Watch Flea jam with Warren Ellis and Nick Cave on the Bad Seeds‘ We No Who U R By Matt Parker published 11 March 22 The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist dropped in for a guest spot with the Bad Seeds icons at their recent LA show
Bill Gould: “I learned to play by writing songs. To me, it’s more about feeling and passion than technical playing” By Ellen O'Reilly published 25 February 22 The Faith No More bassist may not be back on the road as soon as he’d like, but he still has tons of bass wisdom to share...
Red Hot Chili Peppers share footage of new John Frusciante and Flea studio jam By Michael Astley-Brown published 2 February 22 A new single is expected any day now from the LA funk-rock titans
Alain Johannes digs out another Anthym demo from 1980, featuring pre-Red Hot Chili Peppers Flea, Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons By Matt Owen published 21 October 21 The Rush-flavored cut, taken from an early eight-track recording session, is the second demo to be shared from the RHCP founding member’s high school band
Alain Johannes unearths 1979 demo of pre-Red Hot Chili Peppers band Anthym featuring Flea, Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons By Matt Parker published 8 October 21 Johannes found the demo at the bottom of a box of old cassettes and was astonished to hear it still worked
Watch Red Hot Chili Peppers bring the funk to MTV's New Years Eve 1991 broadcast By Jackson Maxwell published 24 September 21 The band's seminal, star-making Blood Sugar Sex Magik album celebrates its 30th birthday this week
Rick Rubin cried watching the Red Hot Chili Peppers' first rehearsal after reuniting with John Frusciante By Sam Roche published 2 September 21 The legendary producer says watching the classic lineup play together again hit him in an “emotional way”, before offering insight into the making of their forthcoming reunion record
From euphoric post-rock to gritty, overdriven blues: here are this week's essential guitar tracks By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Matt Owen, Sam Roche published 10 June 21 On tap this week is some guitar-driven heat from Jared James Nichols, Deafheaven, The Front Bottoms, Laura Stevenson, The Pretty Reckless and more
John Frusciante and Flea team up for their first recorded material in over a decade By Sam Roche published 9 June 21 The Red Hot Chili Peppers duo offer up a version of Gang of Four's Not Great Men as part of the new Andy Gill tribute album
Nandi Bushell’s all-looped cover of Under the Bridge receives Flea’s seal of approval By Matt Owen published 24 February 21 The 10-year-old music sensation tries a Red Hot Chili Peppers track on for size after nailing Dave Grohl, Audioslave and Led Zeppelin hits
Flea pens touching tribute to late Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Jack Sherman By Richard Bienstock published 9 September 20 “The excitement we shared over music, and the joy that bubbled up between us will last forever,” he writes
Jason Momoa receives Fender Custom Shop P-Bass for his birthday, immediately slaps RHCP’s Higher Ground By Richard Bienstock published 10 August 20 The Aquaman star can slap and pop with the best of ‘em
Flea's 10 craziest bass licks revealed as YouTuber slap, pops and picks his way through 'em all By Richard Bienstock published 29 May 20 Charles Berthoud conjures some four-string blood sugar sex magik
Flea: "Playing bass gets you into this hypnotic state - you’re not thinking because you’re just a conduit for the rhythm" By Joel McIver published 7 April 20 The iconic Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist discusses philosophy, gear and his new autobiography, Acid For The Children
10 bassists you'd want in your dream band By Sponsored, Tom Gilbert, Brian Caples published 21 August 19 Our list of low-end juggernauts that could take your band from bars to the big leagues
Watch Red Hot Chili Peppers Perform at the Great Pyramids Of Giza By Jackson Maxwell published 18 March 19 You can watch the band's full set here.
Fender Announces the Flea Jazz Active Bass By Richard Bienstock published 5 December 18 New model is the second collaboration between Fender and the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist.
Watch the Red Hot Chili Peppers Perform "Can't Stop" At a School Assembly By Richard Bienstock published 1 November 18 The band showed up in costume at the Viewpoint School in Calabasas, California, where drummer Chad Smith's kids are students.
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea Slaps Bass on ‘Family Guy’ By Guitar World Staff published 15 February 17 Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea made an appearance on Family Guy this past weekend.
Red Hot Chili Peppers Bassist Flea Jams with Koko the Gorilla By Christopher Scapelliti published 22 August 16 Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea spent some time this weekend with one of his fans: Koko, the female western lowland gorilla who communicates using American Sign Language (ASL).