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“The White Album was the first thing that I connected with as a kid”: Flea picks his top 5 ‘desert island’ discs
The Red Hot Chili Pepper was also asked to name his dream supergroup. Safe to say he picked himself on bass
“I would never play a bass that has brand-new strings. My strings only leave the bass when they break”: How George Porter Jr. helped put funk on the musical map with The Meters
Formed in 1965, The Meters became the measure of funk to come with their 1969 instrumental anthem Cissy Strut
“It’s hard to think who the greatest bass players are. You could say Flea, but he doesn’t need the plug!” Jack Bruce on the bass players that shaped his sound
Back in 2010, we asked Cream bassist Jack Bruce to nominate five albums that influenced his bass playing
“Rocco Prestia could have held that 16th-note pattern in his sleep – it’s airtight” Halestorm bassist Josh Smith picks his top 5 bass albums
From Tower Of Power to The Beatles, Josh Smith reveals the influences that helped shape his heavy-riffing bass style with Halestorm
Flea names his least favorite Red Hot Chili Peppers album – and says he wants to re-record it
The RHCP bass icon revealed he has tried to convince the band to take another crack at it, but “can never talk anyone into it”
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!”
Mike Dirnt: “Even Flea told me he wanted to play a P-Bass live”
Green Day’s Mike Dirnt reveals why so many top bass players switch back to Fender
Watch Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Joe Perry join Metallica for a pulverizing performance of Train Kept A-Rollin' at 2009’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony
The two Yardbirds alumni and Aerosmith icon – who each had history with the song – were joined by Ronnie Wood and Flea for the rendition, which featured a who's who of rhythm heroes and lead legends
