Red Hot Skate Rock
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Red Hot Skate Rock is a 30 minute music film filmed on September 20, 1987 by Vision Street Wear
at the Vision Skate Escape in Los Angeles, CA. The film features a 8 song performance by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
during The Uplift Mofo Party Plan tour
and includes skate demos by skateboarders Tony Hawk
, Steve Caballero
, Chris Miller and many more pro skaters. Skate Rock was released on VHS
in 1988 though has since gone out of print. Vision released the film on DVD
in 2002 through their website under the name Vision: Vision DVD Volume 2 and features other skate videos from the 80's. To date, Red Hot Skate Rock was the first and only officially released video recording of the original Red Hot Chili Peppers lineup. Guitarist Hillel Slovak
died of a drug overdose
less than a year later.
Vision Street Wear
Vision Street Wear is an American footwear company which was founded in 1976 and is licensed by Collective Licensing International.The company also made skateboards and skateboarding apparel and gained notability by sponsoring and manufacturing signature skateboards for legendary skaters Mark...
at the Vision Skate Escape in Los Angeles, CA. The film features a 8 song performance by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...
during The Uplift Mofo Party Plan tour
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan tour
The The Uplift Mofo Party Plan Tour was a concert tour by Red Hot Chili Peppers to support their third studio album The Uplift Mofo Party Plan. It was the only album and tour to feature the four founding members: Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons. It was the biggest tour for the...
and includes skate demos by skateboarders Tony Hawk
Tony Hawk
Anthony Frank "Tony" Hawk , nicknamed "The Birdman" is an American retired professional skateboarder and actor. Hawk gained significant fame for completing the first 900 as well as his licensed video game titles distributed by Activision...
, Steve Caballero
Steve Caballero
Steve Caballero is a professional skateboarder and musician. Steve was born in the year of the dragon, and has had several board graphics that feature dragons. He was born with scoliosis.-Life and career:...
, Chris Miller and many more pro skaters. Skate Rock was released on VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
in 1988 though has since gone out of print. Vision released the film on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
in 2002 through their website under the name Vision: Vision DVD Volume 2 and features other skate videos from the 80's. To date, Red Hot Skate Rock was the first and only officially released video recording of the original Red Hot Chili Peppers lineup. Guitarist Hillel Slovak
Hillel Slovak
Hillel Slovak was an Israeli-American musician best known as the original guitarist and founding member of the Los Angeles rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers...
died of a drug overdose
Drug overdose
The term drug overdose describes the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities greater than are recommended or generally practiced...
less than a year later.
Track listing
- "Out in L.A."
- "Me and My Friends"
- "Blackeyed Blonde"
- "Fight Like a BraveFight Like a Brave"Fight Like a Brave" is the first track from American funk rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers' album The Uplift Mofo Party Plan. It was released as the lead single for the album. Despite being a single, the song has not been performed live since 1989 though according to a magazine it was played once...
" - "Catholic School Girls RuleCatholic School Girls Rule"Catholic School Girls Rule" is a song from the 1985 album Freaky Styley by The Red Hot Chili Peppers. The song is inspired by a 14-year-old girl who attended a local Catholic school that singer Anthony Kiedis briefly encountered backstage at a concert before discovering her age.Although never...
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" - "Mommy Where's Daddy"
- "Love Trilogy"
- "Fire"