That is not Hillel Slovak, because Hillel died June 25, 1988. The date for this video says that it is Jan, 22 1989, so I think that it would be impossible for Hillel to preform if he was already dead. That is John Frusciante, because Anthony Kiedis says in his autobiography "Scar Tissue" that John's hair was long like that. Anthony told John that he was in the band, but he had to cut off his long hair. The next day John showed up to play without cutting his hair, and Anthony was not happy.
@Clancyboy7 ~ You are an even bigger idiot, you should be able to tell by my screen name that I am not a dude, I am a chick. Really you are stupid enough to think that John's hair looks short in this? OK well there is no sense arguing with you, if you really are that stupid. It would just be a waste of my valuable time.
@samastadon , yeah right, I was employed by the band , invited here for this very show specifically to film Chad Smiths very first live performance . John was my friend at the time he had been in the band for less than a year
@raw420x was this opening for TMonster? they did like 4 songs I think, a band called Tusk with Pat Smear played before them? if so I was sitting right next to you when you were filming, I remember being in some balcony or some shit and remember that view of Louis, trippy.
if this really is "dummed down" why dont you release one example of the original footage that "you" shot.
dont get it twisted man, im glad you put these videos up, theyre great. but im not buying the whole "studio trick" thing. i think you filmed this off a monitor
@raw420x it's not a studio trick. 1) you can see the CRT tv screen warp the image into a slight convex shape and 2) the audio quality is shocking - even for cameras back then - it sounds processed and as if it played through poor quality desk speakers.
@raw420x it's not a studio trick. 1) you can see the CRT tv screen warp the image into a slight convex shape and 2) the audio quality is shocking - even for cameras back then - it sounds processed and as if it played through poor quality desk speakers. You can also hear the slight reverb (or spaciousness) of the audio playing in a quiet room.
okay, so Lindy the bands manager called me and told me to get down here to film this show, it was Chads first performance so it was very important. Chad was really nervous and you can hear the mistake he made using his Hi-hat on the count during the opening measure of the song.......!
WOW!! its David!!!!!!!!!! dude, you're basically famous man. i seen this comment and i was like "Holy Crap!! Its David Sin!!!!!!!" my jaw dropped pretty low. you're a tremendous bassist man. peace.
I can't remember watchin' some Good Time Boys song video before. It's different to the song the guitar riff, higher, but anyway that's all cool because is the funk we love, the funk of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. UUUUUUUUUUHHHHH YYYEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHH
yea didnt understand why he choose a ibanez mostly ibanez's are for metal fender's are more for alternative rock and funk rock maybe choose the ibanez because for punk rock and maybe it was cheap or something who knows
Wow, Thank you for that , exactly 20 years ago is when Chad Smith first played with the Red Hot chili Peppers it was this show. Chad had never played live with them until this show, and you can hear his mistake at the beginning, he was nervous, I was unhappy because DH Peligro left the band and felt (at the time) he was a better drummer.
Simple math lesson here. John was born in March of 1970 (look it up). 1970 + 17 = 1987, not 1989. This video was filmed in January of 1989, two months before John's 19th birthday.
I was in 8th grade. i saw them for free at a skatepark the year before this, if you had your board they wanted $5 to skate, no board, RHCP were free. baddass. we had one friend go in "without" his board, threw all out boards over the fence and had a ball.
Damn, raw420, yet another clip from a show I saw...did you work for Goldenvoice or something?
I had a reaction similar to yours when I heard Chad was replacing DH. But IMO they didn't miss a beat, and those Mother's Milk-era shows were some of the best RHCP concerts ever...culminating with the headlining Greek Theatre gig with the Meat Puppets June 16, 1990...any chance you have footage from that Greek show? The Yertle the Turtle encore jam was EPIC!
John didnt start doing drugs until mid 1992. Yes he did Cocaine when he was younger but with his years with the band he did nothing along with Anthony.
TRULY AMAZING, I WOULD HAVE PAID MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF CASH 2 HAVE SEEN THEM DURING THIS PERIOD. WHERE IS CHAD (THEY DON'T SHOW HIM AT ALL AT HIS "1st PERFORMANCE").
