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European border guards ask Red Hot Chili Peppers to sign Metallica merch
by Jesse Locke
July 11, 2016
'We tried to explain to them that we weren't Metallica but they insisted that we sign anyway.'
Even the most recognizable rock bands on the planet have a humbling relationship with border guards. Flea from RHCP recently proved that fact with an Instagram post sharing the funk-rockers’ strange experience with customs officials in Belarus.
“We were called into customs officials office at an airport in Belarus and they asked us to sign a bunch of Metallica cd’s and photos. We tried to explain to them that we weren’t Metallica but they insisted that we sign anyway. They had the power. Well I did play fight fire with with with Metallica once. I love Metallica anyways but I’m no Robert Trujillo.”
Mistaking Chad Smith for Will Ferrell makes sense, but Anthony Kiedis and James Hetfield don’t have much in common besides a love of tattoos. If the Chi Peps tried performing naked with wolves instead of socks, maybe they’d have more luck cracking into the Belarus market.
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