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Red Hot Chili Peppers will be recording new material this summer, Chad Smith (drums) explains:

"We have a lot of material, probably about 20 songs... Pre-production will take a few months, but I'd say by July we'll be laying down real tracks."

"We're all thrilled to have Josh be part of the group now, Hhe'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. [He's] a real creative force - He's going to play guitar, he's going to write music, he's going to sing and play keyboards."