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Rolling Stone February 2012
Red Hot Chili Peppers feature several times in the latest edition of Rolling Stone to hit the bookstands! (It’s the issue with Ziggy Stardust on the cover).
Many thanks to Melanie for letting us know about this and sharing the scans with us.
Transcript:
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The 02, Dublin,November 4th 2011
When he joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2009, guitarist Josh Klinghoffer faced the tough task of convincing fans that he was a worthy replacement for the band’s recently departed slinger, John Frusciante. This Dublin stop on the Chilis’ I’m With You tour proves that Klinghoffer is highly proficient at playing Frusciante’s complex tunes, even if he never sounds as fluid as the man himself. The set list is heavy on the group’s hit period, from Blood Sugar Sex Magik-fueled early Nineties to the early-2000s standouts on Californication and By The Way. “Scar Tissue” sends the crowd into hysterics, and Anthony Kiedis wails an impressive rendition of “Under The Bridge,” whilst still finding time to tell security to go easy on an unruly fan, forward to the end, the band plays a jammed out cover of Neil Young’s 1969 classic “Everybody Knows This is Nowhere,” before wrapping with a frenetic “Give It Away.” Frusciante’s defection may have wounded the Chilis, but it hasn’t been a mortal blow.
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Chilis Postpone Tour Due to Kiedis Foot Injury
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have postponed their US tour, which was set to launch on January 20th, so that frontman Anthony Kiedis can recover from multiple foot injuries. The frontman recently underwent surgery to remove a crushed sesamoid bone and correct a detached flexor tendon in his foot,” said the band. Kiedis is expected to fully recover in time for the rescheduled trek, which kicks of March 29th in Tampa, Florida. The Chilis will also be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 14th.
The scans are for your info only; if you can buy this magazine please go out and do so 
You can also subscribe to an online version of the magazine HERE
Look Around!
Look Around is the latest song to be chosen as a single from RHCP’s I’m With You album and two videos have now been released to accompany the song-one the actual music video and the other a behind the scenes look (both below).
The video is based upon four rooms; one for each of the four band members. Each room roughly reflects the band member it belongs too and includes their own art and belongings among the props! The band performed with each person mostly confined to their own room although Anthony Kiedis dances through the rooms at various times. It was filmed in the round in just four takes! The video was directed by Robert Hales. Source
Anthony’s Room:
BTW Anthony’s son Everly bear appears in the video too!
Chad Smith’s Room:
Flea’s Room:
Josh Klinghoffer’s Room:
Here’s the behind the scenes video:
Look around Video:
Many thanks to everyone who’s sent me links 
Update on Blackie Dammett’s Book
In case you don’t know Blackie Dammett is AK’s father and he’s been writing an autobiography which is due to be released later this year; attached is the press release.
Dammett!
Who put the HOT in the Red Hot Chili Peppers—The wild, lurid, hilarious tell-all Hollywood Babylon memoir of Anthony Kiedis’ dad
Soon-to-go-viral book to be released on Independence Day 2012
January 18, 2012—Beverly Hills, California: You may wish you had some of that evil 1980s Sunset Strip cocaine too when you can’t put this book down til dawn—it’s immersive, exhilarating, exhausting, elegiac, ribald…and hilarious. It’s simply the biggest, boldest epic of Hollywood and Rock & Roll ever written.
It’s the memoir of John Kiedis, father of legendary rocker Red Hot Chili Peppers front man Anthony Kiedis.
John Kiedis—AKA Blackie Dammett—the Hollywood Babylon Renaissance man whose mind blowing exploits and relentlessly lurid lifestyle shaped his future Rock & Roll Hall of Fame son—between the torrent of drug and sex-fueled parties, auditions and business deals in Hollywood, New York and London. Dammett towed the young pre-Red Hot Chili Pepper on his nefarious adventures that included the Hillside Strangler and getting married to do The Newlyweds game show on ABC just to crack into the biz. Father and son even studied acting together with the inimitable Lee Strasberg.
