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Red Hot Chili Wiki - Recently Updated Pageshttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/pageSearch/updatedRecently Updated Pages on http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comen-usinfo@wetpaint.comWed, 14 Nov 2007 16:31:47 CSTWed, 14 Nov 2007 16:31:47 CSTwetpaint.com60Red Hot Chili Wikihttp://www.wetpaint.com/img/logo.gifhttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comAlbumshttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Albumskinglifehttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Albumskinglife musicWed, 14 Nov 2007 16:31:47 CSTkinglife music<hr size="1"><br/>The Red Hot Chili Peppers' database!http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/The+Red+Hot+Chili+Peppers%27+database%21bojosotohttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/The+Red+Hot+Chili+Peppers%27+database%21Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:10:48 CDT <br><b>Red Hot Chili Peppers</b> is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. For most of their career, the group's lineup has consisted of vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John Frusciante, bassist Michael "Flea" Balzary, and drummer Chad Smith. The band's varied musical style has fused traditional rock with various elements of funkpunk rock, alternative rock and Psychedelic Rock.<br><br><br>Eventually, this wiki will have a comprehensive list of guitar tabs and lessons of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Miscellaneous items such as equipment and videos how to play certain Frusciante riffs may be available.<br><div align="center"> * Added Otherside full guitar tab info.</div><br><a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://www.redhotchilipeppers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Official website">Official Website</a><br><a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://www.myspace.com/redhotchilipeppers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Official Myspace Page</a><br><hr size="1"><br/>The Red Hot Chili Peppershttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/The+Red+Hot+Chili+Peppersbojosotohttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/The+Red+Hot+Chili+PeppersWed, 22 Aug 2007 02:03:50 CDTThere is no abstract available for this page revision.<hr size="1"><br/>Freaky Styleyhttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Freaky+Styleybojosotohttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Freaky+StyleyWed, 22 Aug 2007 02:02:55 CDTThere is no abstract available for this page revision.<hr size="1"><br/>The Uplift Mofo Party Planhttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/The+Uplift+Mofo+Party+Planbojosotohttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/The+Uplift+Mofo+Party+PlanWed, 22 Aug 2007 02:02:36 CDTThere is no abstract available for this page revision.<hr size="1"><br/>Mother's Milkhttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Mother%27s+Milkbojosotohttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Mother%27s+MilkWed, 22 Aug 2007 02:02:04 CDTThere is no abstract available for this page revision.<hr size="1"><br/>Blood Sugar Sex Magikhttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Blood+Sugar+Sex+Magikbojosotohttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Blood+Sugar+Sex+MagikWed, 22 Aug 2007 02:01:27 CDTThere is no abstract available for this page revision.<hr size="1"><br/>One Hot Minutehttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/One+Hot+Minutebojosotohttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/One+Hot+MinuteWed, 22 Aug 2007 02:00:50 CDTThere is no abstract available for this page revision.<hr size="1"><br/>Californicationhttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Californicationbojosotohttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/CalifornicationWed, 22 Aug 2007 02:00:08 CDTThere is no abstract available for this page revision.<hr size="1"><br/>By the Wayhttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/By+the+Waybojosotohttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/By+the+WayWed, 22 Aug 2007 01:59:32 CDTThere is no abstract available for this page revision.