{"id":12167,"date":"2023-02-03T17:01:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T09:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rs-event.sg\/main\/?p=12167"},"modified":"2023-02-03T19:12:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T11:12:29","slug":"artist-in-focus-red-hot-chili-peppers-playing-in-singapore-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rs-event.sg\/main\/2023\/02\/03\/artist-in-focus-red-hot-chili-peppers-playing-in-singapore-in-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist in Focus – Red Hot Chili Peppers (Playing in Singapore in February!)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We Can\u2019t Stop<\/strong> and won\u2019t stop getting excited about our favourite artists here at Rockschool Singapore. We don\u2019t want to Give It Away, <\/strong>but this band has been popular all Around the World since 1983 and, By The Way, <\/strong>were almost named the \u201c<\/strong>Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem\u201d <\/strong>(yikes, what a mouthful!). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s right, we\u2019re talking about the Red Hot Chili Peppers – we\u2019ll see you on the Otherside.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do Not Try This At Home!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With over 80 million records sold worldwide, this LA rock band have cemented themselves as one of the best-selling artists of all time, and they\u2019re certainly the most successful band in the history of alternative rock. That\u2019s quite the achievement, right?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Their 1984 debut album sold an enormous 300,000 copies, the success of which led to a slightly ridiculous tour of 60 shows in 64 days (do not try this at home!). The second album saw the band introduce a little more funk into their sound, something that they would become known and loved for in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, it was early on in their journey that drugs began to take over, taking them from one disaster to the next. When album number three was on the horizon, multiple producers turned down the project. This might give you an idea of the scale of the problems they faced throughout their careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Frusciante<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Frusciante (check him out on the cover of the Grade 1 Rockschool Classics for Electric Guitar!) joined the group in 1988, bringing with him a darker and more melodic rock style which the Red Hot Chili Peppers listeners loved. Album number four, the first to feature Frusciante, sold over 500,000 units. In fact, Mother\u2019s Milk was such a success that record labels were fighting it out to represent them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1991 saw Blood Sugar Sex Magik be released into the world, producing some of their biggest (and Grammy Award winning) hits like \u201cGive It Away\u201d and \u201cUnder The Bridge\u201d. This album sold over 12 million copies! The Red Hot Chili Peppers were going from strength to strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a period, the band lost John Frusciante and he was replaced by guitarist Dave Navarro, though this was not a match destined for success. He admitted fairly quickly that he was not too bothered by funk music or even jamming (a crime in their eyes, no doubt!). It\u2019s safe to say that their relationship didn\u2019t last long, and old favourite John Frusciante was back in 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then the moment that fans didn\u2019t know they were waiting for, Californication. This album still remains their most successful of all time, with over 16 million copies sold. It produced a number of the biggest Chili Peppers tunes that we all know and love, including \u201cScar Tissue\u201d, \u201cOtherside\u201d and \u201cCalifornication\u201d, of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frusciante left the band in 2009 to pursue solo projects, with guitarist Josh Klinghoffer \u2013 another accomplished musician \u2013  filling in until 2019. If you caught the Chili Peppers at Formula One 2019, Klinghoffer featured in the lineup!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now John Frusciante is back with the band, and will be with them as they play live at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on 16th February 2023! Their 2 new albums \u201cUnlimited Love\u201d and \u201cReturn of the Dream Canteen\u201d are definitely worth checking out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rockschool Acoustic Guitar syllabus<\/a> would simply not be complete without some influence from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. We\u2019ve included \u201cRoad Trippin\u2019\u201d in the Grade 4 repertoire so you can satisfy your Chili cravings. You\u2019re welcome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Red Hot Chili Peppers join some incredible artists on the Acoustic Guitar syllabus, including Alanis Morissette, Bill Withers, The Beatles and Taylor Swift, and don\u2019t miss out on more RHCP goodness in the Grade 4 Ukulele Syllabus with \u201cUnder the Bridge\u201d, as well as the Rockschool Classics Series books for Electric Guitar <\/a>and Drums<\/a>, and so be sure to check those out too.Get your Rockschool Books on our new E-Shop! Click here to check it out<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We Can\u2019t Stop and won\u2019t stop getting excited about our favourite artists here at Rockschool Singapore. We don\u2019t want to Give It Away, but this band has been popular all Around the World since 1983 and, By The Way, were almost named the \u201cMiraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem\u201d (yikes, what a mouthful!).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,120],"tags":[139,140,81,121],"class_list":["post-12167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-upcoming-events","tag-articles","tag-artist-in-focus","tag-news","tag-rockschool"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rs-event.sg\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rs-event.sg\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rs-event.sg\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rs-event.sg\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rs-event.sg\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rs-event.sg\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rs-event.sg\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rs-event.sg\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rs-event.sg\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rs-event.sg\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}