The Red Hot Chili Peppers recently drew a traffic-stopping crowd at their star dedication ceremony to be the newest addition to the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
With hundreds of cheering fans and spectators, the California rockers were serenaded with their own music from the USC marching band.
Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, and John Frusciante celebrated the legendary honor, joined by a few famous friends like Bob Forrest, Woody Harrelson, and George Clinton.
“I’ve walked over every one of those stars — every sidewalk, every crack, every one of them,” Flea said of being a self-described “Hollywood Street Kid” when he was fifteen. “To be recognized and be a part of the physical fabric of those sidewalks means a lot to me.”
“I’m pretty sure that I have inadvertently vomited on Hollywood Walk of Fame stars in my lifetime,” Kiedis added. “I’ve certainly slept on top of Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame stars in my lifetime. I’ve trod upon them not as a tourist but as a person running from the authorities or possibly running from somebody that I owed money to.”
The Chili Peppers have had a long and eventful career from 1983 to the present, including a number of rotating band members.
“I’m so lucky to, to be able to do what I love to do and play music and follow my passion,” said Smith, thanking the “other band members that had been in the red hot chili peppers … like Dave Navarro, Jack Sherman, Cliff Martinez, Jack Irons, Hillel Slovak, Josh Klingfoffer” for all being “part of our journey.”
The Red Hot Chili Peppers will be releasing their brand new and 12th album Unlimited Love today.
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