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This is symbolic of the band itself struggling to heal itself to push forward in light of professional failure and personal troubles. Accordingly, the video depicts a band that has been beaten and battered, playing broken instruments, yet they still soldier on through the hot California desert. Frusciante saved the Chili Peppers from collapsing, who in turn saved him from a life of drug addiction and depression. After almost starving to death, overdosing on heroin, and being immolated alive, guitarist John Frusicante was invited back into the band just as the band was on the verge of breaking up. Unlike most RHCP videos, this one does in fact reflect the song’s subject matter of rebirth. The video for “Scar Tissue” is so great that Green Day felt the need to rip off the Chili Peppers with their video for “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”. “Scar Tissue” / Californication / 1999 / Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris “Warped” showed the public that even though some things had changed within the band, their patented mania and vivaciousness still remained.ħ. But for however much the band had changed, here they were same as always, running rampant, but instead of a desert, they were rampaging in a tube with shutters. Anthony Kiedis was back on drugs, Chad Smith looked like a member of Ace of Base, Flea is wearing a garbage bag as a poncho, and that guy from Jane’s Addiction is now the guitarist… Oh and everyone’s wearing leather underwear. This was the publics’ first official look at the new band that had developed quite a different look since Blood Sugar Sex Magik. The video opens up with anticipation, leaving the viewer wondering what will happen next until the song kicks into high gear, suddenly, if not spasmodically answering the viewers’ questions. The first single off the unjustifiably maligned One Hot Minute, and the first music video to feature new guitarist Dave Navarro, “Warped” serves its purpose incredibly well. “Warped” / One Hot Minute / 1995 / Directed by Gavin Bowden The video for “Soul to Squeeze” is so timeless because of its originality, yet still finds a way to evoke the exact same emotions as the song itself.ġ0.

Without being depressed, the video is depressing despite seeing Kiedis with a headful of snakes or Flea ride an elephant. The bleak black and white footage of a wandering circus heightens the lonely atmosphere generated by the track. The fact that this video was filmed after John Frusciante had left the band adds to the very somber nature of the song, thus serving as a strengthening link between the song itself and the music video. “Soul to Squeeze” / Coneheads Soundtrack / 1993 / Directed by Kevin KerslakeĪnother black and white video, this time, one inspired by traveling freakshows of the 1930s, stands in stark contrast to the frenetic jubilance of “Give It Away”. Throw in bassist Flea’s awesome stuffed animal pants (as seen in the video to “Bust a Move” as well) and you have the perfect video to introduce the Chili Peppers to mainstream America. The video alone makes viewers want to get up and dance just as much as the song itself does. Even though the kaleidoscopic background doesn’t help with this, it served as the perfect image to convey the band’s maniacal zest and kinetic vibrancy.

With guitarist John Frusciante’s neon colored jacket, and lead singer Anthony Kiedis’ hipster hat, this video screams out 1989. “Higher Ground” / Mother’s Milk / 1989 / Directed by Bill Stobaugh and Drew CarolanĪlthough it’s comparatively bland next to future videos, the video for “Higher Ground” introduced an unsuspecting mainstream audience to the funk-punk machinations of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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