Weaklings and egomaniacs
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By Pick My Boogers Please!
When Hillel Slovak was in the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the band did interesting things that showcased deep potential. When he died they soldiered on, but with diminishing returns each album. Blood Sugar Sex Magik was the last album they made that could be considered in any way good or listenable, because afterwards it was a descent into tame, good-times-all-the-time-except-when-I’m-singing-about-California hippie garbage that makes me surprised the Peppers aren’t considered adult contemporary or adult alternative. Anthony Kiedis is a horrible and I mean HORRIBLE singer whose pathetic singing makes me want to gouge out my ears and never hear anything ever again, in addition to him being a total creep and pervert who should be in prison for underage indiscretion. He also started the beef between him and Mike Patton and is the clear loser in that feud so he’s also an egomaniac. John Fruscitane is a highly overrated guitarist who doesn’t really do that impressive of guitar work, Flea is a good bassist wasted on mediocre pop rock tunes, and Chad Smith needs to find another band in order for his skills to not wither under the mediocrity he’s surrounded by. The Peppers are not without their talents, but it’s what makes them even more infuriating and annoying. If they fired Kiedis they’d probably be a great band, but his slimy singing and disgusting hippie lyrics are unfortunately what catapulted them to the top of the charts. Most people think because of their prevalence and ubiquity that Flea is the best bass player around, but fail to realize that honor belongs to Les Claypool of Primus and Tony Levin. Kiedis in no way deserves praise as a songwriter or musician or singer in any form or in any universe. That honor belongs to his enemy Mike Patton, who’s got a six octave range, can sing in any style of music and hasn’t molested 14 year old girls. Dude writes pretty far-out songs too, especially in Mr Bungle. Flea as a person wasn’t much better than Kiedis but he did admit to feeling guilty about his bad behavior whereas Kiedis just admitted his to justify part of his “free love” philosophy which is pretty awful. Red Hot Chili Peppers are THE most overrated band in rock n roll history, whose legacy mainly rests on ONE album (Blood Sugar Sex Magik). You’d be better off listening to Nirvana, Pearl Jam, or better yet Primus, Faith No More, Mr Bungle, Pantera, Alice In Chains, and Stone Temple Pilots. And a million other artists too…
