The most exhilarating time for a band is when it moves from an up and coming band to a band-of-the-moment. This happened for Red Hot Chili Peppers when they released BloodSugarSexMagik, the album that took them from a well-respected alternative band known by the wise crowd to a full-fledged household name. Funky Monks captures that story before and as that happens, while the band is recording the album that made them famous.