Red Hot Chili Peppers recording new album in July

9 May 2010 | 5:34 pm | Staff Writer

Speaking to Musicradar, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer Chad Smith has stated the band is set to begin recording a new album in July. “Since last October we've been working on things, and probably in a few weeks we'll be going into the studio with Rick Rubin. Pre-production will take a few months, but I'd say by July we'll be laying down real tracks. We have a lot of material, probably about 20 songs," Smith said when questioned about RHCP’s next album. The album will be the follow up 2006’s “Stadium Arcadium” and will be the band’s first release to feature new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, who has replaced John Frusciante since his departure last year. "We're all thrilled to have Josh be part of the group now. He's been a friend of ours for a long time. He's played with us, he's played with John - he's a real natural fit,” Smith said about new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer. "Josh is a real creative force. He's going to play guitar, he's going to write music, he's going to sing and pl...

Speaking to Musicradar, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer Chad Smith has stated the band is set to begin recording a new album in July.

“Since last October we've been working on things, and probably in a few weeks we'll be going into the studio with Rick Rubin. Pre-production will take a few months, but I'd say by July we'll be laying down real tracks. We have a lot of material, probably about 20 songs," Smith said when questioned about RHCP’s next album.

The album will be the follow up 2006’s “Stadium Arcadium” and will be the band’s first release to feature new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, who has replaced John Frusciante since his departure last year.

"We're all thrilled to have Josh be part of the group now. He's been a friend of ours for a long time. He's played with us, he's played with John - he's a real natural fit,” Smith said about new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer.

"Josh is a real creative force. He's going to play guitar, he's going to write music, he's going to sing and play keyboards. The guy is amazing. And the great thing is, we didn't have to go through that whole dating phase that happens sometimes and winds up weird. It's not like we held these open auditions and got in somebody who we had to figure out. We know what Josh can do and we're excited."

The album will be the band’s tenth studio album.

Fans can read the entire interview with Smith here.