I definitely now in my old age prefer their pre-BloodSugarSexMagik output
I was a big fan of their first five albums. Saw them live several times shortly before and immediately after Mother's Milk. Literally stopped listening after "Give It Away"; never even made it to side 2 of my BloodSugarSexMagik cassette, and never listened to any album after that.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 19:11 (four weeks ago) link
What was Hillel like as a performer?
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 19:13 (four weeks ago) link
Never saw them with Hillel; all the shows I saw (April 1989, New Brunswick, NJ; July 1989, L.A.; and October 1989, NYC) were with baby John.
https://www.rhcplivearchive.com/show/apr-1989-new-brunswick-nj-2070
https://www.rhcplivearchive.com/show/jul-11-1989-los-angeles-ca-1170
https://www.rhcplivearchive.com/show/oct-27-1989-new-york-city-ny-1218
FTR, the July show is listed to history as a "Benefit for Father's Rights" but the sign outside the club that night read "Benefit to Pay Norwood's Alimony."
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 19:27 (four weeks ago) link
literally a boys' clublol
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 19:33 (four weeks ago) link
Norwood Fisher from Fishbone?
― bbq, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 20:01 (four weeks ago) link
I saw them with Hillel twice - '86, '87. He was phenomenal. I remember he had a lot of guitar pedals and he was always locking into these funk riffs that would get hypnotic. Slight of build, but had a manic presence and chops that drew your attention.
― Josefa, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 20:10 (four weeks ago) link
I remember reading about the Father's Rights benefit in some magazine back then. Possibly Thrasher. May have been the first place I heard of the Chi Peps.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 20:21 (four weeks ago) link
What was Hillel like as a performer?― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, May 29, 2024 3:13 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, May 29, 2024 3:13 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
He’ll play a little guitar, sing a few bluesHe’s the kind-a-guy that you can’t refuseDespite the fact that he’s no bruteHe’s the skinny sweaty man in the green suit
Strike the magic groove make him jerk and moveLike an eight legged freak in snake skin bootsComing soon to a theatre near youIt’s the skinny sweaty man in the green suit
― The SoyBoy West Coast (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 20:27 (four weeks ago) link
i saw them doing a couple songs on some late night fundraiser for local TV in Los Angeles late 80's and when it was done the host had no idea what just happened. it was amazing to me as a kid.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 20:33 (four weeks ago) link
then at some point years later KROQ would play them every hour and it wasn't so cool anymore
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 20:35 (four weeks ago) link
At this point, the original 10-song 1983 demo with Hillel and Jack might be the best Pep ever. Nine of the tracks were on Out in L.A. (now OOP), and kind of wish they would just drop a remastered version on a cassette
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqsni052XnfHTm_0m2E6ygSkvYxc4Fd6L
― The SoyBoy West Coast (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 20:36 (four weeks ago) link
Actually I have no idea if it's actually out of print, but it's "not on streaming services" for whatever that's worth
― The SoyBoy West Coast (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 20:37 (four weeks ago) link
Out In LA was a budget CD bin staple for years. I think it has been broken up and the tracks were added to expanded versions of the relevant albums.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 21:13 (four weeks ago) link
One of my coworkers at the climbing gym is a huge RHCP fan and I asked her about it— she said, “Well my dad used to play them a lot when I was a kid, now he’s in jail and we don’t talk much so it reminds me of happy times,” and I think that might be the only legitimate reason for liking the Chili Peps that I can think of tbqh.
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Sunday, 9 June 2024 12:37 (two weeks ago) link
I really hate the out of tune “guitar solo” in the song “californication”, a pun I literally only just got that makes me like this and even less!!!!
― brimstead, Sunday, 9 June 2024 14:05 (two weeks ago) link
Is that the one that’s just the riff to purple haze
― calstars, Sunday, 9 June 2024 16:20 (two weeks ago) link
No, that's "Dani California"
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:05 (two weeks ago) link