Also known as "Huckleberry" and "The Israeli Cowboy", he was the original guitarist and a founding member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He was also the one who taught Flea how to play the bass (Oi, gevalt!). Creative, artistic and highly funky, his heroes included Jimi Hendrix and KISS. His intros to some of the Chili Peppers earlier works were absolutely mind-blowing and soulful to the last. Unfortuanely, the world lost Hillel to the monster "Heroin" on June 27th, 1988.

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