Out in L.A. The Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1983

by Duncan, Hamish

• ISBN13: 9781641608015
• ISBN10: 1641608013
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2023-01-17
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Summary

The Red Hot Chili Peppers were going to be a one-time act for a friend’s album release party.
 
Forty years later the funk rock band is one of the best known and the longest running in the United States.

Everything that happened in 1983 set the course for the rest of the band’s career. The scrappy band quickly rose to scene-wide fame, playing all over Los Angeles and gaining fans and media attention wherever they performed. Before the year was out, they had played approximately thirty shows, put together an early, beloved repertoire, recorded a blistering demo that secured them a recording contract with EMI/Enigma, and lost two of their founding members to a rival band.

Out in L.A. is an attempt at finding out exactly what happened during that first year and exploring what it is that makes the Red Hot Chili Peppers so compelling and fresh, even as they continue on their musical journey today.

Author Biography

Hamish Duncan is the founder of the Red Hot Chili Peppers Sessions Archive website (rhcpsessions.com) and editor of Red Hot Chili Peppers Live Archive (fhcplivearchive.com). He lives in Sydney, Australia.

Table of Contents

Prologue – August 23, 2003. Slane Castle, Ireland.
 

1. Before the Beginning: 1982.
2. Show #1: December 16, 1982.
   Rhythm Lounge, Grandia Room, Melrose Avenue.
3. Show #2: December 30, 1982.
   Rhythm Lounge, Grandia Room, Melrose Avenue.
4. Show #3: January 6, 1983.
   Rhythm Lounge, Grandia Room, Melrose Avenue.
5. Show #4: March 4, 1983.
   Cathay de Grande, Argyle Avenue.
6. Show #5: March 25, 1983.
   Cathay de Grande, Argyle Avenue.
7. Show #6: March 31, 1983.
   Club Lingerie, Sunset Boulevard.
8. Show #7: March 31, 1983.
   Rhythm Lounge, Grandia Room, Melrose Avenue.
9. Show #8: April 13, 1983.
   Anti Club, Helen’s Place, Melrose Avenue.
10. Show #9: April 29, 1983.
    The Plant, Ventura Boulevard.
11. Recording Session: May 1983.
    Studio 9 Sound Labs, Hollywood Boulevard.
12. Show #10: May 20, 1983.
    Fiesta House, East Olympic Boulevard.
13. Show #11: May 30, 1983.
    China Club, West Third Street.
14. Show #12: June 4, 1983.
    Anti Club, Helen’s Place, Melrose Avenue.
15. Show #13: June 5, 1983.
    Sunday Club, Golden Village Supper Club, Hollywood Boulevard.
16. Show #14: June 11, 1983.
    The Vex, North Soto Street.
17. Show #15: June 17, 1983.
    Anti Club, Helen’s Place, Melrose Avenue.
18. Show #16: July 3, 1983.
    Kit Kat Club, Santa Monica Boulevard.
19. Show #17: July 4, 1983.
    Music Machine, Pico Boulevard.
20. Show #18: July 18, 1983.
    Club Lingerie, Sunset Boulevard.
21. Show #19: July 25, 1983.
    Music Machine, Pico Boulevard.
22. Show #20: July 31, 1983.
    Al’s Bar, Traction Street.
23. Show #21: August 4, 1983.
    The Plant, Ventura Boulevard.
24. Show #22: August 13, 1983.
    Pomona Valley Auditorium, 3rd Street, Pomona.
25. Show #23: August 17, 1983.
    Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City Plaza. 
26. Show #24: September 9, 1983.
    Radio City, Knott Avenue.
27. Show #25: September 10, 1983.
    Kit Kat Club, Santa Monica Boulevard.
28. Show #26: September 18, 1983.
    Sunday Club, Cathay de Grande, Argyle Avenue.
29. Show #27: circa 10-13 October, 1983
    E’Wu’s Paradise, Galena Street, Aspen.
30. Show #28: October 29, 1983.
    The Plant, Ventura Boulevard.
31. Show #29: November 7, 1983
    Club Lingerie, Sunset Boulevard.
32. Show #30: November 23, 1983
    Reseda Country Club, Sherman Way.

 Epilogue – March 9-11, 1984. KTTV Studios, Sunset Boulevard.