<hr size="1"><br/>Stadium Arcadiumhttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Stadium+Arcadiumbojosotohttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Stadium+ArcadiumWed, 22 Aug 2007 01:58:52 CDTThere is no abstract available for this page revision.<hr size="1"><br/>Dave Navarrohttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Dave+Navarrobojosotohttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Dave+NavarroWed, 22 Aug 2007 01:57:29 CDTThere is no abstract available for this page revision.<hr size="1"><br/>Jack Ironshttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Jack+Ironsbojosotohttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Jack+IronsWed, 22 Aug 2007 01:57:11 CDTThere is no abstract available for this page revision.<hr size="1"><br/>Hillel Slovakhttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Hillel+Slovakbojosotohttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Hillel+SlovakWed, 22 Aug 2007 01:56:51 CDTThere is no abstract available for this page revision.<hr size="1"><br/>Past Membershttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Past+Membersbojosotohttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Past+MembersWed, 22 Aug 2007 01:55:04 CDTThere is no abstract available for this page revision.<hr size="1"><br/>Chad Smithhttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Chad+Smithbojosotohttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Chad+SmithWed, 22 Aug 2007 01:52:21 CDT<b> Chad Smith</b> <font color="#000000">(born </font><font color="#000000">October 25</font><font color="#000000">, 1962 in </font><font color="#000000">Saint Paul, Minnesota</font><font color="#000000">, </font><font color="#000000">USA</font><font color="#000000">), is the drummer of the American rock band <b>Red Hot Chili Peppers</b>.</font><br><br><font color="#000000">He joined the Chili Peppers in late 1988</font><font color="#000000"> after former drummer, Jack Irons</font><font color="#000000"> quit because of the distress and chaos over former guitarist </font><font color="#000000">Hillel Slovak</font><font color="#000000">'s death from a drug overdose. In </font><font color="#000000">1993</font><font color="#000000">, he released "Red Hot Rhythm Method", an educational video for aspiring drummers. </font><br><font color="#000000"></font>Chad first <font color="#000000">got married in 1994 to Maria St. John and while together they had one child: Manon St. John (1997). He has three other children: Justin (1998), Ava (2000) and Cole (2005). The two divorced but he has since remarried to an architect named Nancy on May 8, 2006 in Hopetown, Abaco, Bahamas. When not onstage or in the studio Smith enjoys scuba diving, baseball, basketball, and riding his Harleys (he owns a black Road King that he has personally done modifications on) He also lives in a 1929 Spanish house that Cary Grant and Randolph Scott lived in together from 1932 to 1936. </font><font color="#000000"></font><br><font color="#000000">At </font><font color="#000000">Live Earth</font><font color="#000000"> in 2007 </font><font color="#000000">, Smith was part of SOS Allstars with Roger Taylor</font><font color="#000000"> of Queen </font><font color="#000000">and close friend Taylor Hawkins</font><font color="#000000"> of the Foo Fighters</font><font color="#000000">.</font><br><hr size="1"><br/>John Frusciantehttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/John+Frusciantebojosotohttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/John+FruscianteWed, 22 Aug 2007 01:41:23 CDT <b>John Frusciante</b> is an American musician. He was born on March 5, 1970 in Queens, New York. He is the guitarist for the funk rock band, <b>Red Hot Chili Peppers</b>.<br><br> He has also made a number of solo records. Some of these albums have been made with other artists, for example Josh Klinghoffer. Frusciante is currently on tour with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, they are promoting the band's latest release, <i>Stadium Arcadium</i>.