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Hillel Slovak

ヒレル・スロヴァク　/　ひれる・すろゔぁく

Guitarist from Israel

April 13, 1962 – June 25, 1988　・　Haifa, Israel

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My Take

Hillel Slovak's story moves me more than almost any in rock history. A kid from Haifa who landed in Los Angeles, met his bandmates at Fairfax High School, and essentially invented the funk-meets-punk guitar language that the Red Hot Chili Peppers would carry to global fame, and then he was gone at twenty-six, in 1988, before any of that triumph arrived. When I listen to those early records, I hear a musician overflowing with ideas, restless across funk, hard rock, even reggae. I think the band's entire later catalog is, in a sense, a long conversation with his ghost. Few musicians have shaped so much while being present for so little.

Overview

Hillel Slovak (Hebrew: הלל סלובק; April 13, 1962 – June 25, 1988) was an Israeli-American musician, best known as an early guitarist of the Los Angeles rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he recorded two albums. His guitar work was rooted in funk and hard rock, and he often experimented with other genres, including reggae and speed metal.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Hillel Slovak
Name (Japanese): ヒレル・スロヴァク
Reading: ひれる・すろゔぁく
Born: April 13, 1962 – June 25, 1988
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Tiger
Origin: Haifa, Israel
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: guitarist / musician / songwriter

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Fairfax High School
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%83%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%82%AF

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