Behind the Music · SEASON 1

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Episode 69 · 1999-05-31

★ 10.0
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Season 1Episode 69★ 10.0/10
  • Documentary

Episode overview

The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Hillel Slovak, Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, John Frusciante -- burst onto the early 80s L.A. scene, taking their love of outrageous and spontaneous behavior and fusing it with in-your-face hardcore punk, resulting in a totally new brand of funk. "The Red Hot Chili Peppers: Behind The Music" explores the light and dark sides of their go-for-broke attitude. Some of the band members succumbed to the lure of heroin, with guitarist Slovak losing his life to the drug.In 1991, the band released the album "Blood Sugar Sex Magik," featuring the #2 single, "Under the Bridge," based on vocalist Anthony Kiedis' experiences with both drugs and loneliness. The massive, hugely successful tour that followed almost destroyed the band. Guitarist Frusciante quit abruptly on the Japanese leg of the tour, and also descended into drugs and depression.While the band's future has often looked bleak, the Peppers are older, wiser, and funkier than ever. John Frusciante is back, the band is rejuvenated, and they have completed work on their latest album, with producer Rick Rubin at the helm."The Red Hot Chili Peppers: Behind The Music" includes interviews with all the band members, Rick Rubin, Louis Mathieu, tour manager; Patricia Urban, Flea's mother; Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins and Gwen Stefani and Tony Kanal of No Doubt.

60 minutes

Season 1 episodes

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Weird Al Yankovic1999-07-04 74. Poison1999-07-11 75. Quiet Riot1999-07-18 76. Natalie Cole1999-07-25 77. Melissa Etheridge1999-08-01 78. Woodstock1999-08-08 79. Bay City Rollers1999-08-21 80. Donny & Marie1999-08-22 81. Bad Company1999-08-28 82. Peter Tosh1999-08-29 83. Goo Goo Dolls1999-09-05 84. Glen Campbell1999-09-19 85. Sting1999-10-13 86. Thin Lizzy1999-10-17 87. Rocky Horror Picture Show1999-10-31 88. Alanis Morissette1999-11-14 89. Dr. Dre1999-11-21 90. Barry White1999-11-28 91. 19991999-12-12 92. Genesis1999-12-19 93. The Partridge Family2000-01-02 94. Michael Hutchence2000-01-09 95. Celine Dion2000-01-16 96. Russell Simmons2000-01-23 97. Quincy Jones2000-02-06 98. Run-D.M.C.2000-02-20 99. Tina Turner2000-03-05 100. Alan Freed2000-03-10 101. Elton John2000-03-19 102. Oasis2000-04-02 103. No Doubt2000-04-09 104. The Police2000-04-23 105. 19702000-04-30 106. 19842000-05-07 107. 19772000-05-17 108. 19922000-05-19 109. Ricky Martin2000-05-28 110. The Go-Gos2000-06-04 111. 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