The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
The band was happy that they had more fans. However, Kiedis and Slovak were still addicted to drugs. Both of them stopped using heroin before the tour. They helped each other not use the drug. During the tour, both of them had drug withdrawal. Slovak had much worse symptoms than Kiedis. He was worse at playing the guitar because of his withdrawal. At one concert, Slovak had a mental breakdown and did not play the guitar. The band played the concert without Slovak. They did not have anyone playing the guitar. Slovak got better, but the band did not want it to happen again. They hired DeWayne McKnight to play guitar at a few concerts. After a few days playing with McKnight, the band wanted to let Slovak play again. He played with the band at many concerts in Europe. Kiedis tried to get a counselor for Slovak to help him. However, Slovak did not think his addiction was bad enough to need treatment.