{"id":1555657,"date":"2026-04-01T15:25:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T19:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consequence.net\/?p=1555657"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:17:25","slug":"flea-hillel-slovak-documentary-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/04\/flea-hillel-slovak-documentary-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Flea Says Hillel Slovak Documentary \u201cFilled My Heart Right to the Top\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/flea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flea<\/a> says the new documentary about late <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/red-hot-chili-peppers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red Hot Chili Peppers<\/a>&nbsp;guitarist <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/hillel-slovak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hillel Slovak<\/a> &ldquo;filled my heart right to the top.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I finally watched the new documentary about Hillel Slovak,&rdquo; he posted on his Instagram stories. And while the band initially tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/01\/red-hot-chili-peppers-distance-themselves-from-new-netflix-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">distance themselves from the doc<\/a>, Flea seems to have now fully embraced the project. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m so grateful it exists, and that more people will know how much he meant and continues to mean to us as a friend and bandmate. It is a beautifully made film and filled my heart right to the top, not without a good dose of lifelong melancholy. Hillel forever.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stubhub.prf.hn\/click\/camref:1100l9Pt3\/pubref:flea*2026-documentary-slovak-button\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fflea-and-the-honora-band-tickets%2Fperformer%2F150612375\" class=\"button button-ticket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get Flea Tickets Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Netflix is streaming the documentary, titled <em><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/03\/the-rise-of-the-red-hot-chili-peppers-our-brother-hillel-netflix-trailer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em>The film, which premiered March 20th, has drawn controversy for <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/03\/red-hot-chili-peppers-documentary-ai-generated-hillel-slovak-voiceover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">using AI to recreate Slovak&rsquo;s voice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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