Red Hot Chili Peppers

Other drummers who have played with the band are;. Various lineups, some featuring Durham, continue to tour as a nostalgia act in Australia and overseas. Other guitarists who have played with the band are;. They were very successful and lasted until 1975, at which point Potger got together again with Athol Guy and Bruce Woodley as the Seekers. The current members of the band are:. As they and their older, conservative fans proceeded largely oblivious to the Swinging Sixties happening around them, they continued to tour and release albums for years afterwards. After the break-up of the original Seekers in 1968, one of its members, Keith Potger, created The New Seekers, a British group which bore little resemblance to the original. See also: Chain Reaction and Anthym (bands before Red Hot Chili Peppers). The scale of their poularity in Australia can be judged from fact that the legendary Woodstock Festival in the United States in 1969 drew about 500,000 people, and that at the time of the Seekers' Melbourne concert, Australia's population was only around 12 million people.

After the sobering death of guitarist Hillel Slovak, the Red Hot Chili Peppers would also lose Jack Irons, which would lead to the addition of current members, John Frusciante and Chad Smith. This is believed to be the largest audience ever assembled for an Australian concert event. Their earlier work was a fusion of funk and punk rock with a party attitude. In recognition of their achievements, the group was named Australians of the Year for 1967 and in March that year they returned to Australia for a triumphant homecoming tour, which included a record-breaking concert at the Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne which was attended by over 200,000 people. Their breakthrough record Blood Sugar Sex Magik as well as all subsequent records were released on Warner Brothers Records and were produced by Rick Rubin. Their chart success peaked with the movie theme song Georgy Girl, written by Jim Dale, which reached #1 on the US and Australian charts and #3 on the UK charts in 1967, and sold 3.5 million copies worldwide. Epic Records offered the band a contract where each member would be paid a million dollars, but through some odd fate, the deal did not fall through and the Red Hot Chili Peppers signed with Warner Brothers Records. Bruce Woodley also co-wrote the song Red Rubber Ball with Simon.

Red Hot Chili Peppers' label were originally signed to an EMI subsidiary known as EMI Manhattan. This was Simon's first UK success as a writer, and his first hit as a composer outside of his work with Simon & Garfunkel. They are also well known for playing bare chested, in fact Flea often goes one step further and performs naked on stage. In 1965 they recorded a cover of Paul Simon’s Someday, Oneday, which reached #4 in Australia and #11 in the UK. Perhaps the most distinctive feature of their sound is the bass playing of Flea, whose flashy, slap-heavy playing not only provides a groove but is also the source of many musical flourishes. It shot to #1 in Australia and the UK, and #4 in the USA and went on to sell 1.75 million copies worldwide, making them the first Australian pop group to have a Top 5 hit in all three countries simultaneously, and the first to sell over a million copies of a single.
One critic has summarized their lyrics as "sex, good times, rock and roll and more sex" with some truth, though some of their biggest hits, such as Under The Bridge, have been considerably more introspective. After signing with Lew Grade's Grade Agency and EMI's Columbia Records imprint, they released their version of Springfield’s I'll Never Find Another You in November 1964.

. The distinctive soprano voice of lead singer Judith Durham, their sweet harmonies, memorable songs, and non-threatening image (encouraging the BBC to give them exposure) made them appealing to a broad cross-section of the pop audience, and they enjoyed a remarkable string of Top Ten albums and singles in Britain, America and Australia between 1964 and 1968. The band started in 1984. He produced all of their most successful records and wrote or co-wrote many of their hits. Red Hot Chili Peppers are a Californian rock band who have combined aspects of funk and hip-hop with rock and roll, pioneering funk metal. After a brief career in Australia, the group travelled to the UK in early 1964, where they were discovered by songwriter-producer Tom Springfield, the brother of pop star Dusty Springfield. Live at Slane Castle (2003) - live. They were the first Australian popular music group to achieve significant chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Greatest Hits and Videos (2003) - music videos. The Seekers were a group of Australian folk-influenced popular musicians which was formed in Melbourne in 1963. "By the Way" (2002) - music video single. Off the Map (2001) - live. What Hits!? (1992) - music videos.

Funky Monks (1991) - making of Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Positive Mental Octopus (1990) - music videos. Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven (1990) - live. Peligro (1988-1989), drummer with Dead Kennedys.

D.H. Cliff Martinez (1982-1985) played on the first and second albums when Jack Irons was bound to a different record company. founding drummer Jack Irons (1982; 1986-1988), who went on to play with Pearl Jam and has recently released a solo album titled 'Attention Dimension'. Dave Navarro (1993-1998), who joined the band from Jane's Addiction.

Jesse Tobias (1993). Arik Marshall (1992-1993). Duane 'Blackbird' McKnight (1988-1989), formerly of Funkadelic, who didn't work well with the rest of the band. Jack Sherman (1982-1985), who played on the first album when Hillel was bound to a different record company.

founding guitarist Hillel Slovak (1982; 1985-1988), who died in June 1988 from a heroin overdose. drummer Chad Smith (1989-). guitarist John Frusciante (1989-1992; 1998-), who originally joined the band as an 18-year-old fan whose playing impressed the band, and temporarily left the band during the Japanese leg of the tour in support of 1991 album Blood Sugar Sex Magik; and. bass player Michael Balzary, known as "Flea" (1982-), who was also a founding member;.

singer Anthony Kiedis (1982-), who has been a member of the band since its foundation;.