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John Frusciante and Milla Jovovich.
RHCP Singles → Blood Sugar Sex Magik
“It’s tricky to think that 20 years have passed. When we play songs off Blood Sugar today, the last thing they feel is antiquated. I still have an absolute connection to playing those songs. It’s not like I’m beating a dead horse when I play them. They’re still vibrant and connect to now, in some way. So I guess the album is holding up, standing the test of time.” — Anthony Kiedis
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Re-upload in higher resolution as of 30th January 2012 - Guitar Player, October 1991. The magazine visited the Laurel Canyon haunted house while the Red Hot Chili Peppers were recording their career-defining album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik. John and Flea answered to a bunch of questions about their gear.
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Frusciante leads the way through a huge parlor, stopping to strike a single chord on a piano that probably hasn’t been tuned since talkies came in. As the sour notes echo against the bare walls and hardwood floor, he outlines the band’s recording procedure: “We all play together facing each other downstairs in the living room. The board is in the next room over, and we mike all our amps down in the basement.” John indicates a cement deck on the grassy hillside behind the house. “That’s where we recorded our rendition of Robert Johnson’s ‘They’re Red Hot.’ We ran cables up there, and Chad played drums with his hands. I think our version is almost as freaky by today’s standards as Johnson’s version was by his.” The tour concludes in Frusciante’s bedroom, bare except for mattress, ghetto blaster and CDs, a few of John’s paintings and scribbles on the wall courtesy of bassist Flea’s young daughter. “I recorded the acoustic guitars right here, and Anthony does all his vocals from his bedroom. Instead of looking through a window at three sweaty guys frowning in the control room, we’re looking out at trees and flowers.”See all the scans here (nine pages, NSFW):
http://invisible-movement.net/v/magazines/1991/10guitarplayerRead the entire article here:
http://invisible-movement.net/articles/1988-1992/1991-10-guitarplayer
