have created some good songs and are popular. But what's that got to do with what I like and don't like? Oh yeah it makes me an imbecile :flirt:

No, I suppose it doesn't. It just means I have even less respect for your opinion though.

Like you had any anyway

Quite.

:chuckle:

By the Way and Californiacation were amazing albums. Stadium Arcadium had moments of brilliance, but too much filler to keep my attention.

Double albums are so very, very rarely a good idea!

Exactly. Come to think of it, the amount of songs I enjoyed on that album would be about the same size of single disc. Go figure.

true, but look at the backlash they suffered with Pop, then suddenly they went back to their comfort zone and suddenly started winning Grammys again

No Jay :sadalexz:


RHCP are cool B)