After three guitarists, two drummers, one death, 8 albums and 25 years, Red Hot Chili Peppers is no more, ceased to be, kicked the bucket, shuffled off the mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible. Yes, the Chili Peppers dun broked up, or at east for the next year. OK, it’s really more of a hiatus, but a saying they broke up was so much more dramatic. Apparently the guys were getting worn down making records that Brian Wilson wrote in 1963 and touring just doesn’t have that pop the way it used to when everyone was so high on smack that their manager could lash them to the undercarriage of the van to make room in the cabin for more smack and none of them even noticed until Flea got scraped off in a terrible raccoon incident. Anthony Keidis says that after the Stadium Arcadium tour they were so burnt that they decided not to do anything band related for a year. As to what everyone will do with their time now, Keidis says, “Flea is very inspired to re-up his musical direction and ability and skill and he wants to learn new stuff. John (Frusciante) has been firing away on his own, making different solo projects. And Chad (Smith) joined a jazz band and went to Japan.” Keidis says his plans are to stay at home with his newborn and learn to surf.
Floyd fans, I speak to you as one of your own. I was with you through the good times and bad, though Dark Side and The Final Cut, even through Momentary Lapse and Division Bell. In high school I stood proud with my crossed hammers sketched on my Pee Chee and my 20 sided die in my pocket. I am one of you. One of us, one of us. So, I’m telling you this as a friend: Roger Waters kinda sucks now. I know, Roger is the mastermind behind The Wall and much of Dark Side, but the man warbles like your grampa singing the national anthem on a mechanical bull strapped to the top of a Dodge Charger in a demolition derby. You need to cop to this fact and not lash out in impotent rage when a guy like Ben Gibbard from Death Cab for Cutie jokes about Roger’s set at Coachella pointing out, “Roger Waters doing Dark Side of the Moon would be like Ringo performing Sgt. Peppers.” The World of Warcraft message boards exploded with a fury not seen since Samwise69 said Leroy Jenkins was a noob and Ben was forced to apologize. Ben told Stereogum that he was joking and that he knows Waters is a rock legend. He went on to profess his love for Pink Floyd. Check out the full post on Stereogum.com.
