# Talk:Hillel Slovak

True men don't kill coyotes is not one of the first songs (its actualy from 1984 when the band had jack sherman and cliff martinez). According to the DEMO tape that RHCP recorded in 1983, the first Chili Peppers's songs are: Out in LA, Nevermind, Sex Rap, Get up and jump, Police Helicopter, Green Heaven, Stranded, Flea Fly, You always sing the same and What it is (AKA NINA'S Song)
, being Out in LA and Get up and jump the first and the second.
(11/09/2008)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.180.7.183 (talk) 11:20, 11 September 2008 (UTC) 
"Under the Bridge" wasn't written about Hillel Slovak, "No Chump love sucker" and "Skinny Sweaty man" altough about Hillel, they where written while he was still alive! infact he played guitar on both songs. as a result I'll remove the Under the Bridge refrernce and rephrase the two otehr songs.
Hillel Slovak, if memory serves, did not die in a hotel room. He died in his apartment. Therefore the link to the list of people who died in hotel rooms is inappropriate.
He died in front of the Viper room
lmao at- , but Gary thought Anthony would make a good vocalist because of his bad ass style and partymaniac attitude, --12.165.201.146 19:21, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Out of all h\the pictures you could get of him, you get him and Anthony flicking off the camera. A little inappropiate...can someone change it? --Sw2493 (talk) 02:36, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

"Slovak and Gene Simmons are the only Israeli-born musicians who became famous in the popular music market."
I strongly doubt that statement (at the least, it's too definite) but I don't know much about popular music, so I'm not going to remove it myself. --Leapfrog314 00:13, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

The following are examples of items that need to be fixed to make this article more npov

"It was seen as a wise career move..." in the Early Years section;
"because of his bad ass style...", "Unfortunately, What Is This? had also...", and "...was competent but lacked the soul Hillel put into everything he did" in Red Hot Chili Peppers section;
"Unfortunately, along with Anthony...", "He slowly descended into a drug-induced hell", and "his body could take no more" in the Downfall section
--Mattarata 13:28, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

this song was not about hillel at all if you have read Anthony Kiedis's book 'Scar tissue' you would know that the song was written about the times when he was involved with the mexican drug trade and he would go on binges with them under a bridge in downtown L.A.

can someone add a decent pic? i would but i dont know how to.

This picture http://www.slovakopedia.com/h/hillel.jpg was previously on the article, but was removed because copyright cannot be verified. Also I hate copyright. --Mattarata 16:08, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

The bit in the article where is says that "Frusciante based a lot of his playing style on Slovak's work. Before Frusciante even joined the band he hero-worshipped Slovak and learned the electric guitar parts from the first three albums released by the band."  This is true as I watched a documentary on the Red Hot Chili Peppers on MTV about 9 years ago and this was mentioned there.  I've no idea what the documentary was called though.  It was broadcast just after the RHCP had released One Hot Minute.

Hillel is referenced in this song pretty heavily, shouldn't it be mentioned?

at the top of this page in the second paragraph it says "He died in front of the Viper room" im pretty sure this claim is completely incorrect and it has been confused witht he death of another of anthony kiedis's good friend/mentors 'Rivers Pheonix'.
please correct me if i am wrong.

I'm changing the main picture of Hillel, you can hardly see his face in the current picture.Defunct Lies 18:25, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
We need a new picture  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.163.86.26 (talk) 22:25, 13 October 2007 (UTC) 

This review is transcluded from Talk:Hillel Slovak/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Jezhotwells (talk) 15:01, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
I shall be reviewing this article against the Good Article criteria, following its nomination for Good Article status.
Disambiguations: Two found and fixed.[1] Jezhotwells (talk) 15:05, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
Linkrot: none found. Jezhotwells (talk) 15:06, 13 March 2011 (UTC)


### Checking against GA criteria
GA review (see here for criteria)
It is reasonably well written.
a (prose):  b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): 
Well written, complies with key elements of MoS
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references):  b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR): 
Ref #5 failed verification.
Wait, have you watched the episode?  All of the facts in the article are in the episode. Basilisk4u (talk) 18:56, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
No I haven't watched the episode. There is no mention of the episode on the reference supplied. It may have been there once, but it isn't now.  If you are citing a TV show please use the correct format as per {{cite episode}}, specifying the exact time that the statements appear.Jezhotwells (talk) 00:15, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
Oh!  I'm sorry.  The link seems to have redirected to a general Behind the Music page.  I will try to find the times that the statements appear in the episode. Basilisk4u (talk) 01:41, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
Okay, I have reformatted the episode stuff, I hope it is better now. Basilisk4u (talk) 21:04, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
Other references appear to be RS, I assume good faith for off-line sources, no evidence of OR
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects):  b (focused): 
Thorough, without needless trivia
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias: 
NPOV
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.: 

It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales):  b (appropriate use with suitable captions): 
Captioned, File:EarlyRHCP.jpg needs a specific fair use rationale for use in this article, see the notice on the file page. There is now a non-free FUR for this article, it is lacking for other articles that use the image. Jezhotwells (talk) 01:43, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
Overall:
Pass/Fail: 
OK, just two issues to fix. On hold for seven days. Jezhotwells (talk) 15:29, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
Fine, all in order now, passing as Ga. Congratulations! Jezhotwells (talk) 01:43, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
Awesome!!  Thanks so much. Basilisk4u (talk) 01:53, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

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