Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. As of 2026, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have been charting hit albums ...

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At first, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were not good. Neither of their first two albums make it into this top 10, and with good reason—for their first half-decade, the band were mostly focused on ...

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Netflix’s new documentary about the early days of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the influence of their founding guitarist, Hillel Slovak, uses an AI voiceover of the late musician reading through his ...

It’s hard to imagine a world where the Red Hot Chili Peppers aren’t a permanent fixture of stadium rock—a multi-decade institution of funk, tube socks, and California sunshine. But after watching Ben ...

If Flea wasn’t already your favorite Pepper, after you watch the new Red Hot Chili Peppers Netflix documentary, The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother Hillel—which began streaming today—he ...

The best-selling rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers was founded in 1982 by Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Jack Irons and Hillel Slovak Skyler Trebel is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. He has been working at ...

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are one of the most influential rock bands in music history. With the 2026 Netflix documentary The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother Hillel, there is renewed ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: If you’ve been a Red Hot Chili Peppers band from the early days, then perhaps you remember that front man Anthony Kiedis skipped the funeral of his band-mate Hillel ...