Enigma Records. Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons decided to leave the Red Hot Chili Peppers and stay with What Is This as the latter was their primary musical project while the former was seen as side endeavor. What Is This released their debut EP Squeezed in 1984. Around this time, Hillel Slovak had become uncertain of his role in the band and decided to rejoin the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He left What Is This in 1985, and later that year the band would release its only full-length studio album What Is This? and its final EP 3 Out of 5 Live. After this, the band broke up. Alain Johannes later met Natasha Shneider and the duo formed Walk The Moon, whose sole studio album featured Jack Irons and Chris Hutchinson on several tracks. Jack Irons later rejoined the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1987, but would then leave the next year due to Hillel Slovak's death via a heroin overdose. Alain Johannes, Natasha Shneider, and Jack Irons later formed the band Eleven. Jack Irons would later leave Eleven midway through the recording of their third album to join Pearl Jam (with whom he recorded two albums) only to later rejoin Eleven in time for their fifth album. Eleven disbanded after the death of Natasha Shneider. Both Johannes and Irons were later part of Spinnerette. What Is This's song "Mind My Have Still I" from Squeezed was also featured on the soundtrack to the movie The Wild Life. Their second album, which featured a cover of the Spinners hit "I'll Be Around", was produced by Todd Rundgren, who also played Fairlight Synthesizer on the record. "I'll Be Around" was released as a single and video; it peaked at No. 62 on the Billboard Hot 100. Members Original line-up Alain Johannes: Lead Vocals, Guitar Hillel Slovak: Guitar, Backing Vocals Todd Strassman: Bass Jack Irons: Drums Later members Flea: Bass, Backing Vocals (replaced Todd Strassman) Chris Hutchinson: Bass, Backing Vocals (replaced Flea) Michael Bocretis: Keyboards Partial discography References Red Hot Chili Peppers Alternative rock groups from California 1980 establishments in California Musical groups established in 1980