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Very early Red Hot Chili Peppers 1985 concert ad...



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November 05, 1985

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 5, 1985

* Red Hot Chili Peppers - American rock band
* Performance at the Ritz nightclub advertisement

* In there infancy - Anthony Kiedis and Flea

Page 118 has an ad for various upcoming performances at the "RITZ" in Manhattan with one of the performers being the "RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS" on Halloween night. This particular ad contains images of the band members. (see images)
source: Kathy Gills: Even considering it was Halloween, there was an inordinate amount of zaniness on stage when two of L.A.’s wildest exports came to Manhattan on Oct. 31. The ska-punk of Fishbone and the punk-funk of the Red Hot Chili Peppers made an explosive double bill. Judging by the way members of both bands eagerly plunged into the slam dancing crowd, it was tough to say who was enjoying the show more, the audience or the performers.
The Chili Peppers took the stage in fluorescent war paint and minimal clothing and tore through songs from both their debut album and their current EMI America release, “Freaky Styley.” Bassist Michael Balzary “Flea” and drummer Cliff Martinez provided solid rhythmic support, by turns hard and driving or cool and funky. Hillel Slovak’s guitar lines and Anthony Kiedis’ vocals took off in a thousand directions from the rhythmic base, but the Red Hots know how to hold it all together.

I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because their was really no reason to save it at the time.
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Complete with 152 pages, tabloid size, one fold along the center, nice condition.

Provenance note: This issue comes from The Village Voice's own archives, part of their in-house collection used to create their digital archive. Rare as such.

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Category: The 20th Century