Red Hot Chili Peppers' original line-up included guitar player Hillel Slovak.
Hillel Slovak ( ; April 13 , 1962 -- June 25 , 1988 ) was an American musician best known as the original guitarist and founding member of the Los Angeles rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers . Red Hot Chili Peppers . The band 's original line-up , originally named Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem , featured guitarist Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons , alongside Kiedis and Flea .