Deep Kick (partially found unreleased Red Hot Chili Peppers documentary film; 1995)

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The album (when still in production) that influenced the creation of the documentary.

Status: Partially Found


Deep Kick is an unreleased documentary by the American rock group Red Hot Chili Peppers. The documentary chronicled the recording sessions of their sixth studio album One Hot Minute. The group had done something similar with the documentary Funky Monks, which was filmed during the recording of their previous album Blood Sugar Sex Magik.

History

In 1995, the Red Hot Chili Peppers released their follow up to their 1991 breakthrough Blood Sugar Sex Magik titled One Hot Minute. The album featured guitarist Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction to replace long-time guitarist, John Fruscante, who was uncomfortable with the band's newfound fame at the time. As they had done with the documentary Funky Monks, which was filmed during the Blood Sugar Sex Magik recording sessions, the band decided to produce another documentary about the recording sessions with interview clips from the band members. One key difference, from Funky Monks being that the documentary would also feature several fantasy sequences. These would highlight each member of the group, much like the Led Zeppelin did in their concert film The Song Remains The Same.

Due to the troubled production surrounding the album and subsequent tour, filming continued over the course of 3 years. Singer Anthony Kiedis contacted director Gavin Bowden and began editing the documentary.

Current release status and surfaced clips

Although filming continued during the One Hot Minute Tour, the documentary has never seen an official release or been seen in full. Part of this could be attributed to the lukewarm critical reception to One Hot Minute and the departure of the album's guitarist Dave Navarro in 1998 due to his drug use and musical differences. It is unknown how complete the project was or if a rough cut was ever produced.

Footage available

An unknown amount of footage was officially used for the music video of the One Hot Minute song "My Friends" in 1995. During the release of One Hot Minute, footage from Deep Kick has appeared as B-roll during interviews and other promotional television programs featuring the group[1].

In 2013, a couple of clips surfaced on YouTube featuring the black and white footage. The clips showed Antony Kiedis fantasy segment and a montage with the Velvet Underground's "Waiting for the Man" playing over it. The uploader was the Chili Peppers' fan club channel and the two clips were all the band were willing to leak online.

In early 2021, several minutes of the documentary were uploaded by the film's editor, Nabil Mehchi, as part of a showreel on the Murex Films website. [2]

To date, the footage that has surfaced is sourced from a standard definition videotape master. The status of a complete cut of the documentary or the original film reels (required for a digital scan for modern release standards) are unknown.

Gallery

A resurfaced clip from the 1995 documentary.

A resurfaced clip from the documentary.

External Links

Murex Films - Showreel of clips from Deep Kick

References

  1. https://www.rhcpsessions.com/holy-grails Red Hot Chili Peppers Recording Sessions Archive - Holy Grails
  2. https://www.rhcpsessions.com/holy-grails Red Hot Chili Peppers Recording Sessions Archive - Holy Grails