Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers transformed Stevie Wonder’s Higher Ground into a fiery, unforgettable cover that many consider ...

Rock bands are sensitive instruments. Creative tensions, clashing egos, the grind of touring—none of it screams stability. Add drugs, death and demons and you have a breakup (or a breakdown) waiting ...

The music festival veered from "peace and love" to violence and mayhem over the course of four days. "Californication" came out in June 1999. Now, 25 years later, social media users think the Red Hot ...

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has drafted some of the top players from the left-of-center jazz world for his first ...

A convergence of musical brilliance electrified San Antonio’s Alamodome on Wednesday as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Strokes and Thundercat found ways to connect with the tens of thousands of fans ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.(AP) — The Red Hot Chili Peppers may be strongly associated with southern California, but drummer Chad Smith’s heart never left the Midwest. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, who grew up ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.

Almost 50,000 Red Hot Chili Peppers fans can’t be wrong. A multigenerational crowd rivaling the makeup of concert audiences for the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and Willie Nelson cheered on the Red ...