Red Hot Chili Peppers are a California-based rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983.
Even though they have experienced numerous line-up
changes and personal problems, the band has successfully created a sound that combines elements of funk, punk, rap, pop rock, psychedelic rock and heavy metal.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have maintained
commercial and critical success ever since their breakthrough full-length Blood Sugar Sex Magik was released in 1991.
Since 1984, they have produced nine studio albums which have
sold over 60 million copies worldwide. They also hold the records for most #1 modern rock hits with nine, and most weeks spent atop that
chart, with 72.