The Mother's Milk Tour was a worldwide concert tour by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...

 to support their fourth studio album Mother's Milk

Mother's Milk

Mother's Milk is the fourth studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on August 16, 1989, on EMI America Records. It was the first album to feature the band's most well-known lineup...

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Mother's Milk instantly garnered more attention than the band's previous records and, as such, the venues the band performed in were able to accommodate far larger crowds. For the first time the band also upgraded to a full-fleged tour bus and added backup musicians and singers.

A VHS

VHS

The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....

  video documenting the tour titled Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven

Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven

Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven is a video album filmed in concert at Long Beach Arena, California on December 30, 1989 and released in 1990 on VHS...

was released in 1990.

Songs performed

Originals

• American Ghost Dance
• Baby Appeal
• Backwoods
• Blackeyed Blonde
• Fight Like A Brave
• Freaky Styley
• Funky Crime
• Get Up And Jump
• Good Time Boys
• Green Heaven
• The Greeting Song (intro only)
• Knock Me Down
• Love Trilogy
• Magic Johnson
• Me and My Friends
• Mommy Where's Daddy
• Naked In The Rain (first and only time ever performed)
• Nevermind
• Nobody Weird Like Me
• Organic Anti-Beat Box Band
• Out In L.A.
• Party On Your Pussy
• Police Helicopter
• Pretty Little Ditty
• Punk Rock Classic
• Sexy Mexcian Maid
• Show Me Your Soul (lip-synched performance)
• Sir Psycho Sexy (intro only)
• Skinny Sweaty Man
• Stone Cold Bush
• Subway To Venus
• Taste The Pain
• True Men Don't Kill Coyotes
• Yertle The Turtle

Cover songs

• Anarchy In The U.K. (Sex Pistols)
• Back In Black (AC/DC)
• Batman T.V. Theme song
• Boyz In The Hood (NWA)
• Bulletproof (George Clinton)
• Castles Made Of Sand (Jimi Hendrix)
• Cosmic Slop (Parliament Funkadelic)
• Crosstown Traffic (Jimi Hendrix)
• Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey (Sly and the Family Stone)
• Dr. Funkenstein (Parliament Funkadelic)
• F.U. (Bemsha Swing (Thelonious Monk)
• Fire (Jimi Hendrix)
• Foxy Lady (Jimi Hendrix)
• God God (James Brown)
• Heaven On Their Minds (Jesus Christ Superstar)
• Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder)
• Hollywood (Africa) (The Meters)
• How Many More Times (Led Zeppelin)
• If You Got Funk, You Got Style (Parliament Funkadelic)
• Inca Roads (Frank Zappa)
• My Michelle (Guns N Roses)
• Nervous Breakdown (Black Flag)
• No Head, No Backstage Pass (Parliament Funkadelic)
• Red Hot Mama (Parliament Funkadelic)
• Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On (Parliament Funkadelic)
• Subteranean Homesick Blues (Bob Dylan)
• Tiny Dancer (Elton John)
• What Is Soul? (Parliament Funkadelic)
• Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin)
• Why Do Fools Fall In Love? (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers)
• Your Song (Elton John)

• American Ghost Dance, Baby Appeal, Fight Like A Brave, Good Time Boys, Knock Me Down, Punk Rock Classic, Naked in the Rain, Sexy Mexican Maid, Taste The Pain and True Men Don't Kill Coyotes have not been peformed again since this tour.
• When they appeared on the Arsenio Hall Show as a intro to Higher Ground they performed a song called Ode To Arsenio

Opening Acts

• The Black Crowes
  The Black Crowes
  The Black Crowes are an American rock band formed in 1989. Their discography includes nine studio albums, four live albums and several charting singles. The band was signed to Def American Recordings in 1989 by producer George Drakoulias and released their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, the...
  
  
• Camper van Beethoven
  Camper Van Beethoven
  Camper Van Beethoven is an American alternative rock group formed in Redlands, California in 1983.An eclectic band, Camper Van Beethoven mixes elements of pop, ska, punk rock, folk and alternative country, as well as various types of world music. Their aggressive musical pluralism created a...
  
  
• Cosmic Wurst
• The Cramps
  The Cramps
  The Cramps were an American rock band, formed in 1976 and active until 2009. The band split after the death of lead singer Lux Interior. Their line-up rotated much over their existence, with the husband and wife duo of Interior and lead guitarist Poison Ivy the only permanent members...
  
  
• David St. Hubbins
  David St. Hubbins
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   (introduced the band at June 16, 1990 show)
• Dead Milkmen
  Dead Milkmen
  The Dead Milkmen is an American satirical punk rock band formed in 1983 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They consisted of vocalist and keyboardist Rodney Linderman , guitarist and vocalist Joe Genaro , bassist Dave Schulthise and drummer Dean Sabatino .Beginning within the local underground...
  
  
• Fetchin' Bones
• Mary's Danish
  Mary's Danish
  Mary's Danish were an alternative rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in the late 1980s and released a series of albums until 1992. The band creatively blended of rock, funk, country and soul elements....
  
  
• Murphy's Law
  Murphy's Law (band)
  Murphy's Law is an American hardcore band from New York City, New York, formed in 1982. While vocalist Jimmy Gestapo remains the only founding member of the band, the line-up has consisted of former members of bands such as Skinnerbox, Danzig, The Bouncing Souls, Mucky Pup, Dog Eat Dog, Hanoi...
  
  
• Original Sins
• Primus
  Primus (band)
  Primus is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, currently composed of bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry "Ler" LaLonde and drummer Jay Lane. Primus originally formed in 1984 with Claypool and guitarist Todd Huth, later joined by Lane, though the latter two departed...
  
  
• The Reyond
• The Side Wingers
• Sprawl
• Too Free Stooges
• The Weirdos
  The Weirdos
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• Young Fresh Fellows
  Young Fresh Fellows
  The Young Fresh Fellows are an American alternative rock group that was formed in 1981 in Seattle, Washington, by Scott McCaughey and Chuck Carroll; Tad Hutchison, Chuck Carroll's first cousin, joined for the recording of the group's debut album in 1983....
  
  

Personal

• Flea
  Flea (musician)
  Michael Peter Balzary , better known by his stage name Flea, is an Australian-American musician and occasional actor. He is best known as the bassist, co-founding member, and one of the composers of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers...
  
   - bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , backing vocals
• John Frusciante
  John Frusciante
  John Anthony Frusciante is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, record and film producer. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he had been for a number of years and recorded five studio albums...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , backing vocals
• Anthony Kiedis
  Anthony Kiedis
  Anthony Kiedis is an American vocalist/lyricist, and occasional actor best known as the lead vocalist of the Grammy-winning American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Kiedis spent his youth in Grand Rapids, Michigan with his mother before moving, shortly before his 12th birthday, to Hollywood,...
  
   - lead vocals
• Chad Smith
  Chad Smith
  Chad Smith is an American musician, best known as the longtime and current drummer of Red Hot Chili Peppers. Smith is also the drummer of the hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot which includes Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, and Michael Anthony, former Deep Purple vocalist Glenn Hughes' backing band and...
  
   - drums

Additional musicians

• Keith "Tree" Barry - saxophone/horns, backing vocals
• Kristen Vigard - backup singer
• Vickie Calhoun - backup singer
• Robbie Allen (aka Rob Rule) - opening comedy act, roadie

External links

• Red Hot Chili Peppers website