Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Year:
2012
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Inducted by:
Chris Rock
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Category:
Performers
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Anthony Kiedis -
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Chad Smith -
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Cliff Martinez -
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Flea -
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Hillel Slovak -
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Jack Irons -
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John Frusciante -
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Josh Klinghoffer
Introduction
Resilient. Ambitious. Innovative. The Red Hot Chili Peppers have been to hell and back wearing nothing but a tube sock.
Inspired by an eclectic mix of genres, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were the architects of a new sound, stretching the bounds of rock and their own creativity to their limit.
Red Hot Chili Peppers Acceptance Speeches
Red Hot Chili Peppers Acceptance Speeches at the 2012 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony-
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Red Hot Chili Peppers Acceptance Speeches00:19:33 -
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Chris Rock Inducts Red Hot Chili Peppers00:06:21 -
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"By The Way"00:03:38 -
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Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers Inducts Metallica00:10:15
Hall of Fame Essay
2012
The word pioneers is regularly used to describe the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and with good reason: The band—which today consists of Anthony Kiedis on vocals; Michael Balzary, long known to fans as Flea, on bass; Chad Smith on drums; and recent addition Josh Klinghoffer on guitar—birthed a blend of punk, funk, and hip-hop that has since influenced every group to marry rap and rock.
The first of the early-nineties alternative bands to follow Nirvana into the upper echelons of the charts, the Chili Peppers injected a splash of color to that movement’s oft-gray canvas, their funky jams and flamboyant garb (or lack thereof) providing relief from grunge’s punk-metal sludge and flannel shirt uniform.
their music is so happy, but at the same time it’s hardcore. It’s hardcore happiness.
Photography: Getty/WireImage
