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The Red Hot Chili Peppers is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Parliament-Funkadelic, Public Image Ltd., Material, Faith No More and Dead Kennedys. Those roots explain a lot about how The Red Hot Chili Peppers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as John Frusciante, Incubus, Chris Cornell, Flea and Temple of the Dog, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Pearl Jam and Nirvana, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around The Red Hot Chili Peppers, reaching back through Parliament-Funkadelic and forward to Pearl Jam. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1982, consisting of Flea (bass), Anthony Kiedis (vocals), Chad Smith (drums), and John Frusciante (guitar). Their music incorporates elements of alternative rock, funk, punk rock, hard rock, hip-hop, and psychedelic rock, and has influenced genres including funk metal, rap metal, rap rock, and nu metal. With over 120 million records sold worldwide, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are one of the top-selling bands of all time. They hold the records for most number-one singles on the American Alternative Songs charts (15), most cumulative weeks at number one (91), and most top-ten songs on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart (28). They have won three Grammy Awards, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, and in 2022 received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers connections
The Red Hot Chili Peppers grew out of Parliament-Funkadelic, Public Image Ltd., Material and Faith No More, shares an orbit with John Frusciante, Incubus, Chris Cornell and Flea, went on to shape Pearl Jam and Nirvana. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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