33 Things You Should Know About Red Hot Chili Peppers

           

26. Woodstock '99 wasn't their fault …
When the peace festival erupted into blazes and brawls, many blamed the Peppers's riotous closing set, which they capped with a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Fire." Not fair, says Smith. "There might have been one little bonfire waaaaay in the distance, like a mile away. But everyone we saw was having a great time."

27. … And neither was Fred Durst.
The Peppers may have single-handedly invented rap-rock, but that doesn't mean they're proud of all they spawned. "The world should not hold us accountable for Limp Bizkit," Smith says with a laugh. "Please — it's not our fault!"

28. They're accomplished thespians.
Flea has several screen credits to his name (The Big Lebowski, Psycho, The Wild Thornberrys), and Kiedis was a child actor who played Sly Stallone's son in the forgettable Teamster drama F.I.S.T. "I went to his trailer to get into character with him," Kiedis says. "He started screaming, 'Get this kid outta here!'"

29. They once moonlighted as the Spice Girls.
For Flea's daughter's 10th birthday — at the height of Spice Girl Mania — the band staged a mock concert, starring Flea as Baby Spice, Frusciante as Sporty, their drum tech as Scary and Kiedis as Posh. (Ginger had already left the group.) "Imagine these poor girls's horror when they realized we were a bunch of grown men with beards and hairy legs," Kiedis laughs. "They're probably scarred for life."

30. They love L.A.
"Every single thing I write is about Los Angeles, either directly or indirectly," Kiedis says. "We rehearse in the Valley, we record in Laurel Canyon, I've lived everywhere from Hollywood Boulevard to Malibu — it's just in us. It's a magical spot."