RAMI JAFFEE
The keyboard player was the last to become a member of the band – after a 14-year probation with them.
You went to the same school that Slash and the Red Hot Chili Peppers went to, Fairfax High. Does every kid who goes there end up in a band?
I was playing the Sunset Strip and all these wacky goth clubs while I was still in school. My first band, Daisy Chamber, were getting demo deals, but nothing panned out. By college I was like: “Fuck this, I’ve been doing it for six years.” During high school it was definitely: “Come on, where’s my fucking record deal?!”