35 years ago today, Red Hot Chili Peppers released Blood Sugar Sex Magik, and the story of how it got made is wilder than the album.
A label deal that flipped on one phone call. A Laurel Canyon mansion Chad Smith refused to sleep in. A poem Anthony Kiedis almost kept to himself that became "Under the Bridge." And a 22-year-old guitarist who couldn't handle what came next.
Which song on it is the best one?