The Red Hot Chili Peppers are one of L.A.'s most time tested of musical acts; this is a band with a long history (not always successful), a long list of members, and never short on dire circumstances. They have recently released an album entitled "I'm with you", which displays new guitarrist Josh Klinghoffer and was recorded by their long time man behind the mix Rik Rubin.Luckily for us here in Orlando, this concert will be coming through on January 21st, 2011 to the Amway Arena.
The Chili Peppers have seen their fair share of guitar players in their past. Hilel Slovak, the original guitarrist back in the early 80's overdosed sometime after recording several albums with the band. During Hilel's time, the Chili Peppers were working on spreading their name in the L.A. area. It was after his departure that the band got their biggest surge to the top of fame; long time fan John Frusciante took over as a guitarrist, and Chad Smith (current drummer) took on drumming responsibilities. In 1989 "Mother's Milk" was released; it was their cover of Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground" that really gave them mass international appeal. After the classic "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" yielded a long tour, Frusciante left the band. Dave Navarro, original Jane's Addiction guitarist replaced Frusciante for the album "One Hot Minute", but the band struggled to find an internal chemistry. After wrestling with severe drug addiction, Frusciante cleaned up and returned to the Chili Peppers recording the heartily successful albums "Californication" and "Stadium Arcadium".
Klinghoffer was close to John Frusciante. He had aided Frusciante with one of his solo albums, "Shadows Collide with people" which led to Klinghoffer and he collaborating on the project "Ataxia" through the early 2000's. This relationship led to Klinghoffer actually playing back up guitar, keyboards, and providing backing vocals during the Chili Peppers 2009 tour. It was the next rational step for Kiedis, Smith, & Flea to extend the invitation to this vibrant musician once Frusciante had decided his time in the Chili Peppers was truly finished.
The new album combines the integral power punk/funk rhythm section of Flea and Smith, with Anthony Kiedis' always colorful descriptions. Klinghoffer's style on this album doesn't really mimic Frusciante at all; the album has a good balance of slower tunes and high powered rock offerings, but all in all the band is definitely doing good to evolve after they've been at the rock and roll game close to 30 years.
Tickets can be found here for the January 21st show at Orlando's Amway Arena.
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