Red Hot Chili Peppers shared a new song, “Eddie,” honoring late Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen. The track was recorded for the band’s forthcoming album, Return Of The Dream Canteen, which is set to arrive on October 14.
Return Of The Dream Canteen will be the second RHCP studio album released in 2022 following April’s Unlimited Love. Both were produced by the band’s long-established cohort, Rick Rubin, who also produced 1991’s Blood Sugar Sex Magik and 1999’s Californication.
The pair of 2022 LPs mark the first albums to feature guitarist John Frusciante, who rejoined the band in 2019, since 2006’s Stadium Arcadium. Frusciante, frontman Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea and drummer Chad Smith are set to perform at this weekend’s Louder Than Life festival in Louisville.
Kiedis shared the following message regarding Eddie Van Halen and the new single, “Eddie,” writing:
“Sometimes we don’t realize how deeply affected and connected we are to artists until the day they die. Eddie Van Halen was a one-of-a-kind. The day after his death Flea came into rehearsal with an emotional bassline. John, Chad and I started playing along and pretty soon with all our hearts, a song in his honor effortlessly unfolded. It felt good to be sad and care so much about a person who had given so much to our lives. Although the song doesn’t speak to Eddie by name, it talks about his early days on the Sunset Strip and the rock ‘n’ roll tapestry that Van Halen painted on our minds. In the end, our song asks that you not remember Eddie for dying but for living his wildest dream.”
Eddie Van Halen co-founded Van Halen in 1972 and the group was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2007. The influential guitarist died in October 2020 at age 65.
Stream “Eddie” below:
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