David Bowie also refused to produce for Red Hot Chili Peppers

David Bowie's passing is no easy grievance, a proven sentiment demonstrated sheerly through the amount of top-tier artists that have made Bowie a talking point in recent interviews.

Coldplay was the first to share a story of their failed attempt to work with Bowie, who blatantly rejected their offer to collaborate after calling their tune "not [a] very good song."

Now, Red Hot Chili Peppers has joined Coldplay with a tale about their own unsuccessful attempts to loop in David Bowie. "Every record we ever made, we had the band discussion: 'Who should we get to produce this record?' 'I don't know, we have to try someone new. Let's get David Bowie!" frontman of RHCP Anthony Kiedis said. The band asked Bowie to work on two separate albums ('By the Way' from 2002 and 2006's 'Stadium Arcadium'), both of which were denied.

Despite their relentless pursuit of Bowie, Kiedis explains that the rejection they received was never a negative experience. "So in the beginning we would call him, and he would say no, respectfully. Then, later, we would write long e-mails explaining everything, and why it was time for us to really get our ships on—and he always respectfully declined," he said. "For two minutes I was heartbroken, and then I would hear Chad Smith play drums, and I'd be like, 'We're good, we can go do something else.'"

[Via: Pitchfork]

[Photo: L. Cohen]

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