Red Hot Chili Peppers are a California-based rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983.Even though they have experienced numerous line-up changes and personal problems, the band has successfully created a sound that combines elements of funk, punk, rap, pop rock, psychedelic rock and heavy metal.The Red Hot Chili Peppers have maintained commercial and critical success ever since their breakthrough full-length Blood Sugar Sex Magik was released in 1991.