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Red Hot Chili Peppers

Sylvie Simmons, MOJO, July 2004

Clowntime is over for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the L.A. punks who defied death, grunge and a burning crack den to play the music they love. Sylvie Simmons tells an extraordinary tale of bad timing, miraculous friendship and Fela Kuti's cock.

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