We brought in things from the junkyard to bang on.”īlood Sugar Sex Magik sold 7 million copies domestically and 13 million copies worldwide, which solidified the band's official crossover into the mainstream. We recorded every day and it was laid back and there was no pressure and we were willing to try anything.

In June, front man Anthony Kiedis recalled the making of this album fondly to Entertainment Weekly: 'We had come into ourselves and we knew what we were and what we wanted to do. The album included 17 songs, and 'Under the Bridge' was the highest charting of them all when it peaked at No. Up until 1991, the band enjoyed local fanfare along the Los Angeles strip and pocket success, but nothing on the scale that was about to come. The Red Hot Chili Peppers released four albums prior to Blood Sugar Sex Magik: The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984), Freaky Styley (1985), The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987) and Mother's Milk (1989).Ĭonsequence of Sound recently ranked Blood Sugar Sex Magik the band's best album of its entire catalog.īlood Sugar Sex Magik marked the Chili Peppers' first commercial success. In honor of the album's 25th anniversary, here are 25 moments especially worth noting about Blood Sugar Sex Magik and all the doors the album opened up for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The band may have spent the summer abroad, but it was able to sneak in a hometown welcome for the Los Angeles Rams as part of the pregame show for the team's home opener in the LA Coliseum, dressed in complete Rams uniforms, of course. The Chili Peppers are currently touring Europe ahead of the North American leg that kicks off in January in support of their 11th studio LP, Getaway, which was released June 17. Twenty-five years ago, the catalyst for their iconic punk-funk alternative rock career was born when the band's breakthrough album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, was released Sept. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are as hot as they've ever been.

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