I was really pissed off that they got rid of D.H Peligro, (of the Dead Kennedy's) he was playing for them after Jack left ... when Chad came on board at this show, I was like "forget about him, where's D.H.?" anyway I never really pushed my camera in on him....my mistake, he a great drummer.
woow..i think this is the best video clip i've seen in my whole life. i love their outfits. i wish they would've kept this music strong. it kinda changed a lot :/
22 yrs ago. Last night they played at the Roxy 8/30/11 and they still have a ton of energy. I love Anthony!!!!
jazzylady75 5 months ago
That is not Hillel Slovak, because Hillel died June 25, 1988. The date for this video says that it is Jan, 22 1989, so I think that it would be impossible for Hillel to preform if he was already dead. That is John Frusciante, because Anthony Kiedis says in his autobiography "Scar Tissue" that John's hair was long like that. Anthony told John that he was in the band, but he had to cut off his long hair. The next day John showed up to play without cutting his hair, and Anthony was not happy.
RedHotFanGrl 6 months ago
@RedHotFanGrl dude youre an idiot... that was chad that didnt cut his hair, not john
Clancyboy7 6 months ago
@Clancyboy7 ~ You are an even bigger idiot, you should be able to tell by my screen name that I am not a dude, I am a chick. Really you are stupid enough to think that John's hair looks short in this? OK well there is no sense arguing with you, if you really are that stupid. It would just be a waste of my valuable time.
RedHotFanGrl 6 months ago
John's hair cut xD
DieByTheDrop 6 months ago
WOW John is playing with what seems to be an IBANEZ guitar. that's a rare sight.
emountainmusic 9 months ago
i hope they come back and play local gigs like this with josh
fenderstratman120 9 months ago
hillel died in 88
fenderstratman120 9 months ago
thats def john he shaved the sides like that and played an ibanez
fenderstratman120 9 months ago
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You guys are badly mistaken. That is Hillel Slovak. This was just before his death
samastadon 1 year ago
@samastadon , yeah right, I was employed by the band , invited here for this very show specifically to film Chad Smiths very first live performance . John was my friend at the time he had been in the band for less than a year
raw420x 1 year ago 10
@raw420x um no. i am chad smith. and john is not your friend.
samastadon 11 months ago
@raw420x anymore
samastadon 11 months ago
@samastadon --Wow did you just come up with that one on your own? Or did you get help for it?
raw420x 11 months ago
@raw420x was this opening for TMonster? they did like 4 songs I think, a band called Tusk with Pat Smear played before them? if so I was sitting right next to you when you were filming, I remember being in some balcony or some shit and remember that view of Louis, trippy.
FurleyVision 8 months ago
@raw420x what was john like?
Christophanus 7 months ago
yeah you full of shit john joined before chad not too long before but def before
littleozzy92 10 months ago
@samastadon that is John because Hillel only had short hair and he never dyed it black
xXstealthtongXx 10 months ago
@samastadon Hillels hair was never this good hombre
miichaaeelaa1 8 months ago
@samastadon No, Shitstain...that's Frusiante. Hillel never had long hair.
Ahccwest 6 months ago
@samastadon Also, this song is "Good Time Boys". Its post-Hillel/Mothers Milk. Know your shit fuck-stick.
Ahccwest 6 months ago
@samastadon this is john .... how could hillel play a song that john invented? fool
GZAandRZA 4 months ago
@samastadon ummm Hilel Didnt play On 'Mothers milk' Thats where this song is from. Fuuuuck mate if your going to comment have some facts chumm.
Hammy370 3 weeks ago
if this really is "dummed down" why dont you release one example of the original footage that "you" shot.
dont get it twisted man, im glad you put these videos up, theyre great. but im not buying the whole "studio trick" thing. i think you filmed this off a monitor
added23 1 year ago
early version of good time boys img
MonsterxSGx209 1 year ago
Wow,This made every Hair on my Body Stand Up!!! Fantastic!!! Thanks
DavidMRyanMD 1 year ago
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peteholloway 1 year ago
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peteholloway 1 year ago
omfg this is gold
lauralikes 1 year ago
Hey.. does anyone know what guitar John is playing here, i know that its an Ibanez, but what kind?