Along the way Dammett worked as a writer at MGM and later made a lengthy career acting in high profile movies and television working with directors like Richard Donner, Francis Ford Coppola, John Frankenheimer and Sam Peckinpah, everything from a “misunderstood junkie hypochondriac suspected child kidnapper with a soft side” to “a failed Hell’s Angel.”
Then there were the “girls.” OMG. Nobody could make this stuff up—there’s just too many. Blackie made Gene Simmons look chaste.
Fasten your seatbelts—it’s going to be a humpy ride.
Dammett knew them all:
From John Lennon and Harry Nilsson’s wild weekend with their posse at the Rainbow that ended up at Liza Minnelli’s party for Sinatra in Beverly Hills to an unusually contrite Lennon, temporarily exiled from NY by Yoko Ono and lubed with coke and whiskey, pouring out his legendary heart to Dammett.
Blackie cavorted with the likes of Lou Reed, Axl Rose, Andy Warhol, Keith Moon, Alice Cooper, 14-year-old Drew Barrymore, George Carlin, David Lee Roth, Deborah Harry, the Ramones, Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney, Ringo, Rod Stewart, Jack Nicholson, Kiss, Rod Stewart, Ryan and Tatum O’Neal, Mackenzie Phillips, Cheech and Chong, Led Zepplin, Art Garfunkle, Richard Hell, Elton John, Sonny & Cher, Jimmy Caan, Woody Allen, Tommy Smothers, Mickey Dolenz, Patti Smith, the New York Dolls, a dash of Basquiat, and the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station…the list goes on and on.
This is Blackie Dammett’s story—the man who has had a profound, ineffable influence on his son, Anthony Kiedis, front man of the seminal band that climbed to the Olympian territory of Los Angeles’ Buffalo Springfield, The Doors, The Byrds, Eagles and the Beach Boys—and now the recent induction into rock history.
And the entire book is ghost-writer free—every single word is Blackie Dammett’s.
From his Lithuanian ancestors landing at Ellis Island (with some Algonquin and Mohican blood mixed along the way), to Blackie’s classic youth in 1940s and ‘50s hardscrabble Michigan (an almost Norman Rockwellian American Graffiti), to his hilariously depraved Hollywood of the 60s through the 90s, his story is the story of America in the second half of the twentieth century—an epic, authentic cultural document without equal in detail, profound candor and heart.
“Hey Blackie—You’ll never heave lunch in this town again!”
Anthony Kiedis Operation & US Tour Dates Rescheduled
Photos came out yesterday showing anthony Kiedis attending a Lakers game walking on crutches and with a cast on his foot; more information has come out today…
RHCP drummer, Chad Smith, has tweeted about Anthony’s injury:
“Ak had surgery mon.on his foot so he’s out for 8 weeks..our sincere apologies for the inconvience. ALL u.s. dates have been rescheduled.”
More information and rescheduled tour dates have been posted on RHCP.com page:
“Red Hot Chili Peppers regret to announce that they must postpone the start of their upcoming U.S. tour due to multiple foot injuries sustained by Anthony Kiedis. Anthony recently underwent surgery to remove a crushed sesamoid bone and correct a detached flexor tendon in his foot and is expected to make a full recovery.”
Tickets for the postponed dates will be honored at the rescheduled dates.
