{"id":8434,"date":"2026-01-30T19:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T19:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/netflix-documentary-red-hot-chili-peppers\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T19:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T19:50:00","slug":"netflix-documentary-red-hot-chili-peppers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/netflix-documentary-red-hot-chili-peppers\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Doc To Cover Red Hot Chili Peppers\u2019 \u2018Rise\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1263650054-1622935152.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1773\" alt=\"Jack Irons, Hillel Slovak, Flea, Anthony Kiedis\"><figcaption>Red Hot Chili Peppers members Jack Irons, Hillel Slovak, Flea and Anthony Kiedis in New York in December 1986 (Gary Gershoff \/ Getty Images).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Netflix will explore the early period of the Red Hot Chili Peppers career in the aptly named documentary <em>The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers<\/em>, which will premiere March 20. <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/red-hot-chili-peppers-netflix-documentary-1236645026\/\" target=\"_blank\">Per <em>Variety<\/em><\/a>, the film will focus on the formative role of original guitarist Hillel Slovak, who died of a drug overdose in 1988.<\/p>\n<p>The movie was directed by Ben Feldman and is based on new interviews with Chili Peppers members Flea and Anthony Kiedis, plus Slovak\u2019s friends and family. It was produced by Asta Entertainment, Submarine Entertainment and Polygram Entertainment and was reportedly screened for interested parties at last year\u2019s Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/01\/bruce-springsteen-tom-morello-minneapolis\/\">Bruce Springsteen Crashes Tom Morello ICE Benefit In Minneapolis<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/01\/5-albums-i-cant-live-without-chris-cester-of-mystic-knights\/\">5 Albums I Can\u2019t Live Without:\u00a0Chris Cester of Mystic Knights<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/01\/deep-cut-friday-paint-a-vulgar-picture-by-the-smiths\/\">Deep Cut Friday: \u2018Paint A Vulgar Picture\u2019 by The Smiths<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a true honor to partner with Netflix to bring <em>The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers<\/em> to a global audience,\u201d Feldman said. \u201cAt its heart, this is a deeply relatable story \u2014 about the friendships that shape our identities and the lasting power of the bonds forged in adolescence. What\u2019s less relatable, of course, is that here those friends went on to create one of the greatest rock bands in history. I\u2019m profoundly grateful to the band and to Hillel\u2019s family for their trust and generosity, and to Netflix for helping bring this story to the world stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Slovak\u2019s wacky, perverse sense of humor and natural hunger for funk and freedom were the spark which became the Peppers\u2019 signature hyperkenesis, but his death followed a headlong dive into addiction which had been deepening for years. In 1990, Kiedis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/featured\/red-hot-chili-peppers-mothers-milk-1990-cover-story-physical-graffiti\/\">told SPIN<\/a> that the song \u201cKnock Me Down\u201d from the album <em>Mother\u2019s Milk<\/em> was inspired by Slovak\u2019s sad decline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe initial impetus for that song came to me while we were in England [in May 1988],\u201d he recalled. \u201cHillel had a pretty bad drug habit when we left L.A, and when we got there he commenced experiencing withdrawal symptoms. He was really ill, but at the same time he didn\u2019t seem to have compassion for his life or consider that he wasn\u2019t beyond death or humiliation because of drugs. It just dawned on me that here he was in the face of misery, but he still wasn\u2019t ready to concede that drugs were lessening his level of life and beauty. So the idea of \u2018knock me down\u2019 came to me, like someone\u2019s got to knock him down before he dies. Because he\u2019s not bigger than life. Then we came back to L.A, and immediately both of us started using again and then he died a very short time afterward, \u2019cause he was alone. I hadn\u2019t really tried to reach him for a week. I could have saved him \u2014 I know CPR really well, and I\u2019ve brought back a couple of friends who died from an OD.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chili Peppers are expected to take the year off while Flea promotes and tours in support of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/01\/flea-solo-album-details\/\">debut solo album<\/a>, <em>Honora<\/em>, due March 27 from Nonesuch.<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Hot Chili Peppers members Jack Irons, Hillel Slovak, Flea and Anthony Kiedis in New York in December 1986 (Gary Gershoff \/ Getty Images). 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