Are The Pixies and Red Hot Chili Peppers both American rock bands?
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Pixies The Pixies are an American alternative rock band formed in 1986 in Boston, Massachusetts. Until 2013, the band comprised Black Francis (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Joey Santiago (lead guitar), Kim Deal (bass, backing vocals) and David Lovering (drums). The band disbanded acrimoniously in 1993, but reunited in 2004. After Deal left in 2013, the Pixies hired Kim Shattuck as a touring bassist; she was replaced the same year by Paz Lenchantin, who became a permanent member in 2016.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American funk rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk rock and psychedelic rock. When played live, their music incorporates elements of jam band due to the improvised nature of many of their performances. Currently, the band consists of founding members vocalist Anthony Kiedis and bassist Flea, longtime drummer Chad Smith, and former touring guitarist Josh Klinghoffer. Red Hot Chili Peppers are one of the best-selling bands of all time with over 80 million records sold worldwide, have been nominated for sixteen Grammy Awards, of which they have won six, and are the most successful band in alternative rock radio history, currently holding the records for most number-one singles (13), most cumulative weeks at number one (85) and most top-ten songs (25) on the "Billboard" Alternative Songs chart. In 2012, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Blood Sugar Sex Magik Blood Sugar Sex Magik is the fifth studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 24, 1991. Produced by Rick Rubin, it was the band's first record released on Warner Bros. Records. The musical styles of "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" differed notably from the techniques employed on the Chili Peppers' preceding album, "Mother's Milk", and featured little use of heavy metal guitar riffs. The album's subject matter incorporated sexual innuendos and references to drugs and death as well as themes of lust and exuberance.
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Josh Klinghoffer Josh Adam Klinghoffer (born October 3, 1979) is an American musician best known as the current guitarist for the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he has recorded two studio albums, "I'm with You" (2011) and "The Getaway" (2016), and the b-sides compilation, "I'm Beside You" (2013). Klinghoffer replaced his friend and frequent collaborator John Frusciante in 2009, after a period as a touring member.
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I'm with You World Tour (EP) 2012-13 Live EP is a live EP by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released in 2014 through their website as a free MP3 download. As a way to celebrate the culmination of the band's "I'm with You World Tour", Chad Smith personally selected five of his favorite performances from select dates tour for fans to download for free.
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Stereo 360 Stereo 360 (or Stereo Three-Sixty) is a Los Angeles, California, band who play hook-heavy guitar power-pop. The quartet are led by Vancouver-born singer-songwriter Shad Hills. Their 2003 record "Enjoy Your Life Poolside" included the college radio hit "California", and the band won best rock song for the track at the 2004 Just Plain Folks Music Awards.  Pixies drummer David Lovering plays a cop/institution security guard in the 2004 video for "Superstar", a track that got a Video of the Year nod from the Music Video Production Association. Their 2003 song "Automatic" will feature in the upcoming music video game "Guitar Rising".
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Ray Pizzi Raymond Michael Pizzi, nicknamed "Pizza Man" (born January 19, 1943, Everett, Massachusetts) is an American jazz saxophonist, bassoonist, and flautist.
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Fandemonium (book) Fandemonium is a book by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and photographer David Mushegain and was released officially on November 18, 2014 (some fans were shipped their book a week earlier than the actual release date depending on how early they ordered the book). The book features photographs and interviews conducted by Mushegain with fans of all ages throughout the world during the band's 2011-13 "I'm with You tour". Also included is a special introduction by the band's lead singer, Anthony Kiedis and comments by Flea, Chad Smith and Josh Klinghoffer on what it is like to be a dedicated fan to something.
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Death to the Pixies Death to the Pixies was the first Pixies best-of compilation, released by 4AD in the UK on October 6, 1997 and 4AD/Elektra the following day in the United States to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the band's debut. It covered the years 1987 to 1991. It is now out of print, having been replaced by the 2004 compilation "". A limited edition of the compilation also included a second CD with a live performance taken from Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands on September 25, 1990.
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Havalina Havalina Rail Co. or just Havalina was an eclectic rock band from Long Beach, California. Many of Havalina's releases were regional concept albums. According to the band's website, the band's name was inspired by the song "Havalina" by the Pixies. Havalina was active from 1992 through 2005. Havalina played their last show on March 17, 2005 at The Gypsy Lounge. Former members of Havalina are now involved in Matt Death and the New Intellectuals and Os and the Oculist.
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Phantom Buffalo Phantom Buffalo is an indie-rock band from Portland, Maine. The band was known as The Ponys until 2004, when both Portland's Ponys and Chicago-based band The Ponys were invited to perform at South by Southwest. Being the lower-profile of the two bands, the Portland group decided on a name change shortly thereafter. The current lineup consists of Jonathan Balzano-Brookes (vocals, guitar), Tim Burns (guitar, vocals), Joe Domrad (drums), Jacob Chamberlain (drums), Sean Newton (bass), and Philip Willey (guitar, accordion, keyboards). The band has released music domestically on the Time-Lag Records label and in the UK on Rough Trade Records. The band's jangly, psychedelic pop music has been compared to The Byrds and New Zealand's The Chills, as well as North American indie-pop acts like The Shins and The New Pornographers.
