Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. For most of its career, the group has consisted of vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John Frusciante, bassist Michael "Flea" Balzary, and drummer Chad Smith. The band's varied musical style has fused traditional rock with various elements of funk, punk rock, hip hop, heavy metal, and psychedelic rock.

In addition to Kiedis and Flea, the group originally featured guitarist Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons. After Slovak died of a heroin overdose in 1988, Irons resigned and was briefly replaced with Dead Kennedys drummer D. H. Peligro. In Anthony Kiedis' autobiography, Scar Tissue, Jack Irons made the following statement: ?This is not where I want to be. I do not want to be a part of something where my friends are dying.? He quit the band and the Chili Peppers understood. His replacement soon introduced Flea to Frusciante, at the time only an aspiring guitarist. Drummer Chad Smith was recruited only a few weeks before the recording of Mother's Milk, the band's fourth album, began.

The Chili Peppers' fifth album, 1991's Blood Sugar Sex Magik, was a critical success and sold over twelve million copies. Around this time, Frusciante grew increasingly uncomfortable with the band's success and abruptly left in 1992. He could not handle the rigorous tour schedule, performing every day, as well as having to go on stage in front of thousands. John, being always a humble musician and never a rock star, always preferred to perform for a smaller, more intimate audience, while Anthony and Flea loved the energy of a large crowd. Kiedis, Flea, and Smith employed Dave Navarro (of Jane's Addiction) for their subsequent album, 1995's One Hot Minute. It failed, however, to match the critical acclaim of Blood Sugar Sex Magik and was a commercial disappointment, selling less than half the copies of its predecessor. Shortly afterwards, Navarro was fired from the band due to creative differences with the original members.

Frusciante, while absent from the band, developed a severe drug addiction and nearly died. In 1998, he completed rehabilitation and, at Flea's request, rejoined the band. The reunited foursome returned to the studio to record 1999's Californication, which went on to sell fifteen million units worldwide, becoming their most successful album to date. It was followed three years later with By the Way, which continued their success. In 2006, the group released the double album Stadium Arcadium. Stadium Arcadium was voted the second best album of 2006 by Rolling Stone magazine and nominated for the Album of the Year Grammy in 2007.

Disc one: Jupiter
"Dani California" ? 4:42
"Snow ((Hey Oh))" ? 5:35
"Charlie" ? 4:37
"Stadium Arcadium" ? 5:15
"Hump de Bump" ? 3:33
"She's Only 18" ? 3:25
"Slow Cheetah" ? 5:19
"Torture Me" ? 3:44
"Strip My Mind" ? 4:19
"Especially in Michigan" ? 4:00
"Warlocks" ? 3:24
"C'mon Girl" ? 3:48
"Wet Sand" ? 5:09
"Hey" ? 5:39

Disc two: Mars
"Desecration Smile" ? 5:02
"Tell Me Baby" ? 4:07
"Hard to Concentrate" ? 4:02
"21st Century" ? 4:22
"She Looks to Me" ? 4:06
"Readymade" ? 4:30
"If" ? 2:52
"Make You Feel Better" ? 3:51
"Animal Bar" ? 5:25
"So Much I" ? 3:44
"Storm in a Teacup" ? 3:45
"We Believe" ? 3:36
"Turn It Again" ? 6:08
"Death of a Martian" ? 4:24

Chart (2006) - Peak position
Australia 1
Canada 1
European albums 1
France 1
Germany 1
Italy 1
Japan 1
UK 1
U.S. Billboard 200 1
Worldwide chart 1

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