<br><br>John Frusciante prominently uses his 1962 Fender Stratocaster during Red Hot Chili Peppers gigs (pictured right).<br><hr size="1"><br/>Frusciantehttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Frusciantebojosotohttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/FruscianteWed, 22 Aug 2007 01:39:06 CDT<h2> Current Guitars, Amplification & Effects </h2><br><h3> Guitars:</h3> <ul> <li> 1962 Fender Stratocaster (John's Main Guitar) </li><li> 1955 Fender Stratocaster (w/ Maple Neck) </li><li> 1962 Fender Stratocaster (Fiesta Red Finish) </li><li> 1961 Fender Stratocaster (Olympic White Finish) </li><li> 1963 Fender Telecaster </li><li> 1955 Gretsch White Falcon </li><li> 1969 Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty </li><li> Taylor 314ce Acoustic (For Venice Queen) </li><li> 1969 Fender Jaguar (For Warmups Only)</li></ul><br><h3> Amplifiers/Cabinets:</h3> <ul> <li> Marshall Major 200W Head (w/ KT88 Tubes) </li><li> Marshall Silver Jubilee 2550 Head </li><li> Fender Dual Showman Silverface Head (w/ Gretsch White Falcon) </li><li> Marshall 4x12 cabinets (w/ stock Celestions)</li></ul><br>He primarily uses Marshall amplifiers, mainly two Silver Jubilee and a 200-watt Major. Although, has also been seen using amps by Vox and Fender.<br><br><h3> Effects/Pedals:</h3>Stadium Arcadium Tour <br>The following pedals are arranged into various loops - some go into the clean amp and some into the crunch amp:<br><ul> <li> BOSS CE-1 </li><li> BOSS DS-2 Turbo Distortion </li><li> BOSS FV-50 H volume pedal </li><li> 2x Digitech PDS-8000 </li><li> Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb </li><li> Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress Flanger </li><li> <br>Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi or Electro-Harmonix English Muff’n </li><li> Ibanez WH10 Wah </li><li> Line6 FM4 Filter Modeler </li><li> Line6 DL4 Delay Modeler </li><li> Moog MF-105 MuRF </li><li> Moog MF-105B Bass MuRF </li><li> 3x Moog MF-101 Low-Pass Filter </li><li> Moog MF-103 12-Stage Phaser </li><li> Moog MF-102 Ring Modulator </li><li> 2x Moog Controll Processor </li><li> 3x Moog Expression Pedal </li><li> Mostrite FUZZrite </li><li> Guyatone VT-X Tube Tremolo </li><li> MXR Micro Amp</li></ul><br><h3> Picks:</h3> <ul> <li> Orange Jim Dunlop Tortex 0.6mm</li></ul><br><h3> Strings:</h3> <ul> <li> D'Addario XL .10s-.046 (with a .11 on the high E string)</li></ul><br><h3> Other Guitars:</h3> <ul> <li> 1965 Fender Telecaster Custom </li><li> 1962 Fender Jaguar Fiesta Red Finish </li><li> 1969 Fender Mustang Dakota Red Finish </li><li> 1956 Gibson ES-335 Sunburst </li><li> 1961 Gibson SG Custom Cherry Red </li><li> 1961 Gibson SG Sunburst (Used for Joy Division Tribute concert) </li><li> Fender Precision Bass (Olympic White w/ Rosewood Fretboard) </li><li> Martin 0-15 (acoustic) </li><li> Martin 1940 (acoustic) </li><li> Maton Messiah 12-string acoustic </li><li> Mosrite St. George Gold (12 String Electic) </li><li> Taylor 314c (acoustic)</li></ul><hr size="1"><br/>Fleahttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Fleabojosotohttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/FleaWed, 22 Aug 2007 01:38:32 CDT<h2 class="MsoNormal"> Current Basses, Effects & Amplification</h2> <h3 align="left"> </h3> <h3 class="MsoNormal"> Basses:</h3><font size="2"> </font> <br><ul> <li> <div class="MsoNormal"> “Sunburst Modulus FleaBass”: This is Flea’s main Bass on tour. It has a “sunburst” body with the pickguard removed, a Carbon Fiber neck with a black headstock. It also has a Lane Poor pickup and a BadAss II Bridge. Also, this bass has a number of stickers on the front of the body.</div> </li><li> <div class="MsoNormal"> “Circle Jerk Punk-Rock" Modulus FleaBass”: This is Flea’s most famous bass. It has a custom "Red, White & Blue" paint job with a custom shaped White Pearl pickguard. It has a Carbon Fiber neck with a white headstock to match the white on the body. It also has a Lane Poor pickup and a BadAss II Bridge. This bass is covered in stickers on the front of the body, which makes this bass so recognizable. This particular bass was used to record ''By The Way'' and on the subsequent tour for the album.