Old Date New Date City Venue
01/20 04/02 Sunrise, FL Bank Atlantic Center*
01/21 03/31 Orlando, FL Amway Arena*
01/23 03/29 Tampa Bay, FL Tampa Bay Times Forum
01/25 04/06 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
01/27 04/04 Raleigh, NC RBC Center*
01/28 04/07 Columbia, SC Colonial Life Arena*
01/30 04/10 Duluth, GA Gwinnett Center*
01/31 04/09 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
02/03 04/12 Memphis, TN FedEx Forum*
02/04 10/04 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena*
02/17 08/14 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena*
02/18 08/15 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena*
02/26 08/11 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center*
02/27 08/12 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center*
02/29 09/23 San Diego, CA Valley View Casino Center*
03/02 09/25 Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena
03/04 09/27 Denver, CO Pepsi Center*
03/06 09/29 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center*
03/08 10/20 Houston, TX Toyota Center*
03/09 10/02 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center*
03/13 10/24 Tulsa, OK BOK Arena
03/15 10/22 Oklahoma City, OK Chesapeake Arena
03/16 10/25 Little Rock, AR Verizon Arena
Source Many thanks to Andjelka for the update.
On behalf of everyone at TheChiliSource.com & AnthonyKiedis.net, I would like to wish Anthony a speedy recovery. Get better soon!
RHCP in Rolling Stone Magazine
There is a brief mention of RHCP in Rolling Stone Magazine (19th January, 2012) where Anthony Kiedis talks about the Chili Peppers inclusion into the Hall of Fame and remembers Hillel Slovak:
Transcript:
Red Hot Chili Peppers
For the Chilis, the induction is a chance to celebrate original guitarist Hillel Slovak, who died of a drug overdose in 1988. “He was a beautiful person that picked up a guitar in the 1970s and didn’t make it out of the 1980s,” says Anthony Kiedis. “Now he’s being honoured for his beauty.”
In the same magazine there is a photo of the band:
Transcript:
Chilis Catch Fire
“These are some of the best shows we’ve ever done,” says Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea. “We’re fucking shit up!” The Chilis’ world tour (singer Anthony Kiedis and drummer Chad Smith shown performing in Turin, Italy in December) hits the U.S. this month- and on April 14th, they join the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “Because we’re in such an exciting place right now,” says Flea, “getting acknowledged for our career has a lot of meaning.”
Many thanks to Melanie Owens for sharing this.
RHCP I’m With You Stage
Ret Hot Chili Peppers have a brand new stage set for their current I’m With You tour and RHCP Brazil decided to find out more; they’ve very kindly translated their original article into English and shared the information, interview and photos they have with us.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have started an epic world tour using the very best in the entertainment industry and a very experienced technical team.
Started in Germany on 07th October, the world tour for the new album “I’m With You” has a huge LED Backdrop panels made ??with V28 LSI Saco, a band’s logo drawn on the floor made with 30mm LED from Tait Towers and eight impressive chandeliers that move and expand itself giving dynamism, depth and a three-dimensional performance.
The new stage has an octagonal shape as a base, from the logo of the band on the stage to the trussing and was fully designed by United Visual Artists (or UVA), studio based in London and intersection of sculpture, architecture, live performance, moving image and digital installation.
The RHCP Brazilian website talked to David Bajt, d3 projects leader (UVA’s own software which you will understand more below), and he told many details about the new stage, that although it seems to be a very complex construction, it only takes 2 hours to build it up in those rooms.
Did you receive some briefing from RHCP management to build the stage or the whole creation was 100% by UVA?
It was pretty much 100% UVA design, but of course it had to be realistic in terms of touring, and the band had to like it too.
What are the sizes of the screens used at this stage?
Backdrop: 17.92m wide, 6.72m high
Floor: 21m wide, 12m.
Chandelier: 3.024m wide and high (closed), 9m high + trussing = approx. 10.5m high
Are LED Backdrop and chandeliers’ resolution the same? What’s their resolution?
Every chandelier has the resolution 336×336
The backdrop has the resolution 640×240
The floor has the resolution 700×400
There are 8 chandeliers, how they were built? Are they made using LED or another specific material?
The LED for the chandeliers are made of SACO v9 panels provided by Nocturne PRG. The chandeliers themselves has been built and engineered by Tait Towers. All movements are controlled by the Tait Navigator system, which sends all position, rotation and expansion data to d3 which automatically maps content onto them, regardless if they are open, closed or rotated.
