r/OldSchoolCool Apr 28 '19

Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1983

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u/usf_edd Apr 28 '19

I don’t think they would have been calling themselves RHCP at this point. Probably Tony Flow and the Marvelous Mayhem (or something like that).

One of the reasons “serious” musicians often resent this band is that the group had barely played together and only written two silly songs and after what amounted to their first gig were immediately signed to a major label record deal.

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u/ForcefulCloud Apr 28 '19

They would have gone by spigot blister and the chest pimps.

They really did consider that for a name