"Kiedis didn't sing 'Knock Me Down' because he was (is) out of tune"

Red Hot Chili Peppers, the first trailer for the documentary has been released

Netflix has released the first trailer of the documentary directed by Ben Feldman, ‘The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel’. The film aims to have an in-depth look at the “gritty formative years” of Red Hot Chili Peppers and to the “unique vision of original guitarist Hillel Slovak”. Through interviews with band members Flea, Anthony Kiedis And John Frusciantealong with other people close to Slovak, the documentary explores the group’s beginnings in the Los Angeles music scene and the “deep bond of their friendship since adolescence.”

Despite the participation of Flea, Kiedis and Frusciante, i
Red Hot Chili Peppers
they have
distanced himself from the project
stating, “We had nothing to do with it creatively. We have yet to make a documentary about the Red Hot Chili Peppers.”

‘The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel’
will have its world premiere at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas on March 13, before arriving on Netflix on March 20.
Hillel Slovak
joined the
Red Hot Chili Peppers
shortly after their formation in 1983 and participated in their first three albums before dying of an overdose in 1988, aged 26. He was replaced in the band by
John Frusciante
.