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Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea on the meaning of God, the band's worst album and the vice he misses most

"Hey, come see my baby boy!" Flea says excitedly, holding up his iPhone as he stands next to his motorcycle in the parking lot of the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. Dressed in basketball shorts and a red bucket hat, the 60-year-old bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is FaceTiming…

Los Angeles Times

"I played a blues scale as fast as I could and he said, 'That's not fast, you're not a good guitarist'" – John Frusciante on his depressing encounter with a guitar teacher, and his teenage heroes Steve Vai and Adrian Belew

A new extensive interview with bandmate Flea reveals the iconic Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist's roots

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Flea names the one bassline that he would “go back and fix” from the Red Hot Chili Pepper's 1995 album, One Hot Minute

Flea on the making of One Hot Minute: “I thought it sounded like another stupid white boy trying to be funky!”

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On my radar: Arlo Parks’s cultural highlights

The Mercury prize-winning musician on an inspirational rapper, a Nobel laureate’s views of Paris, where to find chillies and a Red Hot Chili Pepper

The Guardian - UK

Mike Watt: “I think for every 7-string bass they should make a 1- string!”

The patriarch of punk unravels his punk rock roots and the making of his 1995 solo album Ball-Hog or Tugboat?

Guitar World

Watch the trailer for Flea’s new podcast series

First guests on the show will include Rick Rubin, Patti Smith and Thundercat

Guitar World

Watch Vulpeck's Joe Dart break down Flea and Victor Wooten's slap bass technique

How Will Smith brought back, er, slap: "The two main slap basslines of our generation were Will Smith samples..."

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Appreciation: Wayne Shorter, dead at 89, a tireless music giant: 'A song is never really finished' he told us

Like the shape-shifting music he made throughout his life, Wayne Shorter was always pushing forward, always seeking new aural adventures and challenges. His death Thursday in Los Angeles at the age of 89 marks the passing of a tireless innovator whose fans ranged from countless jazz artists to such admirers…

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Red Hot Chili Peppers star Flea, 60, welcomes first child with wife Melody Ehsani

The star is thrilled to add a third child to his family - having welcomed two daughters in the past and now welcoming his latest child with his fashion designer wife

Daily Mirror

Red Hot Chili Peppers and Dead Kennedys drummer DH Peligro dies in fall at home

The drummer has tragically died, aged 63, due to head injuries after falling at his LA home.

Daily Record

Taylor Swift announces new album Midnights as she scoops top MTV VMA prize

This will mark the songstress’ 10th studio album, and her first collection of new songs in almost two years.

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift Wins Top Prize, Announces New Album at MTV VMAs

Taylor Swift took home the top prize at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday before she closed out the show with a surprisingly big announcement: Her new album. “I thought it would be a fun moment to tell you that my new album comes out Oct. 21,” said…

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Star Wars spin-off Obi-Wan Kenobi surprises viewers as unexpected pop star makes cameo

The first two episodes of Disney Plus series Obi-Wan Kenobi, starring Ewan McGregor, are streaming now – but did you recognise another famous face?

Daily Mirror

Who is Flea in 'Obi-Wan'? Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist reveals how Kenobi has changed

Flea (of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers) makes a surprise appearance in the 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' premiere. Here's how he helps establish the show's surprising new tone.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea says his daughter once used his Grammy as a shovel

He admitted he’s ‘just not really an awards guy’

Los Angeles Times

How the Red Hot Chili Peppers rediscovered the best version of themselves

LOS ANGELES — Dressed in the signature colors of the basketball team he loves — loves even when the team pains him as it has over the last few months — Flea comes roaring into the parking lot of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Van Nuys rehearsal space astride a…

The Guardian - UK

Red Hot Chili Peppers: ‘People misbehave and make mistakes. They don’t know better’

As they reunite for their 12th album, the punk-funk rockers are trying to age gracefully after a youth full of sex and drugs. So why does Anthony Kiedis hang up after a difficult question?

Evening Standard

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea lists LA estate with spaceship-style home for £7.2 million

The musician and actor snapped up a three-storey house in Beverly Hills in December.

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