</div> </li><li> <div class="MsoNormal"> “Blue Sparkle Modulus FleaBass”: This bass has a “Blue Sparkle” body with a White Pearl pickgaurd, a Carbon Fiber neck with a matching Blue Sparkle headstock. It also has a Lane Poor pickup and a BadAss II Bridge. Also, this bass has a black sticker under the bridge that reads "a flea still drinks the blood of those who wouldn't harm a flea". This bass was used extensively during the '”Californication” Tour.</div> </li><li> <div class="MsoNormal"> “Silver Sparkle Modulus FleaBass”: This bass has a “Silver Sparkle” body with a White Pearl pickgaurd, a Carbon Fiber neck with a white headstock. It also has a Lane Poor pickup and a BadAss II Bridge.</div> </li><li> <div class="MsoNormal"> “Silver Sparkle ‘5-String’ Modulus FleaBass”: This is Flea's only 5-String bass on tour. This bass has a “Silver Sparkle” body with a White Pearl pickgaurd, a Carbon Fiber neck with a white headstock. It also has a Lane Poor pickup and a BadAss II Bridge.</div> </li><li> <div class="MsoNormal"> “Shell Pink" '61 Fender Jazz Bass”: This is one of Flea’s vintage Basses. It has a “Shell Pink” body with a Tortoise-Shell pickgaurd, a rosewood neck with a maple headstock. The body sports a sticker of D. Boon, former lead singer of the Minutemen, on the upper arm contour. The entire bass is stock and was given to Flea as a gift. Flea used this bass to record Stadium Arcadium and even toured with it for a short while. The bass is extremely valuable because it is one of very few original "Shell Pink" jazz bases ever produced by Fender.</div></li></ul><font size="2"></font> <br><h3 class="MsoNormal"> Amplifiers:</h3><font size="2"></font> <br><ul> <li> <div class="MsoNormal"> “Gallien-Krueger Amplification”: 3x 4x10 410RBH & 3x 1x15 115RBH Cabinets.</div></li></ul><font size="2"></font> <br><h3 class="MsoNormal"> Effects/Pedals:</h3><font size="2"></font> <br><ul> <li> <div class="MsoNormal"> Boss ODB-3 Bass Overdrive (set for a highly distorted sound heard on “Around the World” & “So Much I”)</div> </li><li> <div class="MsoNormal"> MXR Micro Amp (for a clean boost during heavy slap passages)</div> </li><li> <div class="MsoNormal"> Electro Harmonix Q-Tron (for filter sounds on “Sir Psycho Sexy”)</div> </li><li> <div class="MsoNormal"> Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi Effects Pedal</div> </li><li> <div class="MsoNormal"> Dunlop 105Q Bass Wah</div></li></ul><font size="2"></font> <br><h3 class="MsoNormal"> Strings:</h3><font size="2"></font> <br><ul> <li> <div class="MsoNormal"> GHS FLEA Signature Series Boomers Bass Guitar Strings Medium</div></li></ul><hr size="1"><br/>Smithhttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Smithbojosotohttp://chiliwiki.wetpaint.com/page/SmithChad Smith's EquipmentWed, 22 Aug 2007 01:29:49 CDT<h2>"Stadium Arcadium" Tour Kit:</h2><br><h3>Pearl Masters Custom (MRX) CeeLite Special Drums: </h3> <ul> <li>12x10" Tom</li> <li>14x14" Floor Tom</li> <li>16x16" Floor Tom</li> <li>24x16" Bass Drum</li> <li>14x5.5" Yamaha Jimmy Chamberlin Signature Snare</li> <li>14x5" Pearl Masters Snare (snare wire turned off, used as timbale)</li></ul> <h3>Sabian AA & AAX-Cellerator Cymbals:</h3> <ul> <li>14" AAX-Cellerator Hi-Hats</li> <li>21" AA Rock Ride</li> <li>19" AA Medium Crash</li> <li>20" AA Rock Crash</li> <li>20" AA China </li> <li>19" AA China</li> <li>10" AA Splash</li></ul> <h3><br>Drumtrivia:</h3> <ul> <li>Chad uses <a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Drums" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Pearl Drums"><font color="#0000ff">Pearl</font></a> Hardware, <a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Remo"><font color="#0000ff">Remo</font></a> Drum Heads and <a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_percussion" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Latin percussion"><font color="#0000ff">LP</font></a> Percussion. </li> <li>Chad also has used other snares in his time with the <a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Red Hot Chili Peppers"><font