- The Red Hot Chili Peppers have a new album out called "Californication," the band's seventh studio album.
Frontman Anthony Kiedis and drummer Chad Smith recently told MTV News' Kurt Loder that they'd explored several producers for the new album, including David Bowie.
Here is avideo clip of the interview. You can also read the entire story at the MTV news website.
Here is a brief transcript:
"So we basically called about five other people, you know, from David Bowie to [Nine Inch Nails producer] Flood," Anthony Kiedis began. "And they all just pretty much said, 'That's very nice of you to ask, but I think not.'"
"You called David Bowie?" Kurt Loder asked.
"Yeah, yeah," Kiedis replied.
"He's not even that busy," said Loder.
"According to the letter he wrote me, he's very busy," Kiedis insisted.
Loder said, "He's doing that video game thing--"
"He's got art stuff and online [stuff]," Chad Smith added.
"He's checking his e-mail twenty-four hours a day," Kiedis suggested.
"He's too busy," Smith said.
For what it is worth, Bowie DID confirmed the story.