Flea's bass playing helped define the sound of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and inspired generations of musicians. This video breaks down the techniques, influences, and musical ideas that make his ...

Flea’s signature sound comes from combining two seemingly different worlds: funk and punk. His aggressive slap technique gave ...

As stated, Simmons was making a larger point stating that he was not necessarily a fan of the more technical players in music and felt that on his chosen instrument, the less showy, the better. In the ...

Part of the fun of Twitter is the questions posed asking for "favorites" in specific categories. One Twitter poster recently asked for other Twitter users' "favorite 3 bass lines," and they ended up ...

Were the Red Hot Chili Peppers lip-synching at the Super Bowl? Flea explains how it all went down. The Red Hot Chili Peppers appeared to giving a rockin’ live performance with Bruno Mars during the ...

Known for playing bass guitar in the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Flea is releasing his first solo album — and it features his first love: jazz trumpet. It's called "Honora." Since the 1980s, no bass player ...

Koko the gorilla and Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers — a jam session for the ages. The former got the opportunity to meet and play bass with the latter when Flea visited the Gorilla Foundation in ...

Since the 1980s, no bass player has ruled the rock world quite like the man called Flea. He became a star with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. And now he's finally recorded his first ever solo album, and ...