Editing Funky Monks

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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>

==Unreleased version, bonus footage==
In 2013, a first edit cut of the documentary containing over 18 minutes of footage not included in the released version was released onto [[YouTube]]. The newly released footage includes scenes of the band recording "[[They're Red Hot]]", "[[Search and Destroy (The Stooges song)|Search and Destroy]]", "Sikamikanico" and "Soul to Squeeze". Some of the footage is extended from the released version.

It has been widely believed for years a 3-hour cut of the documentary exists. Footage not from the released documentary has been used in other forms of media such as television interviews and documentaries on the band. Rare color footage was also used at the time for various interviews including ones with [[MTV]]. 
A [[VH-1]] documentary contained unseen footage featuring an unreleased song from the ''Blood Sugar Sex Magik'' recording sessions that has yet to be identified.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/z0tTJ4SakE0 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130524081855/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0tTJ4SakE0&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0tTJ4SakE0| title = Red Hot Chili Peppers: "Funky Monks" Uncut Full Documentary (1st Edit Uncut with bonus footage) | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/rhcpsessions/holy-grails|title=Google Sites|access-date=2013-06-07|archive-date=2014-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424005217/https://sites.google.com/site/rhcpsessions/holy-grails|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0275623|title=Funky Monks}}

{{Red Hot Chili Peppers}}

[[Category:1992 films]]
[[Category:American documentary films]]
[[Category:Red Hot Chili Peppers video albums]]
[[Category:Rockumentaries]]
[[Category:1990s American films]]


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