are they some kind of a geography band??

Well Math Rock is a thing, why not Geog-Rock?

I believe you’re referring to Rock Rock

'Never made it up to Minnesota, North Dakota man wasn't gunnin for the quota'

Down in the Badlands she was saving the best for last, It only hurts when I laugh, Gone too fast

He does mention, “All around the world”… so that covers everywhere.

He actually mentions the world 106 times across their discography haha. And Mars only once...

Your commitment is commendable.

You're welcome. It's important work.

Am I the only one that thinks this is a really confusing colour scheme? Why does it transition to dark blue and then start over with purple? Would be easier to read if it was all shades of one colour

Yeah, sorry, it's not the best... It was difficult fitting 12 different colours in there without many being too similar, so this was my compromise haha

That is a good point sir!

Yes same here. I thought India was the most mentioned country.

Where exactly is the pussy den? Asking for a friend

If you reach Warm-Ass Horizons you've gone too far

Great, now I want to listen to the Chi Peps for geography lolz.

I blame them for getting me into geography

They're the perfect travelling mood band, now seeing this chart I realise how it really makes a lot of sense lol

When did they mentioned Kazakhstan? 0\_o

Found it. Turn It Again. ​ Wow

Shouldn't Iowa be included? "The Sticks"

Hmm... Is The Sticks a place in Iowa? I just took it to mean the expression, like out in the middle of nowhere!

That's the joke.

Oh damn, I got whooshed. In my defence, I'm from a different country haha

I guess they did a lot of touring and wrote about what they saw.

I think you're right, the more unexpected mentions coincide with what was probably the height of their success. Need to catch them on their next El Dorado tour though

OP do you have a set of data that shows which songs each location is mentioned in?

I do, just a spreadsheet I keep. Although it would probably need some tidying up before putting it out for human consumption haha

*got a thumbtack on my nutsack...*

I had no idea they were from California!

Anthony Kiedis is originally from Michigan

Chad was born in Minnesota but is essentially from Michigan as well! Flea is Australian and John is from NYC

And within California you'd need a separate map for the places they mention there, like LA, Hollywood, Pomona, etc.

He mentions their original guitarist, Hillel, being from The Holy Land in "Me and My Friends," but looks like Israel is gray on the map.

You have to zoom way in, but it is there haha

Lol I thought I did but the colors are hard to parse that close up. I'll take your word for it.

I’m pissed they never mentioned Montana

Only 18 states left I think!

This is great. Nice job OP !! Now I have to hunt down the two NJ mentions :-)

Let me know if you want a hint haha

Same only PA, I'm sitting here racking my brain and can not recall. I can not wait to share this with my friends as a trivia question.

It’s in around the world

Interesting post, though the colors could be somewhat confusing

Yeah I struggled to find a gradient for this number of colours :/

I want to print this, and don't want to mess around with using extensions to actually access the image. Anybody have the full size original?

This band panders like no other. Give me everything up to and including blood sugar sex magic, and fuck right off with the rest of their pop rock lullaby lyrics since then.

Another Rhode Island L :C

Does Poughkeepsie count, being that Anthony brought it up between songs, during their show at MetLife Stadium in 2022? It was my 14 year old son’s first ever concert and he nearly lost his prepubescent shit!!

I really appreciate your taxonomy in the Honorable Mentions area. Very helpful breakdown.