This song is mainly about the dark side of Hollywood that lies underneath the glossy surface. The band might love the city of Los Angeles, but they saw firsthand the effects the Hollywood lifestyle has on its inhabitants and the rest of the world.
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The music video features the band as characters in a fake video game, exploring California and often seeing the bad things going on behind the scenes.
Flea drugged and raped River Phoenix at Johnny Depps Viper Room, leading to his death. Joachin and Rain were there that evening and didnt protect their brother. And it happened on Halloween.
There was a recording actually several recordings from a guy that was in the whole scene there, the recording was of him talking to an agent in LA, an investigator. Someone actually posted it on GA. Does anyone recall these phone call recordings?
Full music video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YlUKcNNmywk
Inspo and background for the song according to the band from https://genius.com/Red-hot-chili-peppers-californication-lyrics
This song is mainly about the dark side of Hollywood that lies underneath the glossy surface. The band might love the city of Los Angeles, but they saw firsthand the effects the Hollywood lifestyle has on its inhabitants and the rest of the world.
…
The music video features the band as characters in a fake video game, exploring California and often seeing the bad things going on behind the scenes.
Flea drugged and raped River Phoenix at Johnny Depps Viper Room, leading to his death. Joachin and Rain were there that evening and didnt protect their brother. And it happened on Halloween.
These are all sick fucks.
There was a recording actually several recordings from a guy that was in the whole scene there, the recording was of him talking to an agent in LA, an investigator. Someone actually posted it on GA. Does anyone recall these phone call recordings?
I remember reading about it here.