RedHotChiliZephyrs 1 year ago
@RedHotChiliZephyrs it's one of the 1980's RG models, not sure which one. hope that helps
cannibalonXthedead 1 year ago
@cannibalonXthedead I found out a couple weeks back, its an Ibanez RG 250dx, thanks anyway though, appreciate it
RedHotChiliZephyrs 1 year ago
beautifuL...
jaimedolcesinnersole 1 year ago
what's w/ john all looking like nino bettencourt?..
adebicki 1 year ago
Orange pants are freakin awesome!
xbrakx 1 year ago
looks to me like this is a camera filming a tv.
SebasMarinS 1 year ago 3
@SebasMarinS gret observation... it's an old studio trick
raw420x 1 year ago
@raw420x ha
xbrakx 1 year ago
@raw420x it's not a studio trick. 1) you can see the CRT tv screen warp the image into a slight convex shape and 2) the audio quality is shocking - even for cameras back then - it sounds processed and as if it played through poor quality desk speakers.
ThePhotomusic 1 year ago
@raw420x it's not a studio trick. 1) you can see the CRT tv screen warp the image into a slight convex shape and 2) the audio quality is shocking - even for cameras back then - it sounds processed and as if it played through poor quality desk speakers. You can also hear the slight reverb (or spaciousness) of the audio playing in a quiet room.
ThePhotomusic 1 year ago
@ThePhotomusic , I did this in a studio it;s, it's called "Dumbing Down" using all kinds of variables for the final effect.
raw420x 1 year ago
wow John looks like hes holding up his guitar higher in this show
DyingBreedLane 1 year ago
The energy is palpable.
SebasMarinS 1 year ago
This is amazing, do you have more RHCP stuff? That would be sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.
SebasMarinS 1 year ago
so wiers seeing john play ibanezez.
nickmartone1986 1 year ago
@nickmartone1986 Flea?
hojima 1 year ago
good time boys!
RogerRabbit94 2 years ago 2
raw420x will you ever release your RHCP stuff?
peace
tullio86 2 years ago
Man, you should release all the shows you filmed, they are AMAZING!
frusciantelive 2 years ago 3
THE YEARS ON DRUGSS!!!!!!!!!
joserhcpl 2 years ago 4
wow...john with an ibanez. Rare footage man. He looks with that guitar and hair like Wes Borland.! Or better Borland looks like him
Tubenjunge 2 years ago 8
She's a she's a she's a she's a white girl! I wonder what ever happened to John's Ibanez guitar? A Hard Rock Cafe somewhere?
davism5 2 years ago 7
i wish. it's probably either burnt or sold for drugs when he was a "hard core junkie"
hawk183 2 years ago 4
Yeh that thying is probably some old charcoal in the Hollywood Hills somewhere. Too bad, it was pretty sweet.
fullmetalfunk 2 years ago 4
@davism5 his guitar collection was destroyed in the mid 90's in a fire i'm pretty sure.
hojima 1 year ago
Wow this must be one of the rare times where Flea played on the left side of the stage and John on the right.. GOOD TIME BOYS!!
KiedisFlea 2 years ago 27
FUNKY PEPPERS
I whis i could see them at this days
John looks like an alien ^^ but KOOL own style
Bullet19881988 2 years ago 2
lucky ass fan got fleas hat
rhcpfan84 2 years ago 3
okay, so Lindy the bands manager called me and told me to get down here to film this show, it was Chads first performance so it was very important. Chad was really nervous and you can hear the mistake he made using his Hi-hat on the count during the opening measure of the song.......!
raw420x 2 years ago
haha yeah i can hear that!
and - you know lindy
and - you know rhcp.
yertletheturtle15 2 years ago
Worked with them from 1988 to 1991, that's how I produced this video here! Hope you enjoy.
