A little change of pace from the usual Red Hot Chili Peppers style, Brendan's Death Song, from their 2011 album I'm With You, is about Brendan Mullen, a long time friend of the band who gave vocalist Anthony Kiedis and bassist Flea their first break in 1983. Brendan was managing an LA club at the time, liked their demo tape, and booked them as an opening act.
Mullen remained friends with the band over the years and was in the midst of working on a documentary on the Chili Peppers when he died suddenly from a stroke in October 2009, which was also the day the band began work on I'm With You. On receiving news of Mullen's passing, the band started jamming and eventually came up with this song.
At about the 2:50 mark of the video you can see a photo of Brendan on the hat of one of the mourners. The lyrics mention "Kateri", a reference to Kateri Butler, Brendan's companion the last sixteen years of his life.
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