Ace Nova Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 (edited) Any fans out there?I've liked most of their stuff over the years....very talented, imo. Edited August 11, 2014 by Kasanova King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 (edited) Sure. I'm a fan, but I'm a bigger Fru fan tbh. I love Scar Tissue and Otherside. Great songs. That whole album got shit production, but it's awesome anyway. Edited August 11, 2014 by Rovim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciusfunk Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Love them from 1989 to present (minus One Hot Minute, only because I haven't heard it.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Love them from 1989 to present (minus One Hot Minute, only because I haven't heard it.)An album that really makes you appreciate real chemistry and the lack of it, and of course the might of John as a musician. I still like it though. It was an honest creative attempt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandallFlagg Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 One of the greatest bands in history, Venice Queen, Californication, Death of a Martian, Under The Bridge, Don't Forget Me, Brendan's Death Song, Parallel Universe are some of my faves.Fru's solo work is stellar too, Empyrean is epic.Always thought Kiedis had a bit of a Prince vibe going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Paging Jakey StyleyI'm a pretty moderate fan. Don't like any of their non-Frisciante stuff bar a bit of the new album and single outtakes. BSSM is probably my album of the 90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Paging Jakey StyleyI'm a pretty moderate fan. Don't like any of their non-Frisciante stuff bar a bit of the new album and single outtakes. BSSM is probably my album of the 90s.It's by far the best RHCP album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 (edited) Stadium Arcadium comes close imo, but not quite. Edited August 11, 2014 by bacardimayne 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Stadium Arcadium comes close imo, but not quite.I said by far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mansin Humanity Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Definitely a top 10 band for me. Count me as a huge Klinghoffer fan. I'm really, really excited for this next album when you consider how much Frusciante came into his own with BSSM (which I also think is their best) after MM and the potential for Klinghoffer to do the same after a pretty solid debut with IWY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 If there's one thing I really like about Josh it's his backing vocals. Some mystical sounding shit right there. Really adds to certain songs in a way John's couldn't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mansin Humanity Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 If there's one thing I really like about Josh it's his backing vocals. Some mystical sounding shit right there. Really adds to certain songs in a way John's couldn't.Have you listened to his other project, Dot Hacker? He's on lead vocals, there's some great stuff there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Sounds cool. I'll check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I'm not a "super fan" ( as in : I've never paid any attention to them besides the albums ) or anything, but they're fucking legendary.Stadium Arcadium gets a lot of flak, I think it's a phenomenal album...( OHM too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I like By the Way and Stadium Arcadium a lot. Frusciante is a big influence to me. His solo career is amazing. The Empyrean is probably the best album of the 2000s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuanVictor Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Yeah, I love RHCP, they're for sure one of my favorite bands. And I also appreciate every album released until the moment, One Hot Minute is underrated IMO.Have you guys heard about the new leaks? Some demos/rough mixes from Californication and By The Way:Californication (Early Version):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2bXrPUGVwcFall Water (By The Way Sessions):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbYWcqKgfVUThere's more stuff on that channel.That Cali demo is completely different from the final version, here's a quote from AK's book about the song creation:"Back in the studio, things were going well, but the one song that was so important to me was less important to everybody else. That was "Californication." Every time I'd bring it up, everyone would go, "we've got twenty-five other songs recorded. We don't need antoher one." "No, we have to have this." I urged. "This is the anchor of the whole record. It's as good a lyric as I've written in a long time. It has to be a song." I was not letting go. I kept telling John we had to finish it. Meanwhile, the session was winding down and we had only a few days of basic track recording left. In the last moments of recording, John came running into the studio with his new thirty-thousand-dollar ($30k) White Falcon hollow-body guitar. He said, "I've got it! I've got 'Californication'!" He sat down and plucked this incredibly spare yet haunting combination of notes. It was so different from any other approach that we'd taken for the song that I didn't quite hear it. Then he started singing it, and it was at the high end of my range, but it was doable. He taught it to Flea and Chad, and we rehearsed it a couple of times and recorded it. It was such a sensation of relief and gratification, to know that the song didn't end up in the same trash bin as "Quixotic Elixir" and a number of other songs that I had high hopes for." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma16 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I've never heard that early version of Californication. I'm prefer the studio version by miles. I liked IWY quite a bit but felt it could have been trimmed down a bit. I also own the IMY b-sides and there are a few gems there as well. Empyrean is fantastic and I really like Shadows Collide (minus some of the noise filler) but I haven't liked anything post-Empyrean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakey Styley Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 The only other band that progressed as perfectly and naturally as RHCP is The Beatles. Two perfect songs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lio Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Love them, although I haven't followed them closely in the last years. (Mainly because I wasn't really following any music.) So I still like BSSM the most. It's an album I still enjoy in its entirety today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towelie Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 (edited) Love them in every incarnation. I thought I'm With You was a great little album. Probably better than Stadium Arcadium. Edited August 12, 2014 by Towelie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Diet Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I'm a big fan until Josh Klingenhoffer or who the fuck his name is came in.Here's every recording sessions what RHCP hashttps://sites.google.com/site/rhcpsessions/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Diet Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Oh and i like the early 80's incarnations, but i don't like OHM. my fav era starts from 1989 with Frusciante. To me: RHCP with Frusciante is RHCP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Coincidentally I've been revisiting/listening to the first couple of albums for a while now, never gave them much of a chance back in the day.They're great. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.