Do they stay only above the band or they also move towards above the audience?
The screens stay on top of the band, as they form one design together with the floor and the backdrop.
I’ve seen the chandeliers expanding in some music and it looked like it was being opened above each tip of the asterisk. How does it work? Was it inspired on that screen created by Barco for U2 that expands as well?
We used the band’s logo as a key for the design – it’s on the floor, and the screens above the band reflect this in a more abstract way. Expanding screens are not new, but you don’t often see them in this versatile way. They expand using motors at the very top and very bottom of every chandelier, and all the tracking data goes into d3. d3 is our home-made integrated production toolkit, we (UVA) use it for all our installations. Using d3 we can pre-visualize the show in 3d, and use it to sequence all the content / kinetics. During the show we use it to control the video content, screens movements and live camera feeds. Both U2 and this RHCP show use 360 screens, so in that sense it is similar, although the feel to the whole show is very different. U2 also use our d3 system, so that is similar too!
What’s the speed they move?
It’s quick! It takes about 20 sec to go from completely closed to completely expanded.
About lights, animation and screen movement: Is it everything automatic? Or who is in charge to control everything? Once I heard about a control called GrandMA, I don’t know much about this product but is it used?
Yes, the video operator (Leif Dixon) and the lighting designer (Scott Holthaus) both use GrandMa desks, which are used a great deal in the live music industry, usually to control the lighting. There are a lot of things going on during a big show like this – screen movements, video content, lights – and all these elements might all have their own system behind it. We successfully integrated d3 with a GrandMA for the first time, meaning that you can use the GrandMA desk to jump to the next cue in video content, for example. This gives the show controllers a lot more flexibility.
The data from the screen positions comes into d3 automatically, but many of the screen positions and configurations have been programmed in during the production rehearsals. As soon as we get the set list from Anthony Kiedis (this is usually only 15 min before the show) we tell ‘Motion Rob’ who controls the screens to match the screen positions with the content of the songs. The lights and the video are ‘cue-based’, the video operator uses a GrandMa desk to jump to the next cue in d3’s timeline. The band is jamming and adding/reducing bars a lot so it’s impossible to use Midi timecode or similar. This is a real punk-rock band that improvises a lot, so a completely pre-made show would never fit with their musical spontaneity.
About animation and lighting design process, were they made after the stage had been completely finished or was everything planned together?
Some content was planned during the design process but the lighting was sequenced during the production rehearsals. The good thing with d3 is that you can simulate all the video design months before the show opens! These animations were sent to the management and the band for approval.
Some people complained about the fact there is no screen with live images of the band playing, that it could be good for those who are very far from stage. Why do all images have effects? Is it some RHCP decision to avoid illegal video on the internet?
This depends on the show, all of them are different – the ones in London and Germany for instance had a lot of real time camera with and without effects, but maybe you saw a different one?
Who had the idea to make the RHCP logo on the floor using LED? What kind of material have you used to make a great visual effect and also to uphold all equipment above?
It was our idea here at UVA. We only specified the architectural shapes, screen movements, and the requirements of the LED screens (brightness, pixel pitch) and of course specifying how the lighting trusses would be designed. For example you can see that the 3 lighting trusses inside the chandeliers follow the same shape as the logo. It’s all been thought about very thoroughly, you have to when you are working on this scale. Tait Towers, who are specialized in building stages, made sure everything was engineered properly and the whole set works.
But the band put a carpet on stage so it’s almost impossible to see the asterisk, do you know why? Is the surface too flat or smooth?
It’s a very practical and personal reason: Anthony Kiedis has some trouble with his knees, so for some shows they had to put a soft carpet on the floor to accommodate this. This will be replaced with a transparent screen though so the logo is fully visible. The band really like it – in fact Chad requested the elevated drum stage he’s on to be a mesh (it wasn’t at first) so he could see the floor better!
How much weight each video screen has? How much tons approximately has the entire stage?
