Red Hot Chili Peppers Trivia Questions and Answers
Who are the Red Hot Chili Peppers?
A: They are an American funk
rock band.
Where was the band formed?
A: In Los Angeles.
In what year was the band formed?
A: In 1983.
The group's musical style primarily consists of what?
A: Rock with an emphasis on funk.
Currently, 2014, the band consists of whom?
A: Founding members Anthony Kiedis, Michael "Flea" Balzary, Chad Smith, and Josh
Klinghoffer, who joined in late 2009.
Red Hot Chili Peppers have won how many Grammy Awards?
A: Seven.
They have become one of the best-selling bands of all
time,
selling how many records worldwide?
A: Over 80 million.
In what year were they were inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame?
A: In 2012.
The band's original line-up featured who?
A: Guitarist Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons, alongside Kiedis and Flea.
Because of commitments to other bands, Slovak and Irons did
not play on the band's what?
A: Debut album.
Who was the drummer for the first two records?
A: Cliff Martinez.
The line-up of Flea, Kiedis, Frusciante and Smith was the
longest-lasting, and recorded how many studio albums starting with
1989's
Mother's Milk?
A: Five.
In 1990, the group signed with what record company?
A: Warner Bros. Records.
The group recorded what album under producer Rick Rubin?
A: The album Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991).
The album became the band's what?
A: First commercial success.
Frusciante, fresh out of drug rehabilitation, rejoined the
band that same year at whose request?
A: Flea's.
The reunited quartet returned to the studio to record
Californication (1999), which became the band's biggest what?
A: Commercial success with 16 million copies worldwide.
That album was followed three years later by what album?
A: By the Way (2002).
What was the name of their first number one album in
America?
A: Stadium Arcadium (2006).
After a world tour, the group went on an extended what?
A: Hiatus.
Frusciante announced he was amicably leaving the band in
2009 to focus on his what?
A: Solo career.
Josh Klinghoffer, joined the band as what?
A: Lead guitarist.
The band spent the next year and a half recording their
tenth what?
A: Studio album, I'm with You.
When was I’m with You released?
A: In 2011.
The album topped the charts in 18 different countries and
included a world tour which lasted until when?
A: April 2013.
The band made an appearance with Bruno Mars as a part of
the halftime performance at what event?
A: Super Bowl XLVIII, a performance that was viewed by a record 115.3 million
viewers.
The band will start recording their eleventh studio album
when?
A: In December 2014.
