The Mansion

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The Mansion is a mansion owned by famed music producer Rick Rubin in Los Angeles, built in 1918. After recording the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Blood Sugar Sex Magik with considerable ease and comfortablility, Rubin decided to record many of the albums he has produced here, including; the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Stadium Arcadium, Audioslave's Out of Exile, The Mars Volta's De-Loused in the Comatorium, and Linkin Park's Minutes to Midnight.

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 Peppers 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 1960s and 70s many famous artists such as Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles stayed there.^{[citation needed]}

The house was previously owned by Harry Houdini, who lived there in the 1920s after the previous owners vacated due to the death of a man who fell from the balcony.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Haunting rumors

The mansion is rumored 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.^[1] Zavala also cited one room, the bell tower, that the band chose to avoid whilst living there.

The nine-piece 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. Also, Singer Corey Taylor took pictures of two orbs hovering near the thermostat in his room that changed the temperature. ^[2]

It is rumored that the house has been haunted since 1918, when the son of a furniture store owner pushed his homosexual lover from the balcony.^[3] The mansion is actually built on the grounds of the old mansion which burned down in the late 50's and wasn't rebuilt until years later to be used as a recording arts studio. Also, during the recording of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Blood Sugar Sex Magik, more unusual things occurred. Consequently, drummer Chad Smith chose to not live in the house during the recording.