Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea's bass-only performance of the National Anthem wasn't everyone's cup of tea, but the musician tells TMZ, 'I don't care, man.'
The Mars Volta are no more, but we may have the next best thing. The band's frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala, guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and onetime drummer Dave Elitch are teaming with Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea to launch a new group called Antemasque.
Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea is writing an official memoir! For 30 years, Flea has manned the low-end for the iconic act, playing on countless classic tracks while redefining what a hard rock bassist can do.
Red Hot Chili Peppers just performed on one of the biggest stages in the world, playing the Super Bowl halftime show alongside Bruno Mars. But the performance has drawn some criticism as it was visibly noticeable that bassist Flea and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer were performing without their instruments plugged in.
That collaboration between Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn finally has a name -- Rocketjuice and the Moon. Albarn tells the Irish Times, "Someone in Lagos did the sleeve design, and that's the name he gave it, which suits me because trying to find a name for another band is always tricky...
Soooo, Red Hot Chili Peppers are working on a new album. Typically the last thing bands do is name the album. They've gone ahead and done that first. New album is called