I am very happy to announce that a new book, called The Red Hot Chili Peppers An Oral/Visual History, is coming out in October! It is the first (and only) official Red Hot Chili Peppers story, an oral history with hundreds of photos, written with the band’s full involvement.

Here is what they have to say about the book:

The Red Hot Chili Peppers is a highly-designed package with never-before-seen photos of the band, accompanied by personalized captions and anecdotes. The book features the most definitive and private photos, along with a collection of intimate interviews with the band. This will be the must-have collector’s item for the hardcore fan.

For the first time ever, Red Hot Chili Peppers will reveal both their personal stories and the history of band, giving readers a glimpse of: what inspires them creatively, how they came together, the recording process, and never-before-revealed details of their lives outside the band.

In addition to the colorful stories and anecdotes, the package includes 200 glossy, color photos which are comprised of candid personal photos from each member and band photos, including: performance shots, promotional photos, magazine shoots, and album covers. In addition, other pieces of ephemera will be included, such as: ticket stubs, set lists, magazine covers, posters, backstage passes, and more.

Book info:

• On Sale: 10/26/2010
• AUTOBIOGRAPHY
• Tr 9780061351914 $39.99 ($51.99)
• 256 pages; 10 x 12
• 200-250 color photos throughout
• Model ISBN: 9780061864155
• Bon Jovi
• It Books
• Carton Qty: 8
• Selling Territory: W
• 200,000
• Subsidiary Rights: First serial, UK, Translation: It Books; Audio, Dramatic: Vigliano Associates, Ltd.

You can also download additional spreads And for even more extras, photos and info, go to harpercollinscatalogs. Enjoy!

The Red Hot Chili Peppers decorated T-Shirts for the Crafts For A Cause charity auction in an effort to raise money for the relief efforts in earthquake-devastated Haiti. They decorated and signed two T-Shirts. The auction is opened on March 15th and you can place a bid till March 27th, when the auction will be closed.

If you’re interested, go place your bids online on the following two links:

>>  Place your bid on a T-Shirt No1
>> Place your bid on a T-Shirt No2

And here is the info and some photos!

Item Number: 144
Item Description: This is a one-of-a-kind shirt, decorated and signed by all members of the Chili Peppers (Anthony Keidis, Flea, Chad Smith and Josh Klinghoffer).

It is an Alternative Apparel, Women’s Medium
Measurements are: 24″ long x 16″ from armpit to armpit

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Item Number: 145
Item Description: This is a one-of-a-kind shirt, decorated and signed by all members of the Chili Peppers (Anthony Keidis, Flea, Chad Smith and Josh Klinghoffer).

It is an Alternative Apparel, Unisex Medium
Measurements are: 25″ long x 17″ from armpit to armpit

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Bid to get a Stadium Arcadium CD signed by Anthony Kiedis and help “heal Haiti” on charitybuzz.com. Go ahead, and check out other auctions too. Here is what they say:

Attention fans of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: now is your chance to own a unique piece of Chili’s memorabilia: a double gold (Sweden) album presentation for “Stadium Arcadium” and “Dani California.” The back has been signed “To Haiti with Love” Anthony Kiedis 2010. This framed piece is directly from Anthony’s personal collection and is ready to grace your walls now.

Here is direct link.  And this is how it looks. Enjoy!

A few days ago I got the book Me And My Friends by Tony Woolliscroft from www.abramsbooks.com and even though it’s rather old news and those of you who wanted it probably bought it already, I felt I had to write a few words about the great journey this book led me through. I simply couldn’t put it down until I reached the last page and then I had to go over some of the most interesting parts again. Me And My Friends will take you right to the core of the Red Hot Chili Peppers hurricane that will rock your world.

The book is written through the eyes of Tony Woolliscroft, the band’s personal photographer, who followed them since their Mother’s Milk tour and was a big friend with all the band members, Chad especially, who even helped him with the book. Me And My Friends is a perfectly balanced mixture of words and pictures, composed in such way you can almost feel the movement and the energy of their adventures.

The book consists of six chapters, named after their albums – Mothers Milk, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, One Hot Minute, Californication, By The Way and Stadium Arcadium. The foreword is written by Chad Smith, who joined Red Hot Chili Peppers at about the same time as Tony – the photographer.

“I hope you see his passion for his art, for music and for people. We’re still growing with him, letting him capture the good times and bad times, happy and sad. But what we are most proud of is that he captures the love” – Chad Smith

From then on, they got to really know, respect and trust each other, so as an outsider, Tony was able to get as close to them as possible. Looking at those pictures from their early days made me feel like I’m really getting to know each and every one of them, and Tony’s comments and funny little personal stories behind every photo make them even more entertaining and alive. The book shows all the aspects of the band’s life, the way they grew as musicians and as people, along with the chemistry they have between them, which is perfectly portrayed.

Tony managed to capture all the entertaining moments, and crucial people that helped create Red Hot Chili Peppers world. He captured their wild rocking live performances on the stage, yoga exercises backstage, chill out times before and after the shows as well as some personal moments that only he was allowed to record.

“He’s braved a typhoon with them in Japan, captured Anthony Kiedis walking off the edge of a skyscraper hotel roof in Venezuela, witnessed John Frusciante’s remarkable private comeback show in Washington, and had drumsticks affectionately thrown at him by Chad Smith during a live performance for taking pictures of Flea’s naked girlfriend”

“When I first saw the Peppers I was mesmerized, I really was. I’d seen nothing like these guys. Sparks seemed to fly off stage between each band member. Their workrate was phenomenal. Nonstop. The energy, God, it was infectious.” – Tony Woolliscroft

So if somehow, by mistake, you missed to buy this book, I suggest you to think about it again and check it out on amazon.com where you can buy it . If you want to peek at some pictures that were used in the book before you decide to buy it, you can visit this photo gallery on nerve.com.

Enjoy yourselves, I know I did !

So how about we make a little break from all those Red Hot Chili Peppers news about the new album, and all the tension and negative vibes we’ve been getting from the last couple of interviews. Let me present you a great opportunity to win a signed FleaBass guitar and have a lot of fun along the way!

So what’s the deal? Please, read along!

Stadium-Arcadium.com has partnered up with Fleabass.com to give you the opportunity to WIN a FleaBass Guitar signed by Flea! In order to enter the competition, you’re required to record a video of yourself playing any instrument you like. The video must be based on your interpretation of a Red Hot Chili Peppers song, and Flea himself will be personally selecting the winner based on the video he likes the most. The deadline for all entries is the 4th of January 2010, so you still have plenty of time to think it out! Once your video is complete, you should upload it to youtube and then add it to this Youtube group.

Before you start practicing and recording, please, read carefully the following competition rules:

• All videos must be a minimum of 1 minute in duration
• All videos must be submitted before the 4th of January 2010
• All videos must feature you playing an instrument or singing based on an interpretation of a Red Hot Chili Peppers Song of your choice.
• All videos must contain the text “Stadium-Arcadium.com” in the bottom left or right corner of the video for a minimum of 20 seconds or alternatively have an image/screen at the start of your video that says “Stadium-Arcadium.com” for a minimum of 5 seconds if you prefer.

Don’t miss this opportunity, and make sure to have a lot of fun and show how creative you are and you may even win FleaBass guitar, signed by himself! Why not, you certainly have nothing to lose. Good luck to all participants, may the best one win

Read more about the competition on Stadium Arcadium