What is Red Hot Chili Peppers?
{{for|the pepper|Chili pepper}} {{Infobox Band | name = Red Hot Chili Peppers | Img = Rhcp-live-pinkpop05.jpg | Img_capt = Red Hot Chili Peppers performing at the Pinkpop festival in 2006. From left to right: [[Flea (musician)|Flea]], [[Anthony Kiedis]], [[Chad Smith]], and [[John Frusciante]] | alt = The Red Hot Chili Peppers performing on stage in 2006. From left to right: Flea is playing a bass guitar, Anthony Kiedis is singing, Chad Smith is playing a set of drums and John Frusciante is playing a guitar. | Years_active = 1982–present | Background = group_or_band | Origin = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] | Genre = {{hlist|[[Funk rock]]|[[alternative rock]]|[[rap rock]]|[[funk metal]]}} | Label = [[EMI]] (1984–1990)<br />[[Warner Music]] (1990–present) | Current_members = [[Anthony Kiedis]]<br />[[Flea (musician)|Flea]]<br />[[John Frusciante]]<br />[[Chad Smith]] | Past_members = [[Josh Klinghoffer]]<br />[[Hillel Slovak]]<br />[[Dave Navarro]]<br />[[Jack Irons]]<br />[[Arik Marshall]]<br />[[Jack Sherman]]<br />[[Jesse Tobias]]<br />[[D.H. Peligro]] }} '''Red Hot Chili Peppers''' are an [[United States|American]] [[Rock music|rock]] [[band]]. The band started in 1982 in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. The [[U.S. state|state]] of California has been a theme in many of their songs. The members of the band are [[sing]]er [[Anthony Kiedis]], [[bass guitar]]ist [[Flea (musician)|Flea]], [[guitar]]ist [[John Frusciante]], and [[drum]]mer [[Chad Smith]]. The Red Hot Chili Peppers have released thirteen [[studio album]]s. Their early albums were a mix of [[Rock and roll|rock]] and [[funk]], and were not very successful. The band's membership changed several times during this period, but Kiedis and Flea have been with the band since it started. When Frusciante and Smith joined in 1989, Red Hot Chili Peppers' next album, ''Mother's Milk'', was successful. It was the band's first album to appear on the ''[[Billboard (magazin