Red Hot Chili Peppers are a Grammy Award-winning, four-piece rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. Throughout their career, the band has successfully fused various elements of alternative rock, punk, rap, funk, heavy metal and psychedelic rock. Their albums have, collectively, sold approximately 60 million copies worldwide. They also hold the records for most #1 modern rock hits (10), and most weeks spent atop that chart (76). Anthony Kiedis (vocals) John Frusciante (guitar, back up vocals) Flea (bass) Chad Smith (drums)