Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Jack Sherman has died at the age of 64. No cause of death has yet been determined.
The band announced the news in a post on Instagram, writing: "We of the RHCP family would like to wish Jack Sherman smooth sailing into the worlds beyond, for he has passed.
"Jack played on our debut album as well as our first tour of the USA. He was a unique dude and we thank him for all times good, bad and in between. Peace on the boogie platform."
Sherman joined the band in 1983, playing on their first tour and co-writing material for their 1985 sophomore album Freaky Styley.
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He was replaced by returning founding band member Hillel Slovak before that album's release, but would go on to contribute to 1989 album Mother's Milk, as well as their 1988 Abbey Road EP.
Sherman also contributed to Tonio K.'s 1988 record Notes from the Lost Civilization and Bob Dylan's 1986 album Knocked Out Loaded.
Despite his contributions to the band's early work, Sherman was not included among the Red Hot Chili Pepper members when the band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.
He told Billboard at the time: "It's really painful to see all this celebrating going on and be excluded. I'm not claiming that I've brought anything other to the band... but to have soldiered on under arduous conditions to try to make the thing work, and I think that's what you do in a job, looking back. And that's been dishonored. I'm being dishonored, and it sucks."
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Rest in peace, Jack.
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