Red
Hot Chili Peppers Concert Review
Lead singer
of the Red
Hot Chili Peppers Anthony Kiedis performing at the TD Waterhouse Centre
in Orlando.
Photo by Michael
Montes.
Orlando Florida Guide. All rights resevered.
Red
Hot Chili Peppers at TD Waterhouse Centre.
June 3, 2003
It's hard
to believe that the Red Hot Chili Peppers have been around for 20 years.
Tonight they performed like young, hungry on the way to the top musicians
instead of 20 year veterans of the rock and roll wars.
Playing at the TD Waterhouse Centre in front of a sold out crowd the Chili
Peppers performed for over 90 minutes. Giving their fans more than their
money's worth.
The Chili
Peppers started the show off with drummer Chad Smith, guitarist John Frusciante
and bassist Flea jamming on their instruments and moments later lead singer
Anthony Kiedis appeared and the Chili Peppers went into "By the Way"
the title track from their new CD. They followed with my favorite Chili
Peppers song Scar Tissue. The song showcases Flea's cranking on the bass.
I have seen some of the best Bass players perform live. Flea is the best.
Highlights
of the show was an Incredible Bass solo by Flea where he was jumping and
dancing all over the stage, not missing a note on his bass and an amazing
rendition of "Around The World" from their "Californication"
CD.
Flea was not the only member of the band to be jumping and dancing all
over the stage. Anthony Kiedis and John Frusciante joined him on several
occasions to really spice up the concert. The acoustics and lighting at
the TD Waterhouse Centre enhanced the show.
Anthony's vocals were clear and crisp. His stage presence rivaled that
of any of today's great singers. You could tell the other members of the
band fed off of his energy. Up and coming bands could learn a thing or
two about performing in front of a live audience from him. Anthony is
one hell of a performer.
The
Chili Peppers played virtually all of their hits and the show reached
an unbelievable intensity level when they performed "Give It Away,"
the moshers stopped crowd surfing so they could enjoy the show, something
I have never seen moshers do at a concert.
For their
encore the Chili Peppers started off with a drum solo by Chad Smith and
he was joined by Flea who came on stage doing a hand stand and preceded
to walk onto the stage using his hands. John appeared and did an impressive
guitar solo. Anthony joined his band mates and they went right into a
remarkable version of "Under The Bridge" and In a special treat
the band ended the show with an unreal performance of the old Jimi Hendrix
classic "Fire" which showed how great a guitarist John Frusciante
is. His guitaring would have made Jimi proud. I would put John on the
list of greatest guitarists of all time. He really knows how to strum
those strings.
After seeing
the Red Hot Chili Peppers in concert all I have to say is when is the
live CD coming out? That's how good a show they put on.
By Michael
Montes - Orlando Florida Guide - All rights reserved.
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