Red Hot Chili Peppers bring the funk to Rogers Place

It was nearly thirty years ago (July 1, 1987, to be precise) that the Red Hot Chili Peppers played their first Edmonton show in front of just over ten people on the north side of town.
A now forgotten venue called Club John’s on the Fort Road hosted the four piece, which at that time featured now deceased guitarist Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons in the band, the last of two early stints Iron did with the L.A. funk-punkers. It was a world away from their eventual ascension as one of t