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Eleven was scheduled to begin recording another record in the fall. Eleven was a LosAngeles-based band and was having its share of struggles with the business.

I made a trip to the studio where he was recording. I hadn't played drums in a while and really struggled, but I did manage to cut a track,"Jewelers and Bums" from Joe's album, "Earthquake Weather." He told me I could have the job as soon as I was ready.

Hillel had become close friends with Flea, knownthen as Michael Balzary. Flea was a trumpet player and had attended Bancroft as well.

With Cliff Martinez as their drummer, the Chili Peppers recorded their second record, "Freaky Styley" (sometimes it has been written that Iplayed on "Freaky Styley," but I did not).

Walk The Moon recorded an album in 1986 that consisted of Alain and Natasha's new writings together as well as some previously unrecorded What Is This songs. I played on about half the tunes.

Also, during that fall I began recording my first piece of drum music. Itwas recorded in Flea's basement studio at the time. It was a demo.

I began playing drums at age 13. My best friend at the time was Hillel Slovak. We decided to take music lessons together. He took the guitar and I took the drums.

In June of 1988, Hillel Slovak died of a drug overdose. His death was very difficult for me. I was already growing pretty unstable so I decided to leave the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

I had already accepted a nine-week touring gig with Red Cross, as my wife and I were expecting a baby and I needed the work. It was hard to imagine moving to Seattle at the time.

In December of 1988, I got word that Joe Strummer was interested in me auditioning for his band. He was already in the process of recording and I was in the process of receiving medical treatments (I was actually in the hospital at the time I got the call to come and play with Joe).

We were playing a small club in San Diego and the power had gone out in the building. Eddie had a lighter and kept us lit backstage. We became very good friends and spent a lot of time together including hearing Eddie sing in some of the bands he was in at the time.

We recorded another record, entitled "Howling Book," which was released on the band's own label in 2003.

I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.

Hillel and I were trying to figure out a way to do both bands. We felt close to all of our friends, but that wasn't going to work. Hillel and I had a greater loyalty to our years with Alain, so we signed with What Is This.

I was not well enough to keep going with the intensity that the band needed as it was obvious the band wason its way to much popularity. I was experiencing what would be a very long period of intense imbalance.

Sometime after the Joe Strummer tour, Alain Johannes, Natasha Shneider, and I began playing together again. That was the beginning of Eleven.

I was always a big fan of Joe's music. About a month later, I began recording more tracks for "Earthquake Weather." We were to tour in fall of 1989.

In 1986 I rejoined the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The priority at the time was to record a new album. We began a long stint ofrehearsals. Michael Beinhorn was chosen to produce the next record.

It was about this time that I began experiencing the beginnings of my battles with an anxiety disorder. We were touring a lot and there were some developing personal problems within the band.

"Yield" was completed in 1997 and released in 1998. In the spring of 1997, I had made a decision to stop taking medications that I had been taking daily since 1988.

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