The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — What interesting about the Chili Peppers that no other band can claim is that they they can replace the guitarist and not effect the overall chemistry of the band.  For all intensive purposes, the Chili Peppers are Flea, Anthony and Chad Smith.  No... more info

Topix — It was one of those scorching summer days in Los Angeles, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers were on a makeshift stage somewhere in the warehouse district, playing their new single, "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie," over and over to a bunch of extras... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — It's been a week now that I've had a chance to digest the new RHCP album.  I was a huge fan in the 80s and Blood Sugar Sex Magik years had everyone dancing.  But when Navarro joined the band they never recovered.  I always gave them a fair listen ... more info

Topix — Uh-oh, "#ThingsBetterThanTheCarterIV" is a trending topic on Twitter. Is Lil Wayne's latest effort really that bad? Other hot topics this week: the first album from the Red Hot Chili Peppers featuring new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer and the latest set... more info

People.com — "Who knew? You can't know until you go," the Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman and dad to 3½-year-old son Everly says more info

CNN Showbiz — It was one of those scorching summer days in Los Angeles, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers were on a makeshift stage somewhere in the warehouse district, playing their new single, "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie," over and over to a bunch of extras... more info

Mercury News, California — The Red Hot Chili Peppers have remained musically relevant for almost three decades by tweaking their formula (and sometimes their lineup) from album to album. more info

NME — Chad Smith says their new axeman has brought musical advancement to the funk rockers more info

The Music Fix — What are you doing tonight? more info

ContactMusic — Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea compares the band's songwriting to the work of Anton Chekhov. The band approach writing with a view to creating "visual pictures" with each of their songs, with bassist Flea taking inspiration from the Russian literature h... more info