Wonderful website dedicated to Chili Pepper's frontman Anthony Kiedis. I had the pleasure of asking her a few questions:
1. Great websites! As a fellow fan, what drew you to the Chili's music and how did you discover them?
Thanks for the comments about my websites!
I started to listen to RHCP back in the early 90s. I loved Under The Bridge as soon as I heard it and it became my favourite song. Around that time, I usually had one of the rock TV stations on in the background and the video for Give It Away caught my attention too. I bought BSSM and liked it a lot but at that point the Chilis were another band I listened too- I was a massive Guns N Roses fan back then and they were my first love. But then GNR imploded and didn’t record anything for ages and I grew tired of them ... and Californication came out and blew me away. That was it J
2. Earliest memory of the Chili's?
As in a specific memory other than just being aware of the band on the TV/radio, is from one holiday to LA in the mid 90s. We were driving down Sunset Blvd at night, stuck in a line of traffic at some lights and Under The Bridge came on the radio. I was singing along at the top of my voice (sorry to anyone that got deafened that night!) and I was crying too as it was so emotional hearing the song in LA, where it originated.
3.Most interesting thing you have learned about Anthony and/or the band?
Just the whole idea of ‘Give It Away’. Think the idea of sharing and helping others gets lost a lot in the modern world. Anthony in his book, ‘Scar Tissue’ explains how the idea for the song came about (one of his ex-girlfriends gave him a coat that she really loved explaining that if you give things away freely it comes back to you) and I think it’s an important thing to remember. It’s one of the reasons why I run my websites; I want to try to give something back to the amazing RHCP online community who have given me so much love and friendship over the years- not to mention trying to give something back to the band in the only way I can for their music, etc.
4. How much does it cost you to buy the tickets, magazines, and everything else you post and scan onto your site?
Umm.... No idea! I run away from adding up the cost because it would scare me! I’ve spent over £2000- got to that total and stopped!- on current and back issue magazines that I scan and upload (would love to create an archive of all of the main RHCP articles in magazines for fans to enjoy). I’ve spent nearly the same on going to see the band 6 times on their current tour last year (2011) and I’m trying to work out what concerts I can go to this year... So it’s a lot! I’d only seen RHCP once before, on the Stadium Arcadium tour in 2006 because I could never seem to get tickets for any of their previous tours, so I did warn everyone I’d go mad this time round!
Luckily, some magazines are really cheap to buy and I’ve started to get sources now who let me know if anything comes in and who will often sell things in ‘job lots’. I once picked up a magazine for 1p on eBay! My most expensive one was £50. (I went mad as it was a magazine I’d wanted for ages, never seen and then a copy came on eBay for a ridiculous price but I decided not to chance it and grabbed it. It’s the ‘Complex’ magazine that has Snoop and AK on it; it turned out to have a really long article with loads of photos so that made it better). I normally have a £10 limit (included postage) on magazines and for that they have to be special e.g. really good cover or long article but there are a few iconic magazines out there that I will pay more for if they come up for sale. I normally pay about £2-4 for each magazine. It’s getting harder to buy back issues that I don’t have but there are now current magazines featuring the band to get instead! People are also really generous and I’m getting more scans and actual magazines sent to me for free as people realise what I’m doing.
5. Last of all, what is one thing you would like to tell a non-fan about Anthony or the band that might make them change their mind a bit?
Just forget any ideas you have about the band and actually sit and listen to a few of their songs and relax into the music. RHCP are totally unique and Anthony’s lyrics are amazing.
Check out her site and thanks Rebecca for everything!
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