The Mansion

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The Mansion is a mansion owned by famed music producer Rick Rubin in Los Angeles. The house was built in 1918 and it is the site of recording for many significant albums, including the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Audioslave's Out of Exile and The Mars Volta's De-Loused in the Comatorium.

Since 1991, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have returned to the mansion on numerous occasions; the tracks Fortune Faded and Save the Population on the Red Hot Chili Pepper's 2003 Greatest Hits compilation, and more recently, the group's 2006 album, Stadium Arcadium were recorded in the mansion. The mansion can also be seen on the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Funky Monks" DVD (released 1991).

In the 1970's many famous artists such as The Beatles, Mick Jagger and David Bowie stayed there.

The house was previously owned by Harry Houdini, who lived there in the 1920's after the previous owners vacated due to the death of a man who fell from the balcony.

[edit] Haunting rumours

The mansion is rumoured to be haunted. Artists such as the Mars Volta's Cedric Bixler Zavala have reported doors opening, when they are known to have been previously closed. Zavala also cited one room, the bell tower, that the band chose to avoid whilst living there.

The nine-piece heavy metal band Slipknot reported experiencing a number of unusual events whilst living there during the recording of their album, Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses). Drummer Joey Jordison claimed to have had an unsettling experience in the basement and subsequently never went down there again.

It is rumoured that the house has been haunted since the 1920's, when the son of a furniture store owner pushed his homosexual lover from the balcony.