Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mini-Epic

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Overshot my mark and
Put 'em down, on the ground
Fall away

No one is quite so different
Evil, Good, Understood
Enemy

The king and queen were sleeping
Industry, Ecstasy
Sympathy
Sympathy

I'm leaving home today
I thought about it and I want to say
I will miss this
Land and its promise

I'm sticking next to you
Big amigo is it really true?
When they say you should
Kill for your country
Kill for your country

I've got three kids to feed
A fine woman and a need to speed
Far away from this
Land and its promise

I wave goodbye to you
And the peace that I wish I knew
Time to leave and go
Kill for my country
Kill for my country

Put 'em down and hold your fire
Command that world that we inspire
Put 'em down and hold your fire

Set 'em up with quick release
This world of ours, the land of the frees
Set 'em up with quick release

Overshot and made a mess
This world is cold and I'm under-dressed
Overshot and made a mess

We consume and we digest
This world is born (alt: sold) on a dead man's chest
We consume and we digest

Mow 'em down, Mow 'em down
Hold your fire, Hold your fire
Mow 'em down, Mow 'em down
Hold your fire, Hold your fire

This is a message to you
This is a table for two

Mow 'em down, Mow 'em down
Hold your fire, Hold your fire
Mow 'em down, Mow 'em down
Hold your fire, Hold your fire

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The Red Hot Chili Peppers are a rock band based in Los Angeles, CA that incorporate elements of rap, funk, punk, and rock into their work, mainly classified as an alternative rock band. They made it mainstream off the success of their 1992’s fifth studio album Blood Sugar Sex Magik, led by singles “Give it Away” and “Under the Bridge.” After losing guitarist John Frusciante and losing popularity following the release of the less successful One Hot Minute, the band reunited for 1999’s Californication. The title track and hit singles “Around the World,” “Scar Tissue” and “Otherside” propelled them back to the fame. After 2002’s solid release By the Way and 2006’s double-disc Stadium Arcadium, Frusciante once again left the band to further pursue his solo career. The band added Josh Klinghoffer to help fill his void, and released I’m With You in 2011.

In December 2019, the band announced via Instagram that Klinghoffer had left after 10 years, and Frusciante would be rejoining.

Their lyrical content was mostly centered around sex, drugs, and the Los Angeles lifestyle, and lead singer Anthony Kiedis mostly rapped them as he wasn’t confident as vocalist. Most members of the band also suffered from drug addiction, as Kiedis and Frusciante had to check themselves into rehab for heroin addiction at various points in their lives. But Californication marked a change in the band’s content matter and lifestyle. The band was sober for the most part, and the lyrics had shifted to songs about love and the pains of addiction, the title even criticized the city they loved so much. In addition, Kiedis had started to sing his lyrics much more often as he finally felt comfortable with his voice. That change has allowed the band to stick around for over 20 years despite multiple changes to their lineup and is part of why they remain relevant.

List of band members: Current:

Anthony Kiedis (vocals) 1983–1986, 1986–present Flea (bass) 1983–present Chad Smith (drums) 1988–present John Frusciante (lead guitar) 1988–1992, 1998–2009, 2019–present Former:

Hillel Slovak (guitar) 1983, 1985–1988 Jack Irons (drums) 1983, 1986–1988 Cliff Martinez (drums) 1983–1986 Jack Sherman (guitar) 1983–1984 Dave Navarro (lead guitar) 1993–1998 Josh Klinghoffer (lead guitar) 2009–2019