Red Hot Chili Peppers - Me & My Friends (first unreleased demo)

When I began working with the Chili Peppers, their label, EMI Records stipulated that the only way they would agree to let us begin recording was if we provided them with demos first. At that time, the band were struggling with heroin addiction and with only a handful of songs to demo, their future was looking shaky. Considering the state of the band at that time, the process of writing and then, recording demos became an incredibly rigorous undertaking. This instrumental version of “Me And My Friends” was one of the demos we cut in February, 1987. EMI refused to give us a demo budget, so we had to use the tiny demo studio that was located in the back of their offices. We had been rehearsing there, as well and were only allowed into the building after hours. Somehow, we completed the demos EMI had demanded, but in spite of this, in the eleventh hour, one of their executives attempted to block us from recording and we came dangerously close to not making the record at all (which would have spelt the demise of the band). Fate, however, continued to favor our side Michael Beinhorn DOWNLOAD LINK: https://mega.nz/#F!hw0Cga6J!wd75NKZUa...