Red Hot Chili Peppers Singer Anthony Kiedis Finally Explains Why He Skipped Bandmate Hillel Slovak’s Funeral in New Netflix Doc
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Source: New York Post
Published: 2026-03-21 01:00 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 90
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Health, Culture & Entertainment, Weather, Drugs
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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.
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