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==Background==
Red Hot Chili Peppers were formed in 1982  in [[Los Angeles]] by [[Fairfax High School (Los Angeles)|Fairfax High School]] alumni, vocalist [[Anthony Kiedis]], guitarist [[Hillel Slovak]], bassist [[Flea (musician)|Flea]], and drummer [[Jack Irons]].<ref name="amgbio">{{cite web | url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5241|pure_url=yes}} | title=Red Hot Chili Peppers > Biography | access-date=June 5, 2007 | author=Prato, Greg | publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> Originally named Tony Flow & the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem, the group was originally meant as a one-off band for playing only one show. However, after a positive crowd reception, the band changed its name to Red Hot Chili Peppers. The group was noticed by [[EMI Records|EMI]], and the band signed with the record label. Slovak and Irons still considered the Peppers a side project, so they quit to focus on their band [[What Is This?]]; that group had signed a record contract two weeks earlier. Kiedis and Flea subsequently recruited guitarist [[Jack Sherman]] and drummer [[Cliff Martinez]] to complete the band's lineup for its [[The Red Hot Chili Peppers (album)|self-titled debut album]].<ref>{{harvnb|Kiedis|Sloman|2004|p=127}}</ref> The band was disappointed in the album's overall sound, thinking it was overly polished, as if it had "gone through a sterilizing Goody Two-shoes machine".<ref>Kiedis, Sloman, 145</ref>

During the tour in support of the band's first album, continuing musical and lifestyle tension between Kiedis and Sherman complicated the transition between concert and daily band life.<ref>{{harvnb|Kiedis|Sloman|2004|pp=133–134}}</ref> Sherman was fired soon after, with Slovak returning to the Chili Peppers after growing tired of What is This?. Because the Peppers did not have a positive experience working with [[Andy Gill]] on their previous record, they began searching for a new producer for their next album.<ref name="Kiedis169">Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 169</ref> The first potential producer the band worked with was [[Malcolm McLaren]], who had worked with the [[Sex Pistols]] and [[Bow Wow Wow]]. However, McLaren suggested they changed their style to play more simplified, 1950s-style rock and roll and make Kiedis the central character, a change the group vehemently opposed.<ref name="Kiedis169"/>  After receiving comparisons from fans to [[Parliament-Funkadelic]], the band indicated to [[EMI Records]] its desire to work with frontman [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]].<ref name="Kiedis169"/> The band contacted Clinton and sent him their debut album and demo tapes, and Flea and the band's manager, Lindy, traveled to Detroit to meet him.<ref name="Kiedis169"/>  Clinton agreed to work with the band, and EMI paid him $25,000 to produce the album.<ref name="Kiedis170">Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 170</ref> The song "Blackeyed Blonde" was performed by the band in the 1985 skateboarding movie ''[[Thrashin']]'' starring [[Josh Brolin]].