If there’s something that the Red Hot Chili Peppers aren’t lacking, it's hit songs. The California foursome has remained among the most successful rock bands of all time for decades, outliving most of ...

Harlan Howard once explained that a great country song is just “three chords and the truth.” But you can still get at the truth with an extra chord as the Red Hot Chili Peppers have done over and over ...

People are only just realizing that Red Hot Chili Peppers had a very different band name at the beginning. The rock band, which was formed in Los Angeles in 1982, performed their first songs - ...

Chad Smith strolled on stage at Innings Festival and banged a gong to usher in the lengthy instrumental jam that set the tone for Red Hot Chili Peppers’ performance at Tempe Beach Park. It was a ...

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio - The Red Hot Chili Peppers exist in increasingly rarified rock ‘n’ roll air. Four decades into their career and while some very successful bands of more recent vintage are ...

Welcome to Band Jury, a SPIN series in which artists defend black sheep albums they feel deserve another listen. These are projects that, for whatever reason (middling sales, negative reviews, a ...