raw420x 2 years ago
YOUR SO LUCKY!
yertletheturtle15 2 years ago 4
Wow that's awesome! Thanks for your video man, you're a nice person :)
DavidSinRocks 2 years ago 5
dude! let me just say ive seen your bass vids and youre the best chili cover ive ever seen. love your stuff man
DimebagsLeftToe 2 years ago
WOW!! its David!!!!!!!!!! dude, you're basically famous man. i seen this comment and i was like "Holy Crap!! Its David Sin!!!!!!!" my jaw dropped pretty low. you're a tremendous bassist man. peace.
MrRedhotchiliquentin 2 years ago
@raw420x And why did they fire you?
SebasMarinS 1 year ago
@raw420x Great material man, Anthony looked really young, how old were they here like 24, 25?
SebasMarinS 1 year ago
@raw420x I noticed that too,John just sorta looks over at him
DavidMRyanMD 1 year ago
dude I would of been partying too lol nice
LLDOG 2 years ago 5
Your videos are awsome man. Dam ther all funky badasses haha (8-)
HighOffChiliMagik 2 years ago 4
I went to high school with them. Saw them approx. 1 million times. No video to show for it--too busy partying.
Choicedelane 2 years ago 4
always amazing the videos you take up to Youtube, really, I dare to say they are the rarest ones to watch.
Marcosrhcp007 2 years ago 5
I can't remember watchin' some Good Time Boys song video before. It's different to the song the guitar riff, higher, but anyway that's all cool because is the funk we love, the funk of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. UUUUUUUUUUHHHHH YYYEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHH
Marcosrhcp007 2 years ago 3
Damn, John looks weeeird hahah.
XguitarrockerX 2 years ago 3
mad outfit flea
parlanus 2 years ago
Funk yeah!
beerboy14 2 years ago 2
Anthony was high
picpocarmy 2 years ago
Back when they were actually good.
With the spirit of Hillel with them.
First song off of mothers milk I believe.
nO sox on cox though.
gringoculero 2 years ago 2
anthonyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Trixiabell 2 years ago 3
is so rare to see john playin with an ibanez and not with a fender
lareconchadetum 3 years ago 2
yea didnt understand why he choose a ibanez mostly ibanez's are for metal fender's are more for alternative rock and funk rock maybe choose the ibanez because for punk rock and maybe it was cheap or something who knows
fuger8077 2 years ago 2
omfg this is awesome
werccu 3 years ago 3
John's ye olde Ibanez :D
pipper2007 3 years ago 5
haha this is sweet, thanks for sharing this man, you seen john's hair !? Now that is hardcore lol
RedHotChiliZephyrs 3 years ago 4
what exactly is his hairstyle?
MA5QURADE 3 years ago
i dont know the name of that particular style, but its cool
RedHotChiliZephyrs 3 years ago 3
haha yeah, les claypool used to have that hairstile too, waay back:P very hardcore indeed
guitarjur 2 years ago 3
Chad Smith has been drumming for the Red Hot Chili Peppers 20 years to the day ... Congratulations happy drumming anniversary Chad.
raw420x 3 years ago
It's amazing!
Today is 22 Jan 2009...
That was excatly 20 YEARS AGO!!!
John was 18 years and 10 months old...
...and I'm 18 years and 10 months old too beacause I have my birthday on 14th march :)
P.S. sorry for my bad english.
MagdaS 3 years ago 3
Wow, Thank you for that , exactly 20 years ago is when Chad Smith first played with the Red Hot chili Peppers it was this show. Chad had never played live with them until this show, and you can hear his mistake at the beginning, he was nervous, I was unhappy because DH Peligro left the band and felt (at the time) he was a better drummer.
raw420x 3 years ago
since mothers milk hadn't been out yet, john prolly didn't have the full guitar part that we know created yet.
