10 Rock Bands That Saved Their Careers With One Album

Almost half of the reason why The Red Hot Chili Peppers are here today is based on coming back from adversity. Before they had even hit the big time, they had already gone through Anthony Kiedis' drug problems getting out of control and even losing beloved guitarist Hillel Slovak before they had even hit the big time. Though they were finally starting to see some success at the start of the '90s, the good times seemed to hit a brick wall once John Frusciante left the band.

As the band soldiered on with Dave Navarro for One Hot Minute, it was clear that the band was not in a good headspace, with most of them relapsing on hard drugs while trying to get the record done. Things seemed to go dark for a few years, until John Frusciante got clean and met with Kiedis saying that he wanted to come back to the band. It wasn't going to be an easy journey, but they actually managed to go the distance on Californication.

Approaching the guitar in a much different way, having Frusciante back gave the band a shot in the arm, having their sessions morph into rock songs that were a lot prettier than normal, even abandoning their traditional formula altogether on tracks like Around the World and the title track. For all of the hardships that went with this record, you don't listen to this record and feel that pain. If anything, this is what the Peppers sound like when they are finally at peace.