But it was definitely heavily funk- influenced, which was an influence I never had. So that was something I had to look into. And because of my investigation of the funk and my years of playing with the Chili Peppers, I'm a more evolved, well-rounded guitar player than I was before I joined the Chili Peppers. When you first joined the band, I felt that you looked at funk as just light, uplifting music. But it isn't, really.
Funk can be the darkest music of all.
K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Kool and the Gang . But funk is the deepest, darkest music. It's just that a lot of the commercial shit that was on the radio wasn't. That's all that had reached me. I was into guitar bands.