The Red Hot Chili Peppers' tumultuous history is mirrored by their sometimes great sometimes average discography. But this one record incapsulated greatness.

One album nearly made Flea quit Red Hot Chili Peppers, as growing creative tension with Frusciante left him feeling sidelined. Read more here.

Nick Cave infamously had this to say about the Red Hot Chili Peppers: “I’m forever near a stereo saying, ‘What the f**k is this garbage?’ And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers.” Now, he's ...

I was unable to fully grasp at that point in my life, that Flea was a human being of an entirely different calibre” ...

And the answer is always, ‘The Red Hot Chili Peppers’.” Chilis bassist Flea, who also hails from the Australian state of Victoria, responded to the remark in 2006, acknowledging that it hurt ...

Perhaps we should note that Cave’s paean to Flea includes no kind words for the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ music. It also makes no attempt to reconcile with Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante ...

In a Red Hand Files missive, the Bad Seeds leader explains how he and Flea have become friendly since the diss — and how they even have a new collaboration in the works ...

Cave revealed the news in the latest instalment of his Red Hand Files blog, calling his notorious Chili Peppers diss ...

And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers.” Notably ... Around two years after Nick’s comment went viral, RHCP bassist Flea responded with a statement on the group’s website ...

Nick Cave has reflected on his previous “uncharitable remark” about the Red Hot Chili Peppers, admitting he was a “troublemaker, a shit-stirrer”. Now, after being asked to expand on the ...