[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='1245272' date='May 26 2011, 10:01 AM']Bless Norwood.
There are loads of bands that were improved by the use of drugs - look at the sh*t the 'clean' Chili Peppers are putting out these days.[/quote]
Keidis had been off smack for 3 years when they recorded Blood Sugar Sex Magik (although he did relapse within a couple of years after). Supposedly Flea and Frusciante were smoking a fair bit of weed around that time. From what I gather Chad has never been interested in drugs, although it's always the quiet ones
BSSM is arguably their best album, it's certainly what got their name out there, and I'd say their drug use around that time isn't prolific at all. Although, that's not to say their drug use didn't have an impact on their approach to music.
But Freaky Style on the other hand? Now there's a drug induced album if ever there was one.
Californication is another interesting one for the "drug influenced" idea, because Frusciante was on the back end of a very long heroin addiction and Keidis was dabbling with the stuff all around that time.
I'm having a bit of a RHCP relapse at the moment. Just got done reading Keidis' autobiography and I've watched the Funky Monks documentary a couple of times in recent weeks because I love that geeky stuff!