If you’ve been a Red Hot Chili Peppers band from the early days, then perhaps you remember that front man Anthony Kiedis skipped the funeral of his band-mate Hillel Slovak, who died of a drug overdose in 1988. Now, in the new Netflix documentary The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel—which began streaming today—Kiedis offers an explanation for his notable absence.
“I remember hearing that his mother, she was holding me responsible to some degree,” Kiedis said in a talking head interview for the documentary. “I had such a reputation at that time as a druggie. So I decided this is a person who I’m just gonna give space to, for forever, and not put her through… me. I tried to just disappear.”
Directed by Ben Feldman, and produced by Hillel Slovak’s brother, James Slovak, this Netflix documentary is a good primer for RHCP fans
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