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Orange and Lemons Orange and Lemons is a Filipino pop rock band formed in 1999 by lead vocalist and guitarist Clem Castro along with Ace and JM del Mundo. Former member, Mcoy Fundales served as the lead vocalist and guitarist since it's formation until it's last reception in 2007. The group's musical genre's been a mixed of alternative rock, indie pop and experimental music and heavily influenced by several well-respected bands in different generations like The Smiths, The Beatles and the Eraserheads. The band had released three several albums and gained commercial success with their sophomore album "Strike Whilst the Iron is Hot" released in 2005.
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Rock Star (TV series) Rock Star is a television series produced by Mark Burnett, David Goffin, and Lisa Hennessy in which aspiring singers from all around the world competed to become the lead singer of a featured group. It debuted on CBS on July 11, 2005, to mediocre ratings. The show was hosted by television personality and commercial spokeswoman Brooke Burke and Jane's Addiction & Red Hot Chili Peppers lead guitarist Dave Navarro. In Australian band INXS chose J.D. Fortune as their new lead singer. For , the band Rock Star Supernova chose Lukas Rossi as the lead singer of their new supergroup.
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Fight Like a Brave "Fight Like a Brave" is the first track from American funk rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers' album "The Uplift Mofo Party Plan". It was released as the lead single for the album. The single also included a cover of the Jimi Hendrix song "Fire" as a b-side, which would later appear on "The Abbey Road E.P." and "Mother's Milk" as a tribute to guitarist Hillel Slovak, who died in 1988.
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Pixie (X-Men) Pixie (Megan Gwynn) is a fictional character, a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Pixie belongs to the subspecies of humans called mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities. Her mutation grants her pixie-like eyes, colorful wings that allow her to fly, and "pixie dust" which causes hallucinations. After a confrontation with the revived former member of the New Mutants, Magik, she gains the ability to use magic and a magical weapon called the "Souldagger."
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Cactus (song) "Cactus" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, and is the eighth track on their 1988 album "Surfer Rosa". It was written and sung by the band's frontman Black Francis and produced by Steve Albini.
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Dig for Fire "Dig for Fire" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies. The song appeared on their 1990 album "Bossanova", and was released as a single in October 1990. The song reached number 11 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 62 in the UK. According to Pixies frontman Black Francis, the song was "a bad Talking Heads imitation."
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Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP is EP compilation by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released in 2012 through iTunes as a digital-only download. The band first announced the EP through their website on April 19, 2012 with the title "We Salute You", although it was changed on the date of the release. The EP consists of six cover songs, live and in the studio, of previous Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees all who influenced the band. The EP was released to commemorate the band's own induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. All six songs have been previously featured on other releases by the band. Four of the six tracks had never been released digitally before.
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Calabrese (band) Calabrese is an American rock band that is based out of Phoenix, Arizona. The band includes blood brothers Bobby Calabrese on guitar and vocals, Jimmy Calabrese on bass and vocals, and Davey Calabrese on Drums. Calabrese is their actual surname. Calabrese has been described as "Melodic, hook-laden, catchy, fun, Rock with a Punk attitude." They have cited other bands such as The Damned, Alkaline Trio, Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Turbonegro, The Misfits, Green Day, The Hives, White Zombie/Rob Zombie, AFI, Danzig, Type O Negative, My Chemical Romance and The Ramones as influences.
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John Frusciante discography The discography of John Frusciante, who is best known as the former guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, consists of eleven solo albums and four EPs, as well as two albums with collaborators Joe Lally and Josh Klinghoffer under the name Ataxia and one EP and one album under the alias of Trickfinger. Frusciante left the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1992 after he got tired of the growing success of the band. He released his first solo album, "Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt", in 1994 on American Recordings. His second record, "Smile From the Streets You Hold", was released in 1997 and later taken off the market at his request in 1999. After returning to the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1998, Frusciante recorded "Californication" with the band and subsequently released his third solo album, "To Record Only Water for Ten Days", in February 2001 on Warner Music Group.
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Moxie (composer) Moxie is the recording and composing name of Evan Kitchener. He is a solo composer and one of the founding members of the band Earnest Irony. He works as a composer and sound designer for film and TV shows in Australia. His musical style is often as "Sample Rock" and is influenced by the groups Apollo 440, Moby and Daft Punk. Before being known as Moxie, Evan Kitchener was known under the name of Dj Jib. In 2016 he was signed to an Australian record label.
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Jack Sherman Jack Sherman (born January 18, 1956) is a guitarist best known as a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, playing on their debut album.