How Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Under the Bridge Became an Unlikely Anthem

Professor of Rock · Apr 25, 2022 · 23m

While driving home from rehearsal one day, Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers was in a melancholy mood. Flashing back to his former drug-induced days, he saw himself strung-out on a dirty mattress beneath an overpass. Surrounded by junkies and gang-bangers, it was a miracle that he was still alive. Suddenly, in the midst of his sorrow, he started singing... And for the rest of the ride, he freestyled a song that not only his soothed his trauma, but inspired a generation cope with theirs as well. UNDER the BRIDGE the classic anthem of the early 90s. So get ready, we’re taking you to the…