Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Blood Sugar Sex Magik House 1991

(L-R) Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante, Rick Rubin, “Spike,” Flea, LA 1991

(L-R) John Frusciante, Flea, Anthony Kiedis, LA 1991

How has recording in this old haunted house affected the creative process?

ANTHONY: This has been the greatest recording experience of our lives. There is no comparison between a studio and making a record in this house. With studios we associate a sterile environment—impersonal, the anal-retentive, tight-ass quality that studios have. Here we have the most soulful house, living here and working here, never having to leave except to go out and pick up some girls for the night. We have a chef who comes and cooks her brains out all day long. It’s the greatest—I feel like I’m living with my brothers. We all have our own bedrooms, and we get up for breakfast together—fruit, grits, fakin’ bacon. We’ll read the paper, have a chat, and then get down to making music.