We don’t know, sorry.
How do you make this transportation from one country to another?
There’s 5-6 big trucks shipping all the kit and another 5-6 tour buses transporting staff.
How long does it take to build the entire stage on the show? There are bands that have more than one set in the next town they’d be playing in order to build it up in time, is it necessary to RHCP?
As designers, we only come up with the idea and how to get it built – so we don’t actually build up the stage. However, RHCP tour management have a very experienced and professional team that tour with the Peppers and build up the stage for their show. We know it only takes approximately 2 hours to build the entire stage!! so this is why they can travel and do a show somewhere else every day.
In terms of logistic, how difficult and expensive can be to bring this stage to Brazil?
Sorry, we don’t know this one either. This is part of the band’s management.
For next year that will have outdoor gigs, stadiums and big arenas, will they use the same stage?
Yes, at least for the US part of the tour. We are not sure what will happen next, this would be up to the band’s management.
All this structure is special for RHCP or it’ll be commercial line in the future?
Featuring the RHCP logo, it’s made especially for RHCP, so it won’t be seen anywhere else.
What are the other bands that UVA works for?
We’ve designed the stages (and content) for bands like Massive Attack and Jay-Z but our production toolkit d3 is used by many bands including U2, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Robbie Williams, Battles, George Michael and many more.
Thank you
More Photos
Credits to: James Medcraft
Many thanks to Altair at RHCP Brazil for sharing this amazing information and for translating it into English too! The original article, in Portuguese, can be seen HERE for anyone interested.
RHCP Photos Torino December 10th 2012
Venue: Palaolimpico Torino Italy
Date: Saturday 10th December 2011
I’ve just added over 220 photos of the Red Hot Chili Peppers performing atTorino/ Turin, Italy at the end of last year. Sorry there’s been a delay due to real life issues but I’ve finally done it… Here are a few examples, hope you enjoy
Note: The lighting at the concert wasn’t brilliant for taking photos; I took over 700 trying to catch the right conditions and have uploaded about 300 of those to my two websites- the quality of the uploaded ones does vary but I’ve added so many photos to give a real taste of the concert.
And for anyone interested: Anthony Kiedis Gallery at Torino December 2011 on AnthonyKiedis.net
RHCP 2012 Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame Inductees
Red Hot Chili Peppers are to be inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame in 2012! They will be joining several other groups including the Beastie Boys and Guns N’ Roses.
The complete list of inductees is:
Guns N’ Roses
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Beastie Boys
Donovan
The Small Faces/The Faces
Freddie King
Don Kirshner
Cosimo Matassa
Tom Dowd
Glyn Johns
Laura Nyro
Anthony Kiedis was interviewed by Rolling Stone shortly after he found out:
Did you get emotional?
The most emotional part for me was thinking about Hillel Slovak. That was where it got me. I felt very good about it, but I felt very much like our work has only just begun. Now that we’ve got Josh in the band, we have a chance to make some great records over the next few years. But there was something about going back and thinking about something that we started in a living room with Hillel Slovak. Because he’s no longer with us, it seemed emotional and beautiful. It’s really kind of his induction that I’m most excited about. He’s a beautiful person that picked up a guitar in the 1970s and didn’t make it out of the 1980s, and he is getting honored for his beauty.Do you feel weird about getting in while the band is still so active? Some bands say they worry it conveys the impression that they are done.
I don’t feel weird about it. I know what the next few years look like for our band, and I’m incredibly excited to be playing with these guys. I feel like our creative well is running over. I don’t think it’s going to stigmatize us. Nothing has the power to diminish the love we have for what we’re doing right now. It’s just an interesting interlude to be accepted into the Hall of Fame while we’re still vibrantly going about our business.One of the cool things about it is that all of the past inductees vote. So, I don’t know, Paul McCartney had the chance to vote for you.
I have an absolute smile on my face while you say that.And you’ll be on the wall in Cleveland near Elvis Presley.
