1) They’re actually the cheesiest band ever.
Anthony Kiedis and the other Chili Peppers clearly try hard to cultivate a tough-guy sex symbol exterior, which would be completely grating if they weren’t the most endearingly cheesy dudes in the world. Just look at their penchant for naming things with low-level wordplay and lame portmanteaus: They’ve titled albums Californication and Stadium Arcadium, and they have a book called Fandemonium. In that spirit, I have some suggestions for their next album title: Bromance? Sexcapade? Kayaktivist?
2) They haven’t done the “socks on cocks” thing since, like, 2000.
I spent longer than I care to admit on YouTube trying to verify this, but I’m pretty sure RHCP haven’t performed in only tube socks since a Seattle show at the turn of the millennium. That’s more decorum than I’d expect from a group of men over 50 (except Josh Klinghoffer, 37) who still sings “What I’ve got you’ve got to give it to your mama” in front of thousands of people regularly.