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There is supposedly a statement from Nick Cave about the Red Hot Chili Peppers from 2004, which still follows him today. At the time, his words were probably: “I am always near the stereo and question: ‘What the hell is that a scrap?’ And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers. “
Now he talks about it in his blog “The Red Hand Files” and it is certain: Cave really said that at the time. However, he had enough time to think about his words, and now writes: “About 25 years ago I made a thoughtless and somewhat loveless remark about the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It wasn’t meant badly, it was just the kind of obstinate matters that I said at the time to annoy people. ”
He continues: “I was a troublemaker. A troublemaker who felt most comfortable in the role of social troublemakers. ” According to Cave, this might also be an “Australian trait among the people of his generation”. However, the 67-year-old finds the answer from Flea, the bass player of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, much more interesting than his own statement.
Happiness is greater
In 2006, Flea said on the website of his band: “For a second, this hurt my feelings because I love Nick Cave. I have all of his records. I don’t care if Nick Cave hates my band, because his music means everything to me because he is one of my favorite songwriters and singers and musicians of all time. I love all of the Bad Seeds incarnations, but it only injured my feelings for a second because my love is greater than all the shit, and when he thinks my band is paralyzed, that’s okay. “
In his statement, Cave is now responding to Flea’s answer and says: “Flea expressed how injured he felt by my remark, but also said in great detail that he still love my music.” So he actually seems to be a fan. Cave remembers moments at various festivals at which he saw Flea behind the stage and thought that he had a presence that “felt real and strangely touching”.
Reconciliation with a song together
In the meantime, everything seems to be pronounced between the two and there is even musical cooperation. Cave probably contributed to a song in Fleas an upcoming trumpet album. The Australian describes the track as a “wonderful conversation between Fleas trumpet and my voice, full of longing and love, the song transcends its individual parts and becomes a slowly developing cosmic dance, in the form of reconciliation and an apology.”
It has not yet been officially communicated when the Flea trumpet plate will be released.