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Flea and Geroge Porter Jr. George Porter of the Meters sits in with the Red Hot Chili Peppers during their performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2016 at Fair Grounds Race Course on April 24, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
“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

By Nick Wells Published

Formed in 1965, The Meters became the measure of funk to come with their 1969 instrumental anthem Cissy Strut

Bassists
Jack Bruce, Flea, Charles Mingus and Doug Wimbish of Living Colour
“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

By Nick Wells Published

Back in 2010, we asked Cream bassist Jack Bruce to nominate five albums that influenced his bass playing

Bassists
Photos of Francis Rocco PRESTIA & Josh Smith
“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

By Nick Wells Published

From Tower Of Power to The Beatles, Josh Smith reveals the influences that helped shape his heavy-riffing bass style with Halestorm

Music Releases
Flea, Anthony Kiedis, Hillel Slovak and Cliff Martinez in 1984Red Hot Chili Peppers 1984
Flea names his least favorite Red Hot Chili Peppers album – and says he wants to re-record it

By Matt Parker Published

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”

Music Releases
Red Hot Chili Peppers play a concert on May 11, 2013 at Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon
Flea names the one bassline that he would “go back and fix” from the Red Hot Chili Pepper's 1995 album, One Hot Minute

By Scott Malandrone Published

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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Mike Dirnt of Green Day performs onstage at House Of Blues on April 16, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Mike Dirnt: “Even Flea told me he wanted to play a P-Bass live”

By Nick Wells Published

Green Day’s Mike Dirnt reveals why so many top bass players switch back to Fender

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Metallica performing with Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Ronnie Wood, Flea and Joe Perry
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

By Matt Owen Published

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

Artists
Flea at the Silverlake Conservatory
Watch the trailer for Flea’s new podcast series

By Nick Wells Published

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

Music Industry
Joe Dart performs on stage with the Fearless Flyers at Ahoy on July 10, 2022 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Watch Vulpeck's Joe Dart break down Flea and Victor Wooten's slap bass technique 

By Nick Wells Published

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

Bassists
Bootsy collins pointing at the Mu-Tron III
The Mu-Tron III: “Without it, there ain’t no Bootsy”

By Nick Wells Published

Everything you need to know about the iconic stomper from Musitronics

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