10 Even More Underrated Red Hot Chili Peppers Tracks
4. Storm In A Tea Cup (2006)
Frantic guitar, surging drum rolls, some guy screaming through a dictaphone - from the get go you knew what you were getting with this song. It was one of the more energetic numbers on the swirling 28 track record Stadium Arcadium.
The album was an example of truly exquisite production. Rick Rubin was at the helm as usual, and was able to draw out all of the best aspects of the bands sound.
This song harkened back to the early days of the Chili Peppers. There was a touch of Anthony Kiedis's early vocal delivery, with call and response lines between him and the rest of the band. Frusciante straddled between funk guitar filler and heavily distorted power chords and as was typical on this album, layered his guitar multiple times.
One of the fall outs of the multiple layering of instrumental parts, however, was many of the song felt empty during live performances. To get around this the band hired Josh Klinghoffer who by that time had played with acts such as Warpaint and Gnarls Barkley.
Being a protégé of Frusciante and long time collaborator he was the perfect fit and the obvious choice when the band yet again had to find a new guitar player in 2007.