Red Hot Chili Peppers recently shared "The Shape I'm Takin'", a bonus track included on the Japanese edition of their latest album, Return Of The Dream Canteen.

Red Hot Chili Peppers recently shared "The Shape I'm Takin'", a bonus track included on the Japanese edition of their latest album, Return Of The Dream Canteen.

First introduced with the lead single "Tippa My Tongue," the project followed Unlimited Love as RHCP's second album of 2022, with both produced by Rick Rubin.

Upon its release last month, Return Of The Dream Canteen debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Album Sales chart and No. 3 on the Billboard 200.

The Chili Peppers have been supporting both records on a global stadium tour, which will resume in January with shows in Australia and New Zealand.

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Former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck says that the band's huge success in the 1990s "took away some of the pleasure" of being in the band.

Former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck says that the band's huge success in the 1990s "took away some of the pleasure" of being in the band.

During a recent interview with Classic Rock magazine, Buck told Rob Hughes, "When the non-musical stuff became so intense, it took away some of the pleasure for me. It's just the stuff where you kind of wake up and go: 'God, I don't really want to have my picture taken today. And I don't really want to pretend to be an actor in some video where I can't act.'"

"I loved playing Glastonbury and playing in front of lots of people and selling multiple millions of records," Buck continued, "but it was never the reason I did it. And when we got to the point where we decided that it was the end, it felt like a great shared experience. I wouldn't change it, but I'm not gonna go back to it."

R.E.M. disbanded amicably in September 2011, with former members having continued with various musical projects. Several live and archival albums have since been released.

Buck argued R.E.M.'s career ended with two "really strong" albums, 2008's Accelerate and 2011's Collapse Into Now.

"But I just felt like, no matter how good our last record was, it wasn't really our time any more," he said. "And that's fair, I understand that. . when it was over I didn't have a lot of interest in pursuing that type of largeness again."

He concluded, "[A]ll I really want to do is write songs, play them and record them."

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Mötley Crüe are set to release a limited edition Crücial Crüe box set on February 17, 2023.

Mötley Crüe are set to release a limited edition Crücial Crüe box set on February 17, 2023.

Crücial Crüe: The Studio Albums 1981-1989 will feature the band's first five Platinum-selling landmark albums pressed on colored vinyl.

According to the announcement made by BMG, Too Fast For Love will be on white and black splatter, Shout At The Devil on yellow and black splatter, Theatre Of Pain will be out on hot pink magenta and black splatter, Girls, Girls, Girls on cyan blue and black splatter, and Dr. Feelgood will be out on Coke bottle green and oxblood splatter.

The albums will be housed in a solid black slipcase with foil imprint and only available in this box set.

The "Crücial Crüe" box set will also be released on CD, with only 10,000 units of each configuration available globally.

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