It’s a picture book

Most artists cringe at the idea of showing compromising photos taken in public, but rockers the Red Hot Chili Peppers relish the idea.

Most artists cringe at the idea of showing compromising photos taken in public, but rockers the Red Hot Chili Peppers relish the idea. In fact, they’ve compiled many of those moments in their first book, The Red Hot Chili Peppers: An Oral/Visual History. Known for alt-rock hits such as

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Under the Bridge, Give It Away

and

Scar Tissue

, the band’s early days were steeped not only in music, but in drug use, nudity and cross-dressing.