color="#810081">Red Hot Chili Peppers</font></a>, he has used a variety of snares while recording & live, including a <a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Ludwig"><font color="#0000ff">Ludwig</font></a> Black Beauty used on <i><a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Sugar_Sex_Magik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Blood Sugar Sex Magik"><font color="#0000ff">Blood Sugar Sex Magik</font></a></i> and <a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Brady"><font color="#0000ff">Brady</font></a> 14x5.5" Jarrah Wood Model used when recording <i><a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Hot_Minute" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="One Hot Minute"><font color="#0000ff">One Hot Minute</font></a></i> and live from <a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="1992"><font color="#0000ff">1992</font></a> to <a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="1998"><font color="#0000ff">1998</font></a>, a <a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DW" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="DW"><font color="#0000ff">DW</font></a> 14x5" Edge Snare on parts of the <i><a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californication" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Californication"><font color="#0000ff">Californication</font></a></i> Tour, and a <a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Pearl"><font color="#0000ff">Pearl</font></a> 14x5" BK/Brass Sensitone Classic II Snare for the <i><a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By_The_Way" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="By The Way"><font color="#0000ff">By The Way</font></a></i> Tours, and for parts of the <i><a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadium_Arcadium" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Stadium Arcadium"><font color="#810081">Stadium Arcadium</font></a></i> Tours (this is a very similar drum to a Ludwig Black Beauty which he loves.). </li> <li>Chad got his BSSM-Tour Kit painted by his good friend Johnny Douglas. Johnny still paints the custom Bass-Drum Heads for the Chili Peppers. </li> <li>Another significant item on Chad's kit is the bass-beater. Since the By the Way-era, Chad has gone vintage. He uses a round hard-felt beater by Vater. </li><li>Chad uses the Pearl Eliminator 2000C Bass Pedal (always chaindrive) with the regular black cams. (He used the blue cams in the past). </li><li>In 2006-07, Chad has made a lot of changes to his kit. In mid 2006, Chad used a big prototype 22" Sabian AA Rock Crash on a few gigs in England. (Not anymore). In late 2006, Chad added a side Snare Drum, which he uses as a timbale, and added another China to his Kit. Also, Chad has used a few different Snare Drums on the 2006-07' tours. He started out using a 14x5" <a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Pearl"><font color="#0000ff">Pearl</font></a> BK/Brass Sensitone Classic II Snare, but in late 2006 changed to a 14x5" <a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Pearl"><font color="#0000ff">Pearl</font></a> Ultracast Snare. In (June-July) 2007, Chad added another snare to his live-collection, a <a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Yamaha"><font color="#0000ff">Yamaha</font></a> 14x5.5" Jimmy Chamberlin Signature Model. Chad currently switches between these snare drums, during a gig, but uses the <a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Yamaha"><font color="#0000ff">Yamaha</font></a> 14x5.5" as his main snare and for most of the show. He still uses the Pearl Sensitone II Classic, but rarley. He mostly uses this snare at Drum Clinics, or when performing with <a class="external" href="http://chiliwiki.wetpaint.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Hughes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Glenn Hughes"><font color="#0000ff">Glenn Hughes</font></a>. </li><li>Chad always mics his snare up twice, both above <i>and</i> below. This way, you'll get the full "ring" of the shell-material, which he adores. </li></ul><hr size="1"><br/>