Editing Funky Monks (section)

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Funky Monks
| type       = video
| artist     = [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
| cover      = Funkymonks.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = September 25, 1991 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://redhotchilipeppers.com/timeline |title=RHCP Timeline |access-date=2015-02-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206002037/http://redhotchilipeppers.com/timeline |archive-date=2015-02-06 }}</ref>
| recorded   = 1991
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Funk rock]]
| length     = 60 min.
| label      = [[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]]
| director   = Gavin Bowden
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven]]
| prev_year  = 1990
| next_title =
* [[What Hits!?#Video|What Hits!?]]
| next_year  = 1992
}}

'''''Funky Monks''''' is a 1991 documentary (also the title of a song from the 1991 album ''[[Blood Sugar Sex Magik]]'') about the rock band [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] and the recording of their highly successful 1991 Warner Bros. debut ''Blood Sugar Sex Magik''. The album was produced by [[Rick Rubin]] and recorded in [[The Mansion (recording studio)|The Mansion]], a supposedly haunted house which Rubin now owns. The 60-minute documentary, which was filmed in black-and-white, features footage of the band recording many of the tracks that made the album, and tracks that didn't make the album although would be released as singles and b-sides (such as "[[Soul to Squeeze]]", "[[Sikamikanico]]" and an [[The Stooges|Iggy & the Stooges]] cover "[[Search and Destroy (The Stooges song)|Search And Destroy]]"). It also features interviews from each member of the band, as well as Rick Rubin and the band's former and longtime manager, [[Lindy Goetz]]. Footage from the documentary was compiled for use in the "[[Suck My Kiss]]" music video, which was released in 1992. ''Funky Monks'' was originally released on VHS but was re-released on DVD. It was filmed and directed by Gavin Bowden.

On July 16, 2011, ''[[NME]]'' voted ''Funky Monks'' the 14th must see rock documentary on their 20 must see rock documentaries list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/spirit-of-91-20-great-albums-released-20-years-ago/224338/1/1 |title=Pictures of Spirit of '91 - 20 great albums released 20 years ago - Photos |publisher=Nme.Com |date=2011-01-18 |access-date=2012-02-17}}</ref>

The release was certified gold by the [[RIAA]].<ref>[https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Red+Hot+Chili+Peppers&ti=&format=&type=#search_section riaa]</ref>