<P> The band released their eponymous debut album , The Red Hot Chili Peppers on August 10 , 1984 . Though the album did not set sales records , airplay on college radio and MTV helped to build a fan base , and the album ultimately sold 300,000 copies . Gang of Four guitarist Andy Gill , who produced the album `` did n't embrace ( the band 's ) musical aesthetic or ideology , argued constantly with the band over the record 's sound . '' Kiedis recalled , that `` Andy 's thing was having a hit at all costs , but it was such a mistake to have an agenda . '' Despite the misgivings of Kiedis and Flea , Gill pushed the band to play with a cleaner , crisper , more radio - friendly sound . The band was disappointed in the record 's overall sound , feeling it was overly polished and as if it had `` gone through a sterilizing Goody Two - shoes machine '' . The album included backing vocals by Gwen Dickey , the singer for the successful 1970s disco funk group Rose Royce . The band embarked on a grueling tour during which they performed sixty shows in sixty - four days . During the tour , continuing musical and lifestyle tension between Kiedis and Sherman complicated the transition between concert and daily band life . When the tour ended in October 1984 , Sherman was fired . Hillel Slovak , who had just quit What Is This ? , would re-join the band in early 1985 . </P>
<P> The band released their eponymous debut album , The Red Hot Chili Peppers on August 10 , 1984 . Though the album did not set sales records , airplay on college radio and MTV helped to build a fan base , and the album ultimately sold 300,000 copies . Gang of Four guitarist Andy Gill , who produced the album `` did n't embrace ( the band 's ) musical aesthetic or ideology , argued constantly with the band over the record 's sound . '' Kiedis recalled , that `` Andy 's thing was having a hit at all costs , but it was such a mistake to have an agenda . '' Despite the misgivings of Kiedis and Flea , Gill pushed the band to play with a cleaner , crisper , more radio - friendly sound . The band was disappointed in the record 's overall sound , feeling it was overly polished and as if it had `` gone through a sterilizing Goody Two - shoes machine '' . The album included backing vocals by Gwen Dickey , the singer for the successful 1970s disco funk group Rose Royce . The band embarked on a grueling tour during which they performed sixty shows in sixty - four days . During the tour , continuing musical and lifestyle tension between Kiedis and Sherman complicated the transition between concert and daily band life . When the tour ended in October 1984 , Sherman was fired . Hillel Slovak , who had just quit What Is This ? , would re-join the band in early 1985 . </P>
what was red hot chili peppers first album
what was red hot chili peppers first album
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Red Hot Chili Peppers