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“I deserved a songwriting credit. They sold millions and I only got $200!” Flea’s bittersweet hip-hop recording experience
In 1989, as the Red Hot Chili Peppers enjoyed their first big hit, Flea was hopping around MTV in the video for Young MC’s Bust A Move
How bassist Andy Fraser electrified a Free classic with his less-is-more brand of fiery blues-rock
When Andy Fraser joined Free in 1968, he arrived as a teenage guitarist, but his melodic bass style became essential to the band’s success
Bought from grunge icons and stolen before Soundgarden reunited – the story of Ben Shepherd’s 1972 Fender Jazz Bass
Shepherd was robbed of all his music gear in 2008 just as he was about to mix his first solo album
The late Michael Rhodes provided an unshakable foundation for Buddy Guy’s 2013 salute to his home town
Rhodes played his ’57 Fender P-Bass for the Meet Me in Chicago session at Nashville’s famed Blackbird studios
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are working on their next project, Flea says
Flea is due to release his very first solo album, the jazz-inflected Honora, this March
Thundercat on getting his start with hardcore punk legends Suicidal Tendencies
Thundercat may best be known as a funk and R&B-oriented bassist – yet, he got his start in thrash metal and hardcore punk
Bass phenom Kinga Głyk recalls the moment her rendition of an Eric Clapton classic went viral – and made her career
Głyk also touches on how social media can be used as a democratizing tool for musicians to access the industry
From sleeping in tents to Woodstock, rock ’n’ roll's ‘Forrest Gump’ Leo Lyons shares the story of Ten Years After
The Ten Years After bassist survived Hamburg’s Star-Club, sparked the blues boom, achieved immortality at Woodstock – and is still going strong at 82. “Music,” he says, “it’s a drug…”
