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  Hillel Slovak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hillel Slovak (Hebrew: הלל סלובק) (April 13, 1962 – June 25, 1988) was the original guitarist for the band Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Slovak was found dead of a heroin overdose on 25 June 1988, shortly after the band returned from the Europe tour.
Hillel was also a huge influence on a young John Frusciante, who would later replace him as guitarist in the band.
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 Axe Idols Profiles: Hillel Slovak
Slovak spent a lot of time with future RCHP drummer Jack Irons, dressing up as KISS and performing in their costumes.
Slovak did appear on the Peppers' second album Freaky Styley (replacing session guitarist Jack Sherman) and one of his paintings appeared in the cover liner.
In 1988 Slovak died of a heroin overdose.
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 Hillel Slovak Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Slovak was born in Haifa, Israel, and moved to California in 1967.
Slovak soon developed a heroin addiction, and left the band for his side project What Is This.
Slovak was replaced as guitarist by John Frusciante, and the songs "Knock Me Down" and "My Lovely Man" from subsequent Chili Peppers albums were dedicated to him.
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 onehotglobe 2.0 > chilipeppers > red hot chili peppers bio part 02
Hillel Slovak dies of a heroin overdose in June.
Hillel however was falling deeper in his drug crazed world and was becoming alienated from the rest of the band.
Hillel stayed with the band whilst they traveled to England to shoot the now infamous, socks on cocks photo of the Red Hot Chili Peppers walking across that same pedestrian crossing that the Beatles had made famous.
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 Hillel Slovak, Hillel Slovak death, Hillel Slovak biography red hot chili peppers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Hillel Slovak was born in Haifa, Israel on April 13, 1962.
It was at this point that Hillel Slovak and his childhood buddy Jack Irons decided to continue their prior commitment in their former band, WHAT IS THIS?, while Flea and Anthony Kiedis recruited Jack Sherman (guitar) and Cliff Martinez (drums).
On June 27,1988 Hillel Slovak died of a heroin overdose, leaving Anthony, Flea and Jack devastated at the loss of a beautiful friend.
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 onehotglobe 2.0 > ex-chilipeppers > Hillel Slovak
Hillel Slovak was born in Haifa, Israel on the 13th of April 1962.
Hillel began to teach Michael how to play bass guitar, and after only a few months Michael, who then had changed his name to Mike B the Flea or just Flea, was ready to join the band.
Hillel Slovak was greatest guitarist this world has ever known, and his spirit will live on through the Red Hot Chili Peppers forever, and in our hearts...
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 LIVE 105 BFD 6 | Bands | Red Hot Chili Peppers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Along with guitarist Hillel Slovak (born in Israel) and drummer Jack Irons, originally of the band What Is This, the Chili Peppers gigged around the Los Angeles area looking to make it big.
Kiedis and Slovak became addicted to heroin, and Slovak quit the band in 1984, replaced by local guitarist Jack Sherman.
Slovak returned to the band in 1985 for their follow-up effort, the more funk-oriented Freaky Styley, produced by George Clinton.
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 Hillel Slovak - Red Hot Chili Peppers
On the 25th of June, 1988, Hillel Slovak died from an overdose of heroin.
Hilel Slovak was the Chili Peppers original guitarist who tragically died at age of 26.
He was the revered head of the school known by his name, the House of Hillel (Beth Hillel), and his carefully applied exegetical discipline came to be called the Seven Rules of Hillel.
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 Hillel Slovak - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Hillel conoció a un guitarrista Chileno, Alain Johannes en Fairfax.
Hillel comenzó a enseñarle a Michael a tocar el bajo, y después de solo unos meses, Micheal quien cambió su nombre a Mike B The Flea o solo Flea, estaba listo para estar conla banda.
Hillel Slovak fue uno de los mejores guitarristas que el mundo ha conocido, y su espíritu vivirá a través de los RHCP y en nuestros corazones por siempre.
