Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers were one of the main British pub rock groups of the early 1970s.
[1] Lithman moved to San Mateo in 1971 to work with a precursor to The Residents, leaving Stone to play with Savoy Brown and Mighty Baby.
The duo reunited in 1972 and recorded Kings of the Robot Rhythm that same year with vocalist Jo Ann Kelly and various members of Brinsley Schwarz.
[1] During the next two years, Chilli Willi & The Red Hot Peppers became a popular live act in Britain,[1] and recorded two John Peel Sessions for BBC Radio 1, on 9 April 1973 and 25 July 1974.
Lithman moved to San Francisco where he began to work with the now fully formed Residents starting from their third album Fingerprince, under the name Snakefinger.