[Scriptor Carpe Diem]

... and also what they mean to music in the current time and enviroment for music?

I recently saw a "feelings on Clapton thread" and I've seen alot of other bands with the same goal intented thread, so I wanted to know what you guys thought about the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

I'm not gonna give my opinion or any points, negative or positive, to start.

 

[San7a]

Heroin.

 

[Radio_head]

I don't think they've effected music that much. They've had some decent stuff, but they didn't pioneer a genre or anything. I guess they made it bankable though, as Californication sold about 15 million albums worldwide.

 

[jsaliga]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radio_head /img/forum/go_quote.gif ...they didn't pioneer a genre or anything.

Really? Someone was out there doing funk metal before the Peppers? Who?

When the band first got started I thought they were highly inventive and original. That said, I think that Blood Sugar Sex Magik was their last really great album.

--Jerome

 

[Radio_head]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsaliga /img/forum/go_quote.gif Really? Someone was out there doing funk metal before the Peppers? Who? When the band first got started I thought they were highly inventive and original. That said, I think that Blood Sugar Sex Magik was their last really great album. --Jerome

Funkadelic, Fishbone, some Isley Brothers, some later Tim Buckley, and Mother's Finest, to name but a few, were blending Funk with Rock and/or metal long before the chili peppers ever took their shirts off.

 

[jsaliga]

Ok....I don't agree with any of that but hey, you're entitled to your opinion. Would you suggest that Faith No More is a cheap knock off of those artists too?

--Jerome

 

[Radio_head]

I don't think they or the Chili Peppers are cheap knockoffs. I actually like both bands, and enjoy their music. However, I don't think that I don't think they were groundbreaking in any real way. You can be awesome but not really be the guys who actually place the cornerstone. That being said, I think they furthered their respective genres. Thats my opinion, and as always it should be taken with a pitcher of salt.

 

[San7a]

Haha... Anthony really hates Mike Patton. An irrational hatred fueled by the ego imo. Patton has many tricks, while Anthony only really operates in one dimension.

 

[Ingo]

I don't know about the world, but the Chili Peppers changed my musical horizons when I was first discovering music that wasn't what my parents listened to.

I like it all. I like the old and the new. Even though I don't really listen to them much anymore, I won't turn off any of their songs.