Hamish Duncan | RHCP Sessions
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A website about the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Author of OUT IN LA: the Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1983. Out now via Chicago Review Press.
Book 2…. TBA
rhcpsessions.com
Author of OUT IN LA: the Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1983. Out now via Chicago Review Press.
Book 2…. TBA
rhcpsessions.com
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pals you gotta quit spotify
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
pals you gotta quit spotify
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Fairly large update to the Track Variants guide just uploaded.
If you've never given this behemoth a perusal, now's the perfect time.
www.rhcpsessions.com/track-variants
If you've never given this behemoth a perusal, now's the perfect time.
www.rhcpsessions.com/track-variants
Track Variants — Red Hot Chili Peppers Recording Sessions Archive
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November 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Fairly large update to the Track Variants guide just uploaded.
If you've never given this behemoth a perusal, now's the perfect time.
www.rhcpsessions.com/track-variants
If you've never given this behemoth a perusal, now's the perfect time.
www.rhcpsessions.com/track-variants
Interesting news about a possible deal by the band to sell their masters. In an ideal world, this opens the floodgates for b-side boxsets and deluxe editions, etc.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Netflix Is Getting Serious About Video Podcasts
The streaming service is looking to develop exclusive shows and license existing hits
www.bloomberg.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Interesting news about a possible deal by the band to sell their masters. In an ideal world, this opens the floodgates for b-side boxsets and deluxe editions, etc.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Had no idea Hillel features (quite prominently!) in the 1986 video for Joe Cocker's "Don't You Love Me Anymore?"
He didn't play on the actual recording though, so it looks like he was just picked for his look.
He didn't play on the actual recording though, so it looks like he was just picked for his look.
October 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Had no idea Hillel features (quite prominently!) in the 1986 video for Joe Cocker's "Don't You Love Me Anymore?"
He didn't play on the actual recording though, so it looks like he was just picked for his look.
He didn't play on the actual recording though, so it looks like he was just picked for his look.
Hehe. Road Trippin’ cover location! That’s a real wolf on the real streets of LA, by the way.
October 17, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Hehe. Road Trippin’ cover location! That’s a real wolf on the real streets of LA, by the way.
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Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...
theonion.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
Part 3 in a 3 part series. All about the alternative versions of Californication - the album - that are out there for a willing fan to investigate.
This is a deep dive:
buttondown.com/rhcpsessions...
This is a deep dive:
buttondown.com/rhcpsessions...
Me and My Friends #67 - Califaltication
Obviously I couldn’t stop at One Hot Minute. If you’re somehow reading this entry first, this is the final part of a three part series, started here and...
buttondown.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Part 3 in a 3 part series. All about the alternative versions of Californication - the album - that are out there for a willing fan to investigate.
This is a deep dive:
buttondown.com/rhcpsessions...
This is a deep dive:
buttondown.com/rhcpsessions...
Happy bday, BSSM 😍
September 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Happy bday, BSSM 😍
SPIN Magazine, October 1985.
September 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
SPIN Magazine, October 1985.
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“If You Have to Ask” live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1999
September 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
“If You Have to Ask” live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1999
ONE HOT MINUTE is 30 years old today. An album, an era, a mood, that continues to grow on me. Maybe one day soon it'll get some of the attention it deserves!
I've been toying with writing something long and deep about it - in fact I almost did this year - but hopefully one day.
I've been toying with writing something long and deep about it - in fact I almost did this year - but hopefully one day.
September 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM
ONE HOT MINUTE is 30 years old today. An album, an era, a mood, that continues to grow on me. Maybe one day soon it'll get some of the attention it deserves!
I've been toying with writing something long and deep about it - in fact I almost did this year - but hopefully one day.
I've been toying with writing something long and deep about it - in fact I almost did this year - but hopefully one day.
Probably the high point of my collection now: a stage used setlist from the infamous May 7, 1992 performance in Saitama, Japan - John’s final show until 1998.
August 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Probably the high point of my collection now: a stage used setlist from the infamous May 7, 1992 performance in Saitama, Japan - John’s final show until 1998.
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Been a while since I’ve posted a newsletter. Here’s one all about Blood Sugar and its various variants.
buttondown.com/rhcpsessions...
buttondown.com/rhcpsessions...
Me and My Friends #65 - Blood Sugar Tape Questions
A few weeks back, an internal Warner Bros. cassette dated July 22, 1991 came into my possession. It’s an early, pre-release version of Blood Sugar Sex Magik....
buttondown.com
July 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Been a while since I’ve posted a newsletter. Here’s one all about Blood Sugar and its various variants.
buttondown.com/rhcpsessions...
buttondown.com/rhcpsessions...
Ever wondered what Sir Psycho Sexy sounded like without the fade-out?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwsE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwsE...
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Sir Psycho Sexy" [complete ending]
YouTube video by RHCP Sessions
www.youtube.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Ever wondered what Sir Psycho Sexy sounded like without the fade-out?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwsE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwsE...
Interesting to read this 2006 profile in Q and see the seeds of John's eventual 2009 quitting already there.
“I long for a simpler life that rejects all these forms of pleasure, making money and functioning as a business enterprise,” he says. “It will happen.”
thechilisource.com/q-238-page-1/
“I long for a simpler life that rejects all these forms of pleasure, making money and functioning as a business enterprise,” he says. “It will happen.”
thechilisource.com/q-238-page-1/
Q 238
On the verge of releasing their defining album, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are stranger than ever. Witness dangling babies off balconies and wanting to become monks… The rock st…
thechilisource.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Interesting to read this 2006 profile in Q and see the seeds of John's eventual 2009 quitting already there.
“I long for a simpler life that rejects all these forms of pleasure, making money and functioning as a business enterprise,” he says. “It will happen.”
thechilisource.com/q-238-page-1/
“I long for a simpler life that rejects all these forms of pleasure, making money and functioning as a business enterprise,” he says. “It will happen.”
thechilisource.com/q-238-page-1/
Early OHM announcement in the British press with wildly early tracklist.
June 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Early OHM announcement in the British press with wildly early tracklist.
Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic
www.youtube.com
June 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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RIP the mighty Sly Stone - ‘I never lived a life I didn’t want to live’
June 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
RIP the mighty Sly Stone - ‘I never lived a life I didn’t want to live’
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Californication 🎂 June 8, 1999. Original cassette J-card. rhcp.lnk.to/californication
June 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Californication 🎂 June 8, 1999. Original cassette J-card. rhcp.lnk.to/californication