Rolling Stone caught up with Kiedis while the band is touring Europe in support of their latest album, “I’m With You,” to get his reaction and thoughts on the big news.
Upon hearing the Peppers were to be inducted, the first thing Anthony did was call family.
“I called my dad,” says the singer. “I told him that he couldn't say anything because it hadn't been publicly announced yet. I know my dad is a big Internet freak, and he's been known to be a Wikileaker. I was like, ‘Dad, you and I are blood. I'm going to tell you something, but you can't tell anybody.’ I guess it's just something that you want to share with the people that you're closest to, like family and longtime friends. My dad cried.”
“The most emotional part for me was thinking about Hillel Slovak,” continued Kiedis, thinking back to their original guitarist, who died of a heroin overdose in 1988. “That was where it got me. I felt very good about it, but I felt very much like our work has only just begun. Now that we've got Josh in the band, we have a chance to make some great records over the next few years. But there was something about going back and thinking about something that we started in a living room with Hillel Slovak. Because he's no longer with us, it seemed emotional and beautiful. It's really kind of his induction that I'm most excited about. He's a beautiful person that picked up a guitar in the 1970s and didn't make it out of the 1980s, and he is getting honored for his beauty.”
“It really fills my heart with the reality of how much we love doing what we do, and how much Flea and I love each other,” says Kiedis, wrapping up his thoughts on the honor. “We have stuck together through thick and thin and we want to keep on trucking and continue to do what it is we do. I feel an immense sense of brotherhood because we actually did it together. Like I said, I'm happy for Hillel. I feel a great sense of accomplishment with Chad and Flea, and so even more excited about the nightly experience of playing live with Josh.”
Read more at Rolling Stone here.
Red Hot Chili Peppers Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under The Bridge
See also:
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Flea comments on Rock Hall induction
Guns N’ Roses, Chili Peppers enter Rock Hall Of Fame
Red Hot Chili Peppers announce more US dates
Red Hot Chili Peppers announce US Tour
VIDEO: Red Hot Chili Peppers rock Jools Holland pt. 2
Red Hot Chili Peppers offer live show downloads
VIDEO: Red Hot Chili Peppers rock Jools Holland
NEW VIDEO: Red Hot Chili Peppers – Monarchy Of Roses
VIDEO: Red Hot Chili Peppers rock MTV EMAs
VIDEO: Watch full Red Hot Chili Peppers set from Rock In Rio 4
New Red Hot Chili Peppers – Dance, Dance, Dance
New Red Hot Chili Peppers – Meet Me At The Corner
New Red Hot Chili Peppers – Police Station
New Red Hot Chili Peppers – Look Around
New Red Hot Chili Peppers – Happiness Loves Company
New Red Hot Chili Peppers – Goodbye Hooray
New Red Hot Chili Peppers – Did I Let You Know
New Red Hot Chili Peppers – Annie Wants A Baby
New Red Hot Chili Peppers – Even You Brutus?
New Red Hot Chili Peppers – Ethiopia
New Red Hot Chili Peppers – Brendan’s Death Song
New Red Hot Chili Peppers – Factory Of Faith
New Red Hot Chili Peppers – Monarchy Of Roses
Red Hot Chili Peppers top the hennemusic Hot 10
VIDEO: Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie
VIDEO: Red Hot Chili Peppers debut new songs LIVE in Japan
Red Hot Chili Peppers set new chart record
Red Hot Chili Peppers coming to a theatre near you
Red Hot Chili Peppers top the hennemusic Hot 10
Red Hot Chili Peppers wrote 70 songs for new album
Hear the new single from the Red Hot Chili Peppers
