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They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. That certainly appears to be true for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, whose members have had more lives than a bagful of cats and whose music has withstood the fickle vagaries of the '90s. Putting their own twist on Z ....

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.... been in this weird holding pattern," Smith said. "But now we're all back together again like Humpty Dumpty." "There have been tragedies and incredibly inspirational experiences along the way," says Kiedis, "but the one thread that has been consistent has been the desire to create something honest, soulful and powerful. When we were making music 12 years ago, we were making it because it felt good and we wanted to do it and we're still making music because it feels good and we want to do it." "If I've learned anything through the freaky tribulations of this experience," added Kiedis in a recent Rolling Stone interview, "it's that all of the se ....