Red Hot Chili Peppers Stood Against 'Hair-Metal' Bands
Los Angeles: Rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist Flea says the group were "against the hair-metal scene" in Hollywood.
The 'Californication' hitmakers rose up through the Hollywood music scene in the mid-1980s where they focused on the art punk underground, and bassist Flea shared there was a lot of "petty bulls*** at that time", reports femalefirst.co.uk.
He told Classic Rock magazine: "We were definitely against the hair-metal scene. We're the underground, art-rock, get-weird east side guys; those guys are just rehashing Aerosmith and KISS'. In retrospect it was all petty bulls***. Guns N' Roses was a great band."
There were also some similarities between Red Hot Chili Peppers - completed by drummer Chad Smith, and guitarist John Frusciante - and their rivals on the Sunset Strip.
Frontman Anthony Kiedis said: "We were a party band, but you have to bring something to the party. Meanwhile, Flea admitted there was a level of "arrogance" in their early years as they saw themselves as genuine rock stars. He added: "We were going hard and being wild."
Kiedis explained how the band - whose 12th studio album Unlimited Love will release on April 1 - didn't have ambitious beyond the underground scene at that point. "It didn't dawn on us that there was something other than selling out clubs and making people happy and being original."
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