FOOLinTHErain17 3 years ago 2
solo in the end of the song is insane ..wooow. john frusciante perfect player
vaikinas30 3 years ago 3
wats with john playing the intro riff throughout the song?
aaronramshaw 3 years ago 5
fuck man john is 17
michaelp5590 3 years ago 5
Simple math lesson here. John was born in March of 1970 (look it up). 1970 + 17 = 1987, not 1989. This video was filmed in January of 1989, two months before John's 19th birthday.
You're welcome.
crazymiles 3 years ago 2
no need to be such a shit about it.
mandormandor 3 years ago 6
big difference anyway, evidently you're equally as productive on youtube
michaelp5590 3 years ago 2
Okay, I just saw my brother in the audience.
gpbennett 3 years ago 7
AMAZING
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fingerbooard 3 years ago 11
it is good time boys
atl1192 3 years ago 7
good time boys?
redhotchilipeppers25 3 years ago 5
holy shit, i was one week old when this came out.
hermano666 3 years ago 6
I wasn't even born when this performance was done lol
eversmot 2 years ago 4
Haha.
fullmetalfunk 2 years ago
Dude where you been!!!!!!!!!!
eversmot 2 years ago
Hahaha..I've been around. Haha. It's been crazy lately.
fullmetalfunk 2 years ago 2
I was in 8th grade. i saw them for free at a skatepark the year before this, if you had your board they wanted $5 to skate, no board, RHCP were free. baddass. we had one friend go in "without" his board, threw all out boards over the fence and had a ball.
sunilthegreat 2 years ago 5
Haha awesome man, great story.
eversmot 2 years ago 3
it´s so good that i'm throwing up in my lap right now :( I'M TALKING BOUT MY BUDDY FUNK IT UP FISHBONE!!!!!! ARRGGHHHHH
apachethobbe 3 years ago 5
man, i wish i was there
moviefactor 3 years ago 6
John 18 years old!
Awesome!
bird27 3 years ago 8
bloody nice hair john !
billiepoeh 3 years ago 8
they were such freaks..haha :)
I LOVE THEM SO MUCH ITS HARD TO EXPLAIN.
rhcplover4 3 years ago 5
It's strange to see John with Ibanez ;D
magicfungus 3 years ago 4
john and flea switched sides!
Chewy123450 3 years ago 7
Other thing about this clip is there is Luis, as always, keeping things correct on stage...he was like the "fifth chili pepper".
Veritas62 3 years ago 3
what happened to him?
dubassaves 3 years ago 3
GOOD TIMES INDEED!!!
Damn, raw420, yet another clip from a show I saw...did you work for Goldenvoice or something?
I had a reaction similar to yours when I heard Chad was replacing DH. But IMO they didn't miss a beat, and those Mother's Milk-era shows were some of the best RHCP concerts ever...culminating with the headlining Greek Theatre gig with the Meat Puppets June 16, 1990...any chance you have footage from that Greek show? The Yertle the Turtle encore jam was EPIC!
Veritas62 3 years ago 2
noodle is fuckin' correct :D
johnfrusciantezzz 3 years ago
John was near death at the begin of '90 because of heroin. Look at this video:
John Frusciante- Untitled #11 VPRO '94
that was the fact why dave navarro came to the rhcp.
rhcp18evi 3 years ago
I love this music
jennie302009 3 years ago
omg johns hair was soo long
and in beginin noticed he doesnt stop movin lol adorable =)
krystalwyatt 3 years ago 2
wow john playing an ibanez, does any1 know which model
slash46xx 3 years ago
what drugs do you reckon they were on at the time?
TheBrazilianFreak 4 years ago
all of them!
howeljr 3 years ago
None...Anthony stopped doing Heroin in 1988 after Hillel died. Flea just smoked pot. John did nothing and Chad did nothing.
noodle654 3 years ago 2
ur an idiot!
dayjondagreat 3 years ago
How am I an idiot??
noodle654 3 years ago
I think you'll find that noodle654 is actually correct.
rhcp192 3 years ago 2
actually john was on just as many drugs as anthony. he almost died due to overdose
dayjondagreat 3 years ago
I am aware of that. However, I meant about how Anthony was clean.