As a kid, I was anti-Elvis. I just didn’t get it. Once I stopped being so judgmental I found the great wonder of Elvis and all that he did. I was a little self-centered gutter punk in the early 1980s and all I wanted to do was diss everybody. I remember going to Graceland as a kid and talking shit while I was there. Now if I went there, I’d think about all the great things he did and what a great musician he was.Do you think that John Frusciante will come to the induction?
Ummm… Wow. It would be a guess on my behalf on whether or not he’ll come. I can’t imagine that he would, but it’s a “you never know” kind of thing. I haven’t talked to him in quite a while. I don’t know where he’s at these days. He’ll obviously be more than welcome, and embraced if he does. If he doesn’t, that’s cool too.I’m guessing they’ll bring your former drummer Cliff Martinez in too, but I really don’t know.
I would imagine that he would want to come. Both he and Jack Irons would want to come.
Read the full Rolling Stone interview with Anthony Kiedis here
Many thanks to everyone who’s posted links about this on my Facebook pages.
RHCP Latest News & Two New Back Issue Scans
Some brief RHCP news:
Look Around:
Look Around will apparently be the next single off the Chili Peppers’ latest album, I’m With You.
Thanks to Venice Queen & RHCP France for the info.
RHCP & Greece:
It also seems that RHCP will be playing a concert in Greece next summer (no actual details yet) according to Rock Pop Greece Magazine.
Thanks to Mbir for the link and details.
Behind the Scenes: Monarchy of Roses video:
The official RHCP YouTube channel has uploaded a brief behind the scenes video of the making of the video for the single Monarch of Roses; it featues green screen shots and and goofing about; enjoy :
Thanks to Laura, Mark and everyone else who’s linked me to this
Back Issue Magazine Scans:
Two new back issues featuring interviews with Anthony Kiedis amongst other features have also been uploaded. Both are from the British music magazine Q with one magazine from 1999 concentrating on Californication and festival dates and the other from 2006 looking at the UK concert dates and Stadium Arcadium.
Here’s an extract from the 1999 magazine review of Californication:
But even if there appears to be nothing essentially different about Californication, the band’s intrinsically eclectic nature ensures that they wander into new musical areas: the dreamlike Road Tripping is McCartney’s Blackbird as viewed through acid trails; the tumbling, jazz-flecked Porcelain features Kiedis at his most poetic, softly lamenting squandered youth and drug-decayed beauty (“Are you wasting away in your skin?/Someone said you’re fading too soon/Drifting and floating and fading away”).
While All Saints’ cooing Xerox of Under The Bridge (without the “drawing blood” lyric) perhaps fuelled the argument that behind the tattoos and pecs, Red Hot Chili Peppers are fine songwriters, the five-minute title track recalls the reflective atmosphere of their best-known song with an unambiguous comment upon the more shallow values of their adopted West Coast home where earthquakes are “just another good vibration”. Elsewhere, they reinforce their knack for great, unusual; pop with the Police-echoing Otherside, the skippy, oblique Scar Tissue and the strident, rallying Easily.
Scans and full interview: Q Magazine July 1999
Here’s an extract from the 2006 Anthony Kiedis interview:
Dodgy burger van or bring your own sandwiches?
I’m sure a rarefied, elitist pig when it comes to eating clean, good food I can’t even begin to imagine playing a show and having to eat the catering you see at some of these places.
What’s your fantasy festival line-up?
Pretty much any guitar player named Jimmy, whether it’s Page or Hendrix. Jimmy Page came to see us a couple of times when we played London, and it was really the most exciting backstage moment we ever had. But I’ve never been able to see him play. I’ve never also seen Patti Smith play, but I think I might get a chance to see her this summer. She may even join us for a number.
The magazine also features several mentions of Stadium Arcadium e.g. recommended album with Wet Sand named as one of the month’s top 50 songs etc.
Scans and full interview: Q Magazine July 2006