Martinez was quickly replaced Change_of_leadership by founding Creating member Jack Irons who joined Becoming_a_member the band to complete Arranging the Freaky Styley tour Traveling .

Following the band 's brief first tour Traveling the previous year , original members , Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons left Departing the band to tour Traveling and record Recording with their own band , What Is This ?

Slovak and Irons considered the Chili Peppers a side project and What Is This ?

In late 1983 , auditions were held Hold and Irons was quickly replaced Change by Cliff Martinez , best known Know for his work Employment with The Weirdos , The Dickies and Captain Beefheart .

Originally formed Creating as a joke band called `` Tony Flow And The Miraculously Majestic Masters Of Mayhem '' by bassist Flea , guitarist , Hillel Slovak and drummer , Jack Irons , all friends from high school .

Following the brief Telling tour , the band was signed Writing to record Recording label EMI in late 1983 although two weeks earlier Slovak and Irons other band , What Is This ?

Slovak and Irons decided Deciding to split from the Chili Peppers , a band the duo still considered Deciding only a side project .

Slovak was replaced Change_of_leadership by Jack Sherman while Irons was replaced Removing by Cliff Martinez .

It was there that Irons decided Deciding he could no longer deal with being in the band and Slovak 's death Death was too hard for him to handle so he decided Deciding to quit Departing the band again , this time for good .