Red Hot Chili Peppers

by Gaar, Gillian G.

• ISBN13: 9781780972848
• ISBN10: 1780972849
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-10-04
• Publisher: Carlton Books

Summary

With a scorching collection of photos and 17 items of facsimile memorabilia, The Red Hot Chili Peppers tells the incredible story of this epic band’s rise to international fame. Music journalist Gillian G. Gaar analyzes the group’s intoxicating cocktail of funk, punk, and hard rock, and its most triumphant moments—including the performance at the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show. No die-hard Chilis fan will want to miss this red-hot volume.

Author Biography

Gillian G. Gaar is the author of She’s A Rebel: The History Of Women In Rock & Roll (Seal Press); Green Day: Rebels With A Cause (Omnibus Press); Nirvana: In Utero (Bloomsbury); The Rough Guide To Nirvana (Rough Guides); and Return of the King: Elvis Presley's Great Comeback (Jawbone Press). Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies, including Trouble Girls: The Rolling Stone Book Of Women In Rock (Random House); Goldmine: The Beatles Digest (Krause Publications); and The Nirvana Companion (Schirmer Trade Books). She has also written for Mojo, Rolling Stone, Goldmine, and Seattle’s Experience Music Project museum, and served as a project consultant on Nirvana’s With The Lights Out boxed set. She lives in Seattle.