Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis wrote in his 2004 autobiography, Scar Tissue, that the band’s drummer, Chad Smith, originally came to Los Angeles from his native Detroit with dreams of becoming a movie star — though Kiedis apparently failed to fact-check that bit with his bandmate. “That’s bullshit,” …
Read More »Red Hot Chili Peppers Sell Catalog to Hipgnosis
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are selling their publishing rights to Merck Mercuriadis’s Hipgnosis Songs Fund for around $140 million, a source close to the situation tellsRolling Stone. The transaction marksthe latest catalog sale from a major legacy artist and one of the highest profile acquisitions to date for Mercuriadis. …
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