What starts as a breakdown of Flea’s bass playing quickly becomes a deeper exploration of how one musician completely redefined the role of bass in rock music. Emerging from the Los Angeles punk scene ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rolling Stone ranked him the #2 bass player of all time. But Flea, one of the founding members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, didn't start out in rock 'n'roll; he always dreamt of being a jazz musician ...

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 ...

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 ...