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Watch Red Hot Chili Peppers cover Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit with John Frusciante on lead vocals
By Michael Astley-Brown last updated
The funk-rockers tackled the grunge classic during a recent show at Flea’s Silverlake Conservatory of Music

From Blink-182's powerchord-fueled return to eerie psychedelic soul: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
By Sam Roche, Michael Astley-Brown, Matt Owen, Jackson Maxwell published
We're spoiled for choice this week, with spicy new songs from Rival Sons, Architects, The Arcs, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Gojira, Wunderhorse, Wild Pink & Yasmin Williams, Dry Cleaning, and more

Blues? Prog? Floydian grunge? 5 guitar highlights from Return of the Dream Canteen, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ most eclectic album yet
By Michael Astley-Brown last updated
John Frusciante lets loose on a record that takes considerably more risks than Unlimited Love

Josh Klinghoffer says playing with the Red Hot Chili Peppers was "enormously stifling creatively": "They’re an established band with an established sound"
By Jackson Maxwell published
Though he said his decade-long tenure with the stadium-conquering funk rockers was "a blessing and a beautiful experience,” Klinghoffer felt his attempts to push the band in new sonic directions were met with little enthusiasm

Hear Red Hot Chili Peppers pay tribute to Eddie Van Halen in emotional new single, Eddie
By Matt Owen last updated
The track was written the day after EVH's passing, and it's the latest single from the band's upcoming album Return of the Dream Canteen

Watch John Frusciante channel Eddie Van Halen with a tapping-heavy solo in Red Hot Chili Peppers’ live debut of tribute track, Eddie
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Frusciante’s three-minute solo showcases some of the wildest playing of his career, including two-hand tapping, whammy dives and blazing pentatonic licks

Sammy Hagar praises Red Hot Chili Peppers' "soulful" Eddie Van Halen tribute song
By Jackson Maxwell published
Eddie, the latest single from the band's forthcoming album, Return of the Dream Canteen, was also commented on positively by Wolfgang Van Halen

Flea played bass on the Mars Volta’s best album – but you probably never noticed
By Michael Astley-Brown last updated
A radically different bass rig meant the Red Hot Chili Peppers funkateer’s contributions might have flown under your radar
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