H.A.T.E. performs "Straight Edge" by Minor Threat

John Frusciante, Flea, Angelo, and Nik Alexander kill it once again. Produced by Richard White.

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[kgesme21]

wow. had no idea that flea and john wear in a hardcore band together before the peppers. just makes my respect for hardcore go up that much more (plus it answers my question of why flea was in the movie American Hardcore).

[raw420x]

Flea was also in the punk rock movie "Suburbia" from 1981. Thier punk cover band was during the chili peppers......

[Barracuda007]

was this in L.A?

[raw420x]

yes, they didn't play to much, this show was at the club lingerie' in Hollywood. March, 16 1991. I was just thinking about how they are the greatest cover band to ever play in my opinion.

[Barracuda007]

I heard that when they first started playing people thought that John and Flea were just chili lookalikes but when people found out, loads of chili fans kept turning up and that they were forced to break up the band. Is there any truth in that Raw?

[raw420x]

I remember hearing something about that, it's very vague, I worked with them in 1989, then a few years later after mothers milk came out, at the club lingerie in March of 1991, you can tell in the 91 show there is alot more fans .... as for the break up, that would be a good reason too....

[funkbass69]

haha....straight edge, yet flea's got a fuckin cig in his mouth

[hautelick]

Someone puts up rare footage that people wouldn't see otherwise; yet some complain about the length of the intro and the quality.

You've gotta laugh.

Thanks for this, raw420x.

[funkbass69]

@Christophanus Oh, I completely agree with you; MacKaye and company had no intentions of starting the Straight Edge movement, or any other movement for that matter. They were a band, who by instilling their attitudes towards life through their music, gave people an alternative way to look at things. They were always about being fiercely independent and staying true to one's self. I love Minor Threat; I was blasting their 1st EP earlier today! I just found it ironic that Flea was smoking :)

[freshtoad617]

Just for info...Flea did not play in Fear before the Peppers....he played with them after they had already started playing together.....which means that you should check out the album Fear..More Beer!

[freshtoad617]

One of the top rated comments stated that HATE was before the Chilis.....they put out their first album in 84 and had already put out their 5th album by this time with Mother's Milk.

[Christophanus]

@CalGuitarPlaying18 u do realise that when minor threat wrote straight edge they didnt indent for it to become an extremist group of violent "anti-drug" fuckheads.... i LOVE minor threat, i LOVE the song straight edge, i HATE! the straight edge extremist movement..... and wtf do u mean "werent at the time", they were never fucking straight edge... btw john has said in recent interviews he has always smoked pot and occasionally takes other drugs

[Christophanus]

@funkbass69 u do realise that when minor threat wrote straight edge they didnt indent for it to become an extremist group of violent "anti-drug" fuckheads.... i LOVE minor threat, i LOVE the song straight edge, i HATE! the straight edge extremist movement.....

[xwolfsbloodx]

@kgesme21 Dude, Flea played bass in FEAR before the Peppers, learn your history! Please don't say you don't know the amazing FEAR, with Lee Ving (he was an actor) on vocals!

[Schiff252]

heaviness. you never saw this type of aggression in the chili peppers

[DanPansza]

is john frusciante isnt it?

[unlvrebelx]

fishbone! Miss that band!