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 Hillel Slovak - AOL Music
Hillel Slovak, the original guitarist of Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Hillel Slovak was born in Haifa, Isreal on April 13, 1962.
Download, listen and watch Hillel Slovak music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
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 Hillel Slovak
Elaine and I have been meaning to make a site for Hillel for a while so here it is! *SHINY* Okay so yeah this is a collection of things from the Internet, me and Elaine.
Um yeah sorry for the ugly guitar but that's the only pic of a guitar that expage offers and since ya know Hillel played guitar I thought that putting a pic of one on would be alright...
Hillel is out there somewhere being pure musical spirit now, ya know like rockin the interdimensional planes...
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 Hillel Slovak
Therefore Hillel and Jack left and were replaced by Jack Sherman on guitar and Cliff Martinez on drums.
Slovak's death came as a shock to the band, even though the guitarist, friends and associates said, had been known to use heroin in the past.
Yet Slovak's death-if indeed it was caused by drugs-would be far from an isolated reminder that hard drugs are still a fact of life on the local scene.
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 v7n29
On June 27, 1988 Hillel Slovak, the original guitarist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, died of a drug overdose in his Los Angeles apartment, leaving behind a legacy of music and a diary.
James prepared the diary for publication as an expression of love for his late brother, and as a contribution to the arts and letters of the generation that continues to applaud the Red Hot Chili Peppers and helped launch their spectacular fame.
"Hillel was a highly free and versatile artist able to express his relationship with creative spirits in many different ways: making love, drawing pictures, guitar playing and poetry to name a few," Kiedis said.
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 www.myspace.com/hillelslovak
Hillel left before RHCP recorded their first album, but later rejoined to record Freakey Styley and The Uplift Mofo Party Plan.
Hillel, like any great guitarist, found his own style and saw his instrument as an extention of his arms and a gateway to his soul.
Hillel Slovak is one of the greatest people that ever lived or will live.
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 Music Fan Clubs - RED HOT TEMPLE ( Biography )
Slovak's enthusiasm for KISS and Jimi Hendrix rubbed off on Flea, who, with some reluctance, took up the bass.
Slovak and Irons, who had opted out of the band just before it entered the studio (they were replaced by Cliff Martinez and Jack Sherman), rejoined the group, and the new old lineup further tightened its blend of funk, punk, thrash, and rock.
Following a tour of Europe, during which time Slovak and Kiedis supported one another's efforts to remain drug free, the band members went their separate ways for a brief respite prior to starting work on a new album.
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 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Music Downloads - Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Creating an intoxicating new musical style by combining funk and punk rock together (with an explosive stage show, to boot), the Chili Peppers spawned a slew of imitators in their wake, but still managed to be the leaders of the pack by the dawn of the 21st century.
But before the Chili Peppers could begin work on their debut, Flea and Kiedis were dealt a disappointing blow when both Slovak and Irons announced that they were leaving to focus more on another band they were in, What Is This.
In the wake of Slovak's death, Irons left the group for the second and final time, while Kiedis (who was also battling drug addiction at the time) and Flea decided to soldier on.
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 Behind the Name: View Comments
Hillel is also known in Jewish mythology as the name of the chief angel who rebelled against God and was thrown out of heaven - better known as Lucifer.
Jewish boys are also named Hillel after the famous sage rabbi Hillel, who was known for his kindness.
One of his most famous sayings "That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor." Hillel was a rabbi at the times of Herod, and it is believed by scholars that "Jesus" was influenced by Hillel's teachings about love for humanity.
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 RHCP NET Stadium Arcadium - The Red Hot Place To Be
Born on July 18, 1962, Irons was raised in Los Angeles, and it was while as a student at Fairfax High School that he befriended Hillel Slovak, Anthony Kiedis, and Michael Balzary.
Soonafter, Irons and Slovak (who played guitar) formed a band called Anthym, while the pair eventually began to jam with Kiedis on vocals and Balzary on bass (the later of which had adopted the nickname Flea).
