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Anthony Kiedis, of RHCP, a Wake fan?

Oh yea, Kiedis loves the Deacs, dudes. I used to be a roadie for the Pepps back in my mid-50's and the Deacs were probably the #1 topic of conversation. I was actually with Kiedis, holding his hand as he screamed in pain, after he had flayed his own right arm with a butcher's knife because one of his tattoos looked too similar to Kevin Pittsnogle's. His favorite player was Vytas Danelius and he mentions him in a ton of songs by the nickname "Dani". I could go on with Kiedis/Deacs stories all day, but I don't want to betray his confidence and I know he reads these boards. But let's just say he's legit as fuck and leave it at that.
 
ChrisPaul3 said:
Oh yea, Kiedis loves the Deacs, dudes. I used to be a roadie for the Pepps back in my mid-50's and the Deacs were probably the #1 topic of conversation. I was actually with Kiedis, holding his hand as he screamed in pain, after he had flayed his own right arm with a butcher's knife because one of his tattoos looked too similar to Kevin Pittsnogle's. His favorite player was Vytas Danelius and he mentions him in a ton of songs by the nickname "Dani". I could go on with Kiedis/Deacs stories all day, but I don't want to betray his confidence and I know he reads these boards. But let's just say he's legit as fuck and leave it at that.
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^^^^ Really cool story or a great imagination.
I'll choose to believe it
 
He was probably banging some chick or dude the night before who was wearing that shirt.
 
In a past iteration of this thread, some poster linked a website that sold "vintage" T-shirts for either $39 or $49. The Deacon shirt Kiedis is wearing was on the site.
 
WakeForestRanger said:
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And here I was thinking that guy was cool. :rimshot:
 
Good find Gaudino. Looks very similar, right down to the visible patch on the bottom left.

Ironically posted just prior to Bzzzz's first season. Of course these numbers Since 1939 Wake Forest has appeared in 22 NCAA Tournament’s, 6 Elite Eight’s and went to the final four in 1962. on the link are still accurate thanks to Bz and Wellman. :mad:
 
My guess is Bruno Mars band was also air guitaring. RHCP probably just felt like if they dont have a choice and we have to air guitar, why even plug the wireless packs in?
 
CHillDeac said:
RHCP played air guitar at the Super Bowl.


http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/02/red-hot-chili-peppers-super-bowl-plug-instruments-flea/


Tweet from Flea following the story breaking.

No trickery. No choice, but no trickery
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A Message From Flea

Dear everybody,

When we were asked by the NFL and Bruno to play our song Give It Away at the Super Bowl, it was made clear to us that the vocals would be live, but the bass, drums, and guitar would be pre-recorded. I understand the NFL's stance on this, given they only have a few minutes to set up the stage, there a zillion things that could go wrong and ruin the sound for the folks watching in the stadium and the t.v. viewers. There was not any room for argument on this, the NFL does not want to risk their show being botched by bad sound, period.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers stance on any sort of miming has been that we will absolutely not do it. The last time we did it (or tried to) was in the late 80's, we were thrown off of 'The Top Of the Pops' television program in the U.K. during rehearsals because we refused to mime properly, I played bass with my shoe, John played guitar atop Anthony's shoulders, and we basically had a wrestling match onstage, making a mockery of the idea that it was a real live performance.

We mimed on one or two weird MTV shows before that and it always was a drag. We take our music playing seriously, it is a sacred thing for us, and anyone who has ever seen us in concert (like the night before the Super Bowl at the Barclays Center), knows that we play from our heart, we improvise spontaneously, take musical risks, and sweat blood at every show. We have been on the road for 31 years doing it.

So, when this Super Bowl gig concept came up, there was a lot of confusion amongst us as whether or not we should do it, but we eventually decided, it was a surreal-like, once in a life time crazy thing to do and we would just have fun and do it. We had given this a lot of thought before agreeing to do it, and besides many a long conversation amongst ourselves, I spoke with many musician friends for whom I have the utmost respect, and they all said they would do it if asked, that it was a wild trippy thing to do, what the hell. Plus, we the RHCP all love football too and that played a big part in our decision. We decided that, with Anthony singing live, that we could still bring the spirit and freedom of what we do into the performance, and of course we played every note in the recording specially for the gig. I met and spoke with Bruno, who was a beautiful dude, a real talented musician, and we worked out something that seemed like it would be fun.

We recorded a track for the day, just banged one out from our hearts that was very like in spirit to the versions we have been playing live the last few years with our beloved Josh on guitar.

For the actual performance, Josh, Chad, and I were playing along with the pre recorded track so there was no need to plug in our guitars, so we did not. Could we have plugged them in and avoided bumming people out who have expressed disappointment that the instrumental track was pre recorded? Of course easily we could have and this would be a non-issue. We thought it better to not pretend. It seemed like the realest thing to do in the circumstance. It was like making a music video in front of a gazillion people, except with live vocals, and only one chance to rock it. Our only thought was to bring the spirit of who we are to the people.

I am grateful to the NFL for having us. And I am grateful to Bruno, who is a super talented young man for inviting us to be a part of his gig. I would do it all the same way again.

We, as a band, aspire to grow as musicians and songwriters, and to continue to play our guts out live onstage for anyone who wants to get their brains blown out.

Sincerely,

Flea
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Although I learned not to trust that guy after back to the future 2.
 
Dino Gaudino said:
Gray shirt, but pretty similar:

http://www.retrocollegecuts.com/t-shirts-p/wake-forest-t.htm

Video link from the same page. Ironically posted just prior to Bzzzz's first season. Great video nonetheless. Sorry if Haas:

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I didn't think anything could have made more pissed off about our president, BOT, Wellman and Bz... and then I watched this. What the fuck did we, alumni and fans, do to deserve the last four years? Were we not packing the Joel? Were we not dumping money on the Deacon Club? Were we not proud to be a Deacon? I'll take all of that on the video and live with disappointment in the NCAA tournament because I know if you keep bringing in talent like that you are going to get there one day.

And in a little over an hour I'm going to watch Wellman's vision of what Wake Forest basketball should really be about.

Fuck this shit.
 
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