Red Hot Chili Peppers' original line-up included guitarist Hillel Slovak until 2008.
Hillel Slovak . Prior to his death of a heroin overdose in 1988 , Slovak recorded two albums with the band , Freaky Styley ( 1985 ) and The Uplift Mofo Party Plan ( 1987 ) . 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 .