Although the group caused a major stir in the overcrowded L.A. music scene with their outrageous and high energy stage show, Irons and Slovak refused to take the group seriously, as they jumped ship (on the eve of the Peppers signing a record contract) to record with another local group, What Is This?.
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 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers at Epinions.com
Hillel and Jack quit the band and joined another band called What is This.
Uplift Mofo Party Plan their third album is released in 1987, it is a great album and also Jack rejoined to form the original band.
They decided to make another, Duane McKight joins to replace Hillel and is then replaced by John Frusiante, Jack then quits and they then Chad Smith fills the drum chair.
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 Red Hot Chili Peppers History - Bands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
They were the hottest group in L.A. and after some months they got signed by EMI but Hilell Slovak and Jack Irons quit the group to continue the work on "What Is This" a band they've been in for several years.
Hillel Slovak died in June '88 in consequence of a heroin overdose.
At the end of the year, McKnight was replaced by John Frusciante, a 17-year-old RHCP and Hillel Slovak major fan.
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 Biography
Hillel Slovak returned replacing Jack Sherman and George Clinton also joined just for the second album which they called
That album was a huge success and attracted many fans, especially one 16 year old who claimed himself to be their no#1 fan, this boy John Frusciante followed them everyone and idolized each one of the band members, especially Hillel Slovak.
Sadly on the 25th of July 1988, Hillel Slovak died from a drug overdose which made the band stop working on what would've been The
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 RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS (Guitar News Weekly #177, January 21, 2002 - (c) GuitarSite.com)
Picking up guitarist Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons the band hit the LA scene looking to make it big.
Slovak quit the band in 1984 and his slot was filled by Jack Sherman.
Slovak pushed it too far and died of a heroin OD in 1988.
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 Red Hot Chili Peppers Biography | Bio | Pic | By The Way | Picture | Dave Navarro | Flea |Californication   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Red Hot Chili Peppers' were formed in 1983 when Anthony Kiedis and Flea (real name, Michael Balzary) who had met in high school, decided to start up a band.
Soon Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons joined the guys and began doing gigs around L.A. It was not instant success, but The Red Hot Chili Peppers did become well known for their crazy stage antics and bizarre clothing.
A year after Hillel Slovak's death, the Red Hot Chili Peppers hit it big with the release of the CD Mother's Milk.
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 Top Ten Songs by the Red Hot Chili Peppers - Associated Content
On the twenty-fifth of June, the Chili Peppers lost guitarist Hillel Slovak to a heroin overdose.
Kiedis’ friends, Michael Balzary and Hillel Slovak, were focused on music, specifically the trumpet and the guitar.
But without Slovak and Irons, the Red Hot Chili Peppers weren’t the same, and it showed on their self-titled debut album that was released in 1984.
www.associatedcontent.com /article/62771/top_ten_songs_by_the_red_hot_chili.html   (567 words)

  
 Biography for John Frusciante (I)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
At this time, original guitarist Hillel Slovak was in the band.
When Hillel Slovak died of a heroin dose on June 27th, 1988, Red Hot Chili Peppers'drummer at the time, Jack Irons left as he and Slovak were best friends and Slovaks' death was a huge shock to Irons.
Flea had jammed with John many times after Hillel's death and told Anthony that John was right for the Chili Peppers.
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 Red Hot Chili Peppers History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
However, Irons and Slovak were already committed to their original band, What Is This?, so for the recording sessions of the debut album, Jack Sherman was brought in on guitar with Cliff Martinez on drums.
Drug problems, which were prominent in the band throughout the decade, came to light when Slovak failed to stay clean during the Uplift Mofo tour, especially in 1987, which resulted in erratic behavior and botched performances.
When the band toured Europe in May 1988, Slovak was clean again and all the problems seemed far away, but shortly after the band returned to the United States, on June 27, 1988, Slovak was found dead in his apartment after a heroin overdose.
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