Red Hot Chili Peppers' career break
Thursday, 2 October 2008
Red Hot Chili Peppers have confirmed they will take a two-year hiatus.
The 'Californication' rockers are planning to have an extended break after being left "emotionally and mentally zapped" by their recent extensive tour.
Bassist Flea confirmed: "We just needed two years. We had our noses to the grindstones so hard for so long.
"We needed to get away from it and get a fresh perspective on things."
The musician is planning to put his time off to good use - he has enrolled in the University of Southern California's music programme in order to learn "the math and academics" of music.
He added to the Los Angeles Times newspaper: "I'm glad my music education has developed the way that it has, but it's so much fun to learn this stuff because I never knew anything.
"I played trumpet in the school bands. I learned things I liked to play on my trumpet but I didn't learn why this note goes with this note and why it produces that sound. Or how to create tension in the composition.
"The Chili Peppers did that in our song structures but all based on emotion and intuition as opposed to knowing the math and academics of it. Knowing the structure is really fun."
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