For anyone lucky enough to be in LA! A pop up shop run by Amoeba Records will be selling new Red Hot Chili Peppers’ album Unlimited Love along with some exclusive RHCP merch at the Melrose Trading Post at Fairfax High School on Sunday, April 3rd from 9am-5pm.
Details: 7850 Melrose Ave. LA CA 90046 Booth B84
On Thursday 31st March, Anthony Kiedis with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, will finally receive a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood- they have declined previous offers. The ceremony will take place at 6212 Hollywood Boulevard (outside Amoeba Records) at 11:30am PT. It will be livestreamed on the Walk of Fame website.
Anthony Kiedis, along with other members of RHCP, attended the VIP opening of the Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial this week. Here are some photos of Anthony and an anecdote about him taking blurry photos (also in the post).
Anthony’s photos from the post. Taken by Mathew Carasella:
A photo of Anthony Kiedis will be among several previously unseen backstage photos of world-famous artists taken by Louise Schiffmacher on display at the Hard Rock Hotel in Amsterdam. The exhibition will be held on Saturday 30th April between 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM.
More details on the Hard Rock Hotel Amsterdam website.
Anthony Kiedis at the Four Seasons Hotel in Cairo:
RHCP are releasing a new single on 31st March. It will be released the day before their new album, Unlimited Love. The video will premiere at 9p.m. PT.
The fan site RHCP Live Archive has just released two previously unheard songs from The Getaway sessions. The songs are Kaly and Outer Space. Enjoy!
Our only goal is to get lost in the music. We spent thousands of hours, collectively and individually, honing our craft and showing up for one another, to make the best album we could. Our antennae attuned to the divine cosmos, we were just so damn grateful for the opportunity to be in a room together, and, once again, try to get better. Days, weeks and months spent listening to each other, composing, jamming freely, and arranging the fruit of those jams with great care and purpose. The sounds, rhythms, vibrations, words and melodies had us enrapt.
We yearn to shine a light in the world, to uplift, connect, and bring people together. Each of the songs on our new album UNLIMITED LOVE, is a facet of us, reflecting our view of the universe. This is our life’s mission. We work, focus, and prepare, so that when the biggest wave comes, we are ready to ride it. The ocean has gifted us a mighty wave and this record is the ride that is the sum of our lives. Thank you for listening, we hope you enjoy it. – John, Anthony, Chad, and FleaSource: Official RHCP Facebook
Unlimited Love track list:
Black Summer
Here Ever After
Aquatic Mouth Dance
Not the One
Poster Child
The Great Apes
It’s Only Natural
She’s a Lover
These Are the Ways
Watchu Thinkin’
Bastards of Light
White Braids
Pillow Chair
One Way Traffic
Veronica
Let ‘Em Cry
The Heavy Wing
Tangelo
A number of special vinyl releases will also be available. Full details and order links of the Official RHCP website.
Here are some screenshots of Anthony Kiedis taken from the video of RHCP’s new song, Black Summer:
And here are some from a certain scene as they’ve been requested so I might as well post as I made them. Enjoy!
The first single from the forthcoming RHCP album Unlimited Love has been released! It’s called Black Summer. The song references recent events of the pandemic and there is also a reference to the sad passing of Anthony’s father, Blackie Dammett, last year.
Lyrics: “Black Summer”
A lazy rain am I
The skies refuse to cry
Cremation takes its piece of your supply
The night is dressed like noon
A sailor spoke too soon
And China’s on the dark side of the moon
Platypus are a few
The secret life of roo*
A personality I never knew
My Greta weighs a ton
The archers on the run
And no one stands alone behind the sun
It’s been a long time since I made a new friend
Waiting on another black summer to end
It’s been a long time and you never know when
Waiting on another black summer to end
Crack the flaming whip
Sailing on a censorship
Riding on a headless horse to make the trip
Been a long time since I made a new friend
Waiting on another black summer to end
It’s been a long time and you never know when
Waiting on another black summer to end
I’ve been waiting
I’ve been waiting
Waiting on another black summer to end
I’ve been waiting
I’ve been waiting
Waiting on another black summer to end
I’ve been waiting
I’ve been waiting
Waiting on another black summer to end
I’ve been waiting
I’ve been waiting
Waiting on another black summer to end
(*trying to decide if it’s ‘roo as in an abbreviation of kangaroo as that fits with the platypus in being an Australian creature, or if it’s Roo as in the Winnie the Pooh character).
“I really didn’t want to tell the same old story that we’ve been hearing for the last 50 years in rock music,” Kiedis says defiantly. “I liked reaching out in 10,000 directions and seeing what was out there. We weren’t limiting ourselves but trying to tap into something that is honest and emotional. Hopefully we’ve said something that hasn’t been said before, or at least said it in a way that hasn’t.”
There is a new interview with the Red Hot Chili Peppers on the release of their new single, Black Summer, and the forthcoming album, Unlimited Love. It contains a number of quotes from Anthony. Enjoy!
You can read the full article HERE
You can see scans of the magazine that’s referred to in the new interview in our scan collection: NME August 1998
