Reuters

Red Hot Chili Peppers 'split'

Updated 12.19 Fri May 23 2008

Keywords: split, red hot chili peppers, california

Veteran Californian rockers The Red Hot Chili Peppers have 'disbanded' for at least a year.

Frontman Anthony Kiedis has said that the band will step away from music to "concentrate on their individual lives".

"We're disbanded for the moment. We took a very long time to make the Stadium Arcadium record. It was a gruelling, long haul and it followed two other very long hauls, Californication and By the Way" - Anthony Kiedis

Kiedis told the US music magazine Rolling Stone that the band have become "exhausted" with their hectic schedule.

The singer went on to explain that he will spend more time with his family, while bassist Flea and guitarist John Frusciante are set to work on individual musical projects.

He told the magazine: "We took a very long time to make the Stadium Arcadium record. It was a gruelling, long haul and it followed two other very long hauls, Californication and By the Way.

"So we didn't really stop until the tour ended last year. We were all emotionally and mentally zapped at the end of that run."

He added: "I'm just home, hanging out with this really cool little kid, learning how to surf. But I'm starting to get just a little bit of a tingle that it would be nice to start thinking about songs and pieces of music. But just pieces."