Rolling Stone 's Nathan Brackett suggests that the band Red Hot Chili Peppers had a funk-monkey shtick which camouflaged musical deficiencies .
However , editor Nathan Brackett writes in the The New Rolling Stone Record Guide , 4th Edition that both Freaky Styley and The Red Hot Chili Peppers contain `` not a single memorable song '' and suggests that the band 's previous `` funk-monkey shtick camouflaged serious musical deficiencies '' .
Freaky Styley