"All I had was this connection of mine named Mario. Speaking about his famous final verse which literally describes the bleak process of scoring and injecting heroin, Kiedis explains: "What that was referring to was a point in time about five years ago when I had nothing in my life, no friends or no places to live, no car or relationship with my family. Watch Kiedis recall how he came to write the single in a throwback interview below: See some of the lyrics to Under The Bridge here:
Kiedis was reluctant, thinking the song too gentle for the Chili Peppers, who then still had a very energetic, funk-based sound.īut, after singing the lyrics to Frusciante and drummer Chad Smith, the frontman recalls that they simply: "got up and walked over to their instruments and started finding the beat and guitar chords to match it". When looking through his writing he found a poem entitled Under The Bridge and - instantly touched by their lyrics - implored Kiedis to show them to the rest of his band. Three years after the death of of Hillel, after appointing John Frusciante as their new guitarist and releasing their Mother's Milk LP, the band set about writing their fifth studio album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik.Īnthony Kiedis was clean during this period of time, and began to feel isolated from his bandmates - especially Flea and Frusciante, who still smoked marijuana together.ĭriving home from rehearsals one night he began singing to himself about his feelings of loneliness, and reflected on how drugs had negatively affected his relationships with loved ones- including his former girlfriend Ione Sky.Īs he documents in his Scar Tissue memoir, producer Rick Rubin used to call in him to check up on him and review his material. Watch its Gus Van Sant-directed video above. However, it was also the topic of addiction which gave the Chili Peppers one of their biggest hits in Under The Bridge- helping to catapult them into the mainstream. Photo credit: MediaPunch/REX/Shutterstock
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