It may be tough to tell from both acts' music and sense of style, but without the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Saitama funk sextet Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro would be a very different band.
Although it sounds nothing like the alt-rock heavyweights, Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro first learned about funk through the Red Hot Chili Peppers. And its unusual moniker came from being fans of the Chilis too.
"The Red Hot Chili Peppers were a big influence," says guitarist Naokazu "Bobsan" Kobayashi. "When we were choosing a name, we wanted something that was hard to remember, and a bit of a tongue twister — like their name. Since they went with chili peppers, we decided to go with coffee."
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