These Two Red Hot Chili Peppers Will Not Shake Your Hand

It appears Flea and John Frusciante do not wish to shake palms with strangers.

Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney says he went to introduce himself to Pink Sizzling Chili Peppers’ bassist and guitarist in a restaurant in Madrid, Spain, after the pandemic receded and was surprised when his potential handshake was rejected with a grimace.

“They had been sitting there having essentially the most nerdy dialog: Like, ‘For those who increase the seventh …,'” Carney stated on The Joe Rogan Expertise. We had been “form of like, ‘Whoa, they’re simply such nerds!'” Nonetheless, Carney stated, “I used to be like, I’ll go say what’s up.”

So, he “went over and I shook Flea’s hand, after which I went to go shake John Frusciante’s hand and he is like, ‘I do not try this.’ After which Flea was like, ‘Excuse me, I’ll go wash my palms.’ And so they’re like, ‘We’re germaphobes.'”

Carney then quipped: “Aren’t these guys legendary ex-heroin addicts and shit?”

On the Different Hand, Noel Gallagher Was Cool

Against this, Carney stated assembly and dealing with Noel Gallagher of Oasis was a dream: “He is hilarious and tremendous gifted,” Carney instructed NME final yr. “We had been referring to him as ‘The Chord Lord’ as a result of he’s only a perfectionist with it.”

Gallagher equipped backing vocals and guitar on a handful of tracks on the Black Keys’ upcoming LP, Ohio Gamers’, which is ready for launch on April 5.