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Formed by guitarist Hillel Slovak, drummer Jack Irons, vocalist Alain Johannes, and bassist Todd Strassman, the band served as the nucleus for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Members of the band would go on to perform with Eleven, Chris Cornell, Pearl Jam, Mark Lanegan, Them Crooked Vultures, Alain Johannes Trio and Queens of the Stone Age.
Todd Strassman. Managing Director. +1 310.788.5276. Contact. Mr. Strassman is a Managing Director at Houlihan Lokey. He has more than three decades of experience providing financial advisory services to public and private clients in connection with M&A, leveraged buyouts, spinoffs, recapitalizations, going-private transactions, and strategic ...
- Early Days, Cliff Martinez and Jack Sherman
- The Return of Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons, Slovak's Death
- Arik Marshall and Jesse Tobias Fill in For Frusciante
- Dave Navarro's Tenure and Frusciante's Return
Long before they became one of the best-selling bands of all time, the Red Hot Chili Peppers began as a bunch of high school friends who just wanted to play some dance-punk together. The group that would conquer the music world was originally formed in 1983 by singer Anthony Kiedis, guitarist Hillel Slovak, bassist Flea, and drummer Jack Irons. The...
With the band's fanbase growing nearly by the hour, the musicians went back to work on a sophomore release almost as soon as Hillel Slovak rejoined the band. Dissatisfied with the far too "clean" sound of their debut, the Red Hot Chili Peppers hired Parliament-Funkadelic's very own George Clinton to produce their second LP. As the Chili Peppers' ro...
Red Hot Chili Peppers' skyrocketing fame would go on to take a heavy toll on John Frusciante. The iconic guitarist would spend even more time away from his band members, and developed a heroin addiction which he hid from Kiedis, Flea, and Smith. By early 1992, Frusciante started showing clear signs of being unfit to perform. In May of the same year...
Although the band had previously put much hope in recruiting Dave Navarro as lead guitarist, it soon became apparent that there were large creative differences between him and the other RHCP members. Navarro had troubles adopting the band's funk-oriented sound, and instead brought forth his own blues and heavy metal influences. With Dave Navarro as...
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Mr. Todd Strassman serves as a Managing Director at Houlihan Lokey. He has two decades of experience providing financial advisory services to public and private clients in connection with M&A, leveraged buyouts, spin-offs, recapitalizations, going private transactions and strategic alternative assessments; capital raising activities (senior ...
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Oct 7, 2021 · Fairfax High School's class of '79 was a special one; its pupils included budding musicians Jack Irons, Alain Johannes and Hillel Slovak who formed a band called Chain Reaction (then later Anthem, Anthym and finally What Is This?) with fellow pupil Todd Strassman, later replaced by bass player Michael Peter Balzary aka 'Flea'.
