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Red Hot Chili Peppers

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

YEAR

2012

INDUCTED BY

Chris Rock

CATEGORY

Performers

Resilient. Ambitious. Innovative. The Red Hot Chili Peppers have been to hell and back wearing nothing but a tube sock.

Inspired by an eclectic mix of genres, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were the architects of a new sound, stretching the bounds of rock and their own creativity to their limit.

Anthony Kiedis

Anthony Kiedis

Chad Smith

Chad Smith

Cliff Martinez

Cliff Martinez

Flea

Flea

Hillel Slovak

Hillel Slovak

Jack Irons

Jack Irons

John Frusciante

John Frusciante

Josh Klinghoffer

Josh Klinghoffer

HALL OF FAME
ESSAY

By Nina Pearlman

The word pioneers is regularly used to describe the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and with good reason: The band—which today consists of Anthony Kiedis on vocals; Michael Balzary, long known to fans as Flea, on bass; Chad Smith on drums; and recent addition Josh Klinghoffer on guitar—birthed a blend of punk, funk, and hip-hop that has since influenced every group to marry rap and rock.

The first of the early-nineties alternative bands to follow Nirvana into the upper echelons of the charts, the Chili Peppers injected a splash of color to that movement’s oft-gray canvas, their funky jams and flamboyant garb (or lack thereof) providing relief from grunge’s punk-metal sludge and flannel shirt uniform.

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Class of 2012
their music is so happy, but at the same time it's hardcore. It's hardcore happiness.
Chris Rock
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