Part one of term paper
They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. That certainly appears to be true for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, whose members have had more lives than a bagful of cats and whose music has withstood the fickle vagaries of the '90s. Putting their own twist on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Crashing, the band is ending a four-year hiatus and ...

Part two of term paper
... broke his arm in like 14 places." Feisty singer Anthony Kiedis had his wings clipped for nearly a year after his brush with death on two wheels. He moped around L.A. in a half-body cast with his arm sticking straight out, affixed to a pole. A widely-publicized drug problem also debilitated him but now everyone appears to be back on the creative track. "We've been in this weird holding pattern," Smith said. "But now we're all back together again like Humpty Dumpty." "There have been tragedies a ...