rhcp192 3 years ago 2
John didnt start doing drugs until mid 1992. Yes he did Cocaine when he was younger but with his years with the band he did nothing along with Anthony.
noodle654 3 years ago
because he NEVER relapsed
liteashstrat 3 years ago
Anthony relasped like a dozen times afer Hillel's death. Hell, under the bridge is about anthony doing heroin after Hillel's death.
jefficator 3 years ago
who filmed this?
th3echelon89 4 years ago
Skateboarder Richard A White filmed this, he's also the bass player for the NAR (no apparent reason)
raw420x 4 years ago
What song is this?
ludvik199t 4 years ago
Good Time Boys from the Mother's Milk album
skuitaring 4 years ago
whos playing guitar here?
kalli199 4 years ago
john frusciante, with one funky hair cut,
hoyohoyohoyow 4 years ago 6
i love the bit at around 4.25 or something where he crowd think the songs over n cheer!
downontheupside17 4 years ago
wow...to be seeing this sexfunk live...amazingly awesome
MorningView4 4 years ago 2
sweet one mate
seargantbeef 4 years ago
TRULY AMAZING, I WOULD HAVE PAID MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF CASH 2 HAVE SEEN THEM DURING THIS PERIOD. WHERE IS CHAD (THEY DON'T SHOW HIM AT ALL AT HIS "1st PERFORMANCE").
Usrcrg245 4 years ago 6
I was really pissed off that they got rid of D.H Peligro, (of the Dead Kennedy's) he was playing for them after Jack left ... when Chad came on board at this show, I was like "forget about him, where's D.H.?" anyway I never really pushed my camera in on him....my mistake, he a great drummer.
raw420x 4 years ago
john was pretty:)
roo1219 4 years ago 2
good good time boys make me feel good
give me good times
yeh yeh yeeeeeeh yeeeeeeeeeeh
TastoSinistro 4 years ago 2
dude i like your videos, but please, shorten the beginnning credits!
toxicwaste31 4 years ago 4
damn straight
wellyes 4 years ago 2
awsomee
son los amos del rock!!!!!!!!
RHCP the best band!!!
RHCPyCanDy 4 years ago 3
haha im diggin the school girl theme
bingcrosby101 4 years ago
this is amazing! thank you for sharing this! but too bad your only way of uploading this was to video record your t.v screen.
FruscianteLennon311 4 years ago 2
Fru is left side
akrhcp81 4 years ago
yeeeah DIS is the chili peppers sik times
rayrood32 4 years ago
"Funk it up FISHBONE!"
Jcaron1974 4 years ago 2
shit look at johns hair!
BassSlappa3000 4 years ago
bad fucking ass
hawtpink 4 years ago
I like this version of the song a lot, IT ROCKS! And this guitar is fucking sweet.
CacheTaFace 4 years ago
what's the name?
bassmonkey26 4 years ago
the name of the song is good time boys of mothers milk album :)
kyle20017 4 years ago
its called good time boys btw.
toxicwaste31 4 years ago
the best song ever
bassmonkey26 4 years ago
can you put the credits at the end of the video please?
rookirab 4 years ago 2
john hits that d so many times, that kinda gets annoying, but good footage
andrewbohner 4 years ago
Daamn! It was going off in there!
LiquidS0u1 4 years ago
why are john and flea on the wrong sides, flea is never on that side not with john not with hillel not with dave
slaptasticdave21 4 years ago
Maybe it just had to do with the stage setup or somthing I dunno. Or maybe they were just trying out something new.
LiquidS0u1 4 years ago
-awesome-
billicox 4 years ago
That an Ibanez? Is John playing on an Ibanez guitar? Did the world just stop spinning?
CacheTaFace 4 years ago 2
Interesting that John was left of stage and Flea right, back then
Coldacre 4 years ago
They still have Flea on the right :O
sunsetblvard 4 years ago
woow..i think this is the best video clip i've seen in my whole life. i love their outfits. i wish they would've kept this music strong. it kinda changed a lot :/
rhcplover4 4 years ago