10 Bands Whose Songs Sound Exactly The Same

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have had a bit of an odd career trajectory to say the least. After growing up in the West Coast punk scene and going through an unthinkable amount of guitar players, the band became one of the biggest rock acts in the world at a time when the alternative revolution was blowing up. It could have easily been a fluke, but the reason they were able to reach the top was due to their songs being that damn good.

While it's every record label's dream for a band to play to trends, the Chilis sound was all their own, with every song being a mix between rock/funk/and punk attitude. Though the songs tended to stay in that lane across an entire record, no tune every felt boring or derivative of the one before it. Take a record like Blood Sugar Sex Magik for example. The album is already bloated at 19 tracks, but every single song feels necessary, from the funk jam of "Funky Monks" to the slightly downtempo groove of "Under the Bridge."

Even when the band pulls out ballads like "Otherside" or "Californication," the tune always stays within the Chilis aesthetic, with almost every other song being about California. There might not be as much diversity in their material, but when you have a band that sounds like James Brown filtered through the Dead Kennedys, why would you change anything?