Jack Sherman, a guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers during his debut in the 1980s, has died at the age of 64.
The band confirmed Sherman’s passing in a statement shared on social media early Saturday.
“We of the RHCP family want Jack Sherman to wish it would sail smoothly in the worlds because he is over,” the group said on Instagram. “Jack played on our debut album and also our first tour through the US. He was a unique guy and we thank him for all times good, bad and in between. Peace on the boogie platform. ”
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A cause of death has not yet been revealed.
Sherman replaced Hillel Slovak in 1983 as guitarist prior to the band’s debut. He co-wrote the second album ‘Freaky Styley’, which was released in 1985. However, Slovak returned before the second album was released and Sherman left the band.
The guitarist would later work on other Red Hot Chili Peppers albums, such as “The Abbey Road EP” and “Mother’s Milk”, but was not included when the group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.
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At the time, Sherman told Billboard it was “painful” to let go. According to the outlet, only three of the eight guitarists who have worked with the band over the years were introduced.
“I’m not claiming to have brought anything else to the band … but that I’ve been a soldier under severe circumstances to try to work the thing out, and I think that’s what you’re doing in a job, back then. “I’m getting poor. I’m getting poor, and it’s killing me,” he told the outlet.
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Frontman Anthony Kiedis opened up about the situation in his memoirs, writing that he believes the fate of the band could have been different if Sherman had not entered.
“God bless Jack, he’s kept the band afloat for a year, and if he hadn’t, the following years probably wouldn’t have happened,” Keidis wrote via Billboard.
