Even ‘Dark Necessities’, the Chic-like first single from new album ‘The Getaway’, has the scent of a RHCP classic, its disco-noir groove giving way to a middle eight so Beatledelic you suspect they intended it to be their ‘A Day In The Life’. ‘By The Way’, ‘Dani California’, ‘The Zephyr Song’ even through their ‘difficult’ third decade the quality of their singles has dipped as little as their sex drives. Like Oasis, every Chili Peppers album comes with at least one certified mega-banger attached. Yes, it’s like your Tinder hook-up rushing you out of their flat to vote, but we salute them. They’ve headlined fundraisers for Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders, spoken out against US gun laws and Native American issues and played charity shows for cancer causes and victims of Hurricane Katrina. ‘Californication’, for instance, was more about Hollywood spreading false fantasies of perfection than David Duchovny Netflix-and-chilling his way through most of LA, and such issue-raising bleeds into their activist leanings. Don’t take a potential partner along before date five, though, they’ll run a mile.īeyond their Olympic-level bedroom undertakings, RHCP are a social and political force for good. Like Gene Simmons minus the make-up, they’re shameless shaggers and that makes their live shows a feral, fundamentally seamy experience that all funky horndogs – which, let’s face it, is you and all your friends – can relate to. And, in song, they make Russell Brand look like McLovin – there’s so much giving it to your mama and ‘zephyr’ innuendo going on, you’d think they stole all their lyrics from texts sent in to Babestation. They’re in constant infringement of public decency laws requiring them to wear at least one sports sock each at all times. Nick Cave famously said, “I’m forever near a stereo saying, ‘What the f**k is this garbage?’ And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers.” With their 11th studio album out this month, two NME writers make the case for them being the best, or worst, band on the planet 5 reasons to love Red Hot Chili Peppers
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