Here’s the paradox. When the band recorded for their Greatest Hits album, they created four new songs. Two made it: Fortune Faded and Save the Population. The other two?
"Rolling Sly Stone" and "Leverage of Space" . red hot chili peppers discografia unreleased
These are arguably the finest unreleased RHCP tracks of the Frusciante return era. Leverage of Space features a chord progression that sounds like Baroque melancholy meets punk-funk. Frusciante’s backing vocals soar into a register he never used elsewhere. The band played them live exactly five times in 2004, then shelved them. Here’s the paradox
Why? Kiedis later said the lyrics felt "too personal about a breakup that was already healed." To this day, studio versions exist only on a hard drive in Flea’s basement. Fans have reconstructed them from live FM broadcasts, but we’ve never heard the real mix. The other two
With Danger Mouse, the band recorded ~25 songs. 13 on album, 3 B-sides officially released.
This album saw the band leaning into melody and harmony. The unreleased cuts are largely delicate:
The band recorded over 30 songs at Teatro (with John Frusciante back). 15 made the album.
