Some would say the law of diminishing returns has been plaguing the Red Hot Chili Peppers in recent years. For every naysayer though, there’s a fist-in-the-air fan who won’t hear a bad word against them. Well, both disciples and dissenters alike are going to need a new pastime for the next 12 months, as frontman Anthony Kiedis has announced an extended break for the band.
Speaking with Rolling Stone, Kiedis framed the year-long hiatus as a chance to “just live and breathe and eat and learn new things.” He told the magazine that pressure built up following the last Chili Peppers album and world tour.
“We’re disbanded for the moment. We actually took a very long time to make the Stadium Arcadium record, because we wrote a lot of songs and then got way too married to them and decided we need it to be a double album. Which was a great experience, but it took forever. It was really a gruelling, long haul and it followed two other very long hauls, Californication and By The Way.”
Kiedis remarked that he’s caring for his young son and learning surfing, while the other band members dabble in various musical projects.
DekarTyphon
said ages ago