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The following is a complete chronology of the various line-ups of alternative rock music group Red Hot Chili Peppers. Red Hot Chili Peppers (originally "Tony Flow and the Miraculous Masters of Mayhem"[1]) formed in 1983 in Los Angeles, California, by several Fairfax High School alumni, and released their first album in 1984. The band's first highly successful album, Mother's Milk, was released in 1989.[2] Blood Sugar Sex Magik was released two years later. "Give It Away", a song on the album, was the band's first Grammy winner.[3] In 1999, the band released Californication, their highest selling album to date, with 15 million copies sold worldwide.[4] Flea is the only member who has been with the band since its inception, since Anthony Kiedis left the band in 1986, only to come back later that year.

Red Hot Chili Peppers line-ups
(1983-1984)[5]
(1984-1985)[6]
(1985-1986)[6][7]
  • Anthony Kiedis - vocals
  • Hillel Slovak - guitar
  • Flea - bass, backing vocals
  • Cliff Martinez - drums, percussion
(1986)[7]
  • Anthony Kiedis - vocals
  • Hillel Slovak - guitar
  • Flea - bass, backing vocals
  • Chuck Biscuits - drums, percussion
(1986)[7]
  • Hillel Slovak - guitar
  • Flea - bass, backing vocals
  • Jack Irons - drums, percussion
(1986)[7]
  • Anthony Kiedis - vocals
  • Hillel Slovak - guitar
  • Flea - bass, backing vocals
  • Jack Irons - drums, percussion
(1986-1988)[7]
  • Anthony Kiedis - vocals
  • Hillel Slovak - guitar
  • Flea - bass, backing vocals
  • Jack Irons - drums, percussion
(1988)[6][8]
(1988)[7][8]
  • Anthony Kiedis - lead vocals
  • John Frusciante - guitar, backing vocals
  • Flea - bass, backing vocals
  • D. H. Peligro - drums, percussion
(1988)[7]
  • Anthony Kiedis - lead vocals
  • John Frusciante - guitar, backing vocals
  • Flea - bass, backing vocals
  • Philip "Fish" Fisher - drums, percussion
(1988-1992)[6][7]

"Classic" (best selling) lineup

  • Anthony Kiedis - lead vocals
  • John Frusciante - guitar, backing vocals
  • Flea - bass, backing vocals
  • Chad Smith - drums, percussion
(1992-1993)[7]
  • Anthony Kiedis - vocals
  • Arik Marshall - guitar
  • Flea - bass, backing vocals
  • Chad Smith - drums, percussion
(1993)[7][9]
  • Anthony Kiedis - vocals
  • Zander Schloss - guitar
  • Flea - bass, backing vocals
  • Chad Smith - drums, percussion
(1993)[6][7]
  • Anthony Kiedis - vocals
  • Jesse Tobias - guitar
  • Flea - bass, backing vocals
  • Chad Smith - drums, percussion
(1993-1998)[6][7]
  • Anthony Kiedis - lead vocals
  • Dave Navarro - guitar, backing vocals
  • Flea - bass, backing vocals
  • Chad Smith - drums, percussion
(1998-present)[5][7]

Reunion of "Classic" lineup

  • Anthony Kiedis - lead vocals
  • John Frusciante - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Flea - bass, backing vocals
  • Chad Smith - drums, percussion

References

  1. ^ Kiedis, Anthony; Sloman, Larry. Scar Tissue. Hyperion, 2004, ISBN 1-4013-0101-0 p. 105
  2. ^ "Mother's Milk". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 2007-06-07. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "Artists: Red Hot Chili Peppers". Grammy.com. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
  4. ^ "Chili Peppers' album tops survey". BBC. Retrieved 2007-04-20.
  5. ^ a b "Red Hot Chili Peppers". Retrieved 2007-11-18.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Red Hot Chili Peppers". All Music Guide. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Red Hot Chili Peppers Discography". Retrieved 2007-11-18.
  8. ^ a b "Red Hot Chili Peppers: Biography". Rolling Stone Magazine. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
  9. ^ Apter, Jeff (2004). Fornication:The Red Hot Chili Peppers Story. Omnibus Press. ISBN 1844493814. {{cite book}}: More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help)