Red Hot Chili Peppers "Can't Stop" Releasing Singles

The early days: Slovak is on the far right.

In light of the anniversary of Hillel Slovak’s death, original guitarist and founding member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, I would like to dedicate this post to RHCP and the music they will share with us in the very near future.

In case you live under a rock, you may not know that the Chili Peppers have been touring their tenth studio album, I’m With You, worldwide. I got to see them at the Prudential Center this past May and despite their age, they put on quite a rockin’ show. Literally, I couldn’t have been more pleased.

What fans may not know, however, is that in addition to the 14 songs originally released on the album, the RHCP are expected to release 18 new tracks over the next six months. So far all we know is that “Strange Man” and “Long Progression” will be released August 14, “Magpies” and “Victorian Machinery” will be released September 11 and “Never is a Long Time” and “Love of Your Life” will be released October 2.

Each track will be available either digitally or on a 7-inch vinyl. To add to the excitement, the Chili Peppers hired folk artist Kelsey Brookes to work on the nine 7-inch covers. If you purchase all of them (respectively as they are released) you can combine each album cover to create a larger piece of artwork.

Also in the works, since their induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, is a covers EP. They already started covering songs by rock gurus Neil Young, the Beach Boys and even Iggy Pop and the Stooges. I would love to hear that last one!

I have to admit that I am not overly familiar with their new album, but here are some of my favorite Chili Pepper masterpieces. 

"Can't Stop"

"Show Me Your Soul"

"Animal Bar"

"She's Only 18"

"I Like Dirt"

"Emit Remmus"

"Cabron"

"Blood Sugar Sex Magik"

Also: "Under the Bridge," "Suck My Kiss," "They're Red Hot," "Throw Away Your Television," "Warm Tape," "Venice Queen," "Road Trippin'," "Parallel Universe," "Scar Tissue," "Otherside," "Californication," "Porcelain," "This Velvet Glove," "Purple Stain," "Breaking the Girl," "Higher Ground," "Fortune Faded," "Save the Population," "Me & My Friends," "Fire," "Get Up and Jump" and "Johnny Kick a Hole in the Sky."

Enjoy!