An upcoming Netflix documentary, The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, will chronicle the early career of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame punk-funk Los Angeles band. According to Variety, the feature slated to premiere on the streamer on March 20 was directed by Ben Feldman (Rich & Shameless) and focuses on the group’s early, foundational years and the influence of founding guitarist Hillel Slovak.
Slovak, who died at age 26 of a drug overdose, was an original member of the Peppers, but did not appear on the band’s 1984 debut album, the only one to feature Jack Sherman on guitar. He returned after its release and went on to play on two of their beloved early LPs, including 1985’s sophomore effort, Freaky Styley, produced by Parliament-Funkadelic and funk icon George Clinton.
His final recording with the group was 1987’s The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, was a mash-up of punk, funk, soul, pop, rock featuring some of the Peppers’ most beloved early tracks, including “Fight Like a Brave,” “Funky Crime,” “Me and My Friends” and a caffeinated, shouty cover of Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues.”
According to Variety, the doc will feature interviews with RHCP co-founders bassist Flea and singer Anthony Kiedis and others who talk about the band’s early years and the deep bond they formed as playing in high school bands. It was secretly screened at the Cannes Film Festival last year and then shown at invite-only screenings in Los Angeles and New York before being picked up by Netflix.
“It’s a true honor to partner with Netflix to bring The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers to a global audience. At its heart, this is a deeply relatable story — about the friendships that shape our identities and the lasting power of the bonds forged in adolescence,” director Feldman said in a statement. “What’s less relatable, of course, is that here those friends went on to create one of the greatest rock bands in history. I’m profoundly grateful to the band and to Hillel’s family for their trust and generosity, and to Netflix for helping bring this story to the world stage.”
Shortly after the conclusion of the Uplift tour, Slovak, who had struggled with addiction, died of a heroin overdose on June 25, 1988. Former P-Funk guitarist DeWayne “Blackbyrd” McKnight, joined on as the new guitarist, but was fired a short time later. He, in turn, was replaced with then 18-year-old wunderkind John Frusciante, who played on the band’s 1989 breakthrough album, Mother’s Milk, which hit No. 52 on the Billboard 200 album chart and featured their hit cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground” and the modern rock hits “Knock Me Down” and “Taste the Pain.”
When the Chili Peppers were inducted into the RRHOF in 2012 by comedian Chris Rock, Slovak was honored along with Keidis, Flea and longtime drummer Chad Smith, as well as Frusciante and early drummers Cliff Martinez and Jack Irons. His brother, James, who is a producer on the documentary, accepted the honor in Slovak’s name, calling his brother an “innovator” and lifelong music lover.
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