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Nick Cave Clarifies ‘Uncharitable’ Red Hot Chili Peppers Comments: ‘There Was No Malice Intended’


Nick Cave has addressed his "offhand and somewhat uncharitable remark" about the Red Hot Chili Peppers, which have circulated for decades.

Though their exact origins appear to have been lost to time, the quote is often attributed to Cave as, “I’m forever near a stereo saying, ‘What the fuck is this garbage?’ And the answer is always ‘The Red Hot Chili Peppers.’” Now, Cave has taken to his Red Hand Files website to respond to a fan asking about the truthfulness of the quote, referring to his comments as an “offhand and somewhat uncharitable remark” about the band. “The track emerged as a beautiful conversation between Flea’s trumpet and my voice, filled with yearning and love, the song transcending its individual parts and becoming a slowly evolving cosmic dance, in the form of a reconciliation and an apology.”

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