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“I was just looking at it as a chance to go play Master Of Puppets for an afternoon”: Jane’s Addiction bassist Eric Avery reveals what shocked him about 2003 Metallica audition

Avery auditioned to replace Jason Newsted in Metallica, but the role ultimately went to Robert Trujillo

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"I went over to John's house, and he just started sobbing and said he wanted to do it": The story of the Red Hot Chili Peppers album Flea thinks is the best they ever made

The Red Hot Chili Peppers were unravelling, but they pulled together, kept it together, and recorded their masterpiece album: Californication

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“His bass playing is so lyrical – he'd play a counter melody as opposed to just rhythm”: Flea names his pick for “the greatest rock bass player” of all time

The Red Hot Chili Peppers member has singled out a player for his ability to subvert what is expected of a traditional bassist

Guitar World

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“Filled with optimism and fun, the performances teach kids and families life lessons.” Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, The Interrupters, The Linda Lindas and more to appear in kids TV show Yo Gabba GabbaLand

Stars from the music world line up to appear alongside Foofa, Brobee, Muno, Toodee, and Plex on Apple TV+

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"He seems kind of all over the place but this thing is spot on": Brendan O'Brien on his first encounter with John Frusciante and how they recorded the Under The Bridge intro

O'Brien engineered and mixed 1991's Blood Sugar Sex Magik and saw the secret to a great guitar tone first-hand

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"Whether it has anything to do with being sober I don't know – but I needed a release": Slash tells the story of his star-studded debut solo album

Slash's band split. He was called a 'sell-out' and 'a cancer'. And through it all he emerged with the first great rock album of the last decade

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Flea, the Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist, has one of the most unique homes we've ever seen – tour the LA compound here

This unique property is on the market for $7 million – and it's a whimsical modern masterpiece with a flair for design

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‘Cynicism doesn’t get you anywhere’: Warren Ellis on Dirty Three’s return, Nick Cave – and opening a primate sanctuary

It’s been 12 years since the Australian instrumental trio’s last album. Since then, their violinist has become Cave’s right-hand man and set up a home for abused monkeys. Now they’re back with a feverishly beautiful new album

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"I don't do that": If you bump into the Red Hot Chili Peppers, don't expect a handshake from guitarist John Frusciante

Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante doesn't do handshakes, just so you know

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“The White Album was the first thing that I connected with as a kid”: Flea picks his top 5 ‘desert island’ discs

The Red Hot Chili Pepper was also asked to name his dream supergroup. Safe to say he picked himself on bass

Guitar World

“His sound was reggae. He was an utterly beautiful force”: Tributes paid to Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett, who has died aged 77

Ziggy Marley, Flea, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, and many more pay tribute to Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett, bassist and bandleader of Bob Marley and the Wailers

Guitar World

"Thank you for the immaculate craftsmanship, thank you for the lessons" – Flea leads musician tributes after the passing of Bob Marley & The Wailers bassist and MD Aston 'Family Man' Barrett

The reggae icon has died at the age of 77

MusicRadar

"This big guy comes in like he owns the place, and we all hate him immediately": the truth about Chad Smith's audition for the Red Hot Chili Peppers

When drummer Chad Smith walked into the Red Hot Chili Peppers rehearsal studio to try out for the band, their first impressions were not good

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“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

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

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“Flea said, ‘Dude, you have to sit down with my guitar player, John – he’s the best.’ I wasn’t a fan yet, but I said, ‘Cool. Let’s do it’”: How Zach Irons established a vital new voice in guitar playing – with a little help from John Frusciante

Guitarist for IRONTOM and AWOLNATION – and the son of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam drummer Jack – Zach Irons takes a truly individual approach to the instrument. He reveals how he’s combating guitar self-indulgence, why he’s finally coming around to digital tones, and what makes the vintage…

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32 Movies Featuring Professional Musicians

These movies sing, thanks to this professional musicians that stretched their talents into acting.

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Watch the the hilariously weird moment that Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers played a trumpet solo with Nirvana

Watch the Red Hot Chili Peppers man lend his brass skills to Smells Like Teen Spirit at a festival in Brazil in 1993

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"Me and Anthony and Flea showed up wearing dildos": The night Jane's Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers played a freaky private Halloween party for a high roller called 'The Colonel'

"The Colonel had all the money, the big mansion, the cocaine, the champagne... and now he's King Of Cool Hill with Jane's Addiction playing his birthday party"

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Watch Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante sing Spinal Tap's Tonight I'm Going To Rock You at chaotic 1991 Los Angeles club show

Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar hero John Frusciante shows off his vocal chops with enthusiastic Spinal Tap cover at 1991 club gig

Chicago Sun-Times

Red Hot Chili Peppers prove to be ageless, compelling crowd with psychedelic performance

The final song of the night was crowd favorite “Give It Away,” illustrating the organic combination of rock, rap and funk that helped earn this band induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Louder

Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis cried with Flea after discussing his lack of confidence in his abilities as a musician

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea discusses the heart to heart chat he had with Anthony Kiedis that reduced them both to tears: "He used to say we should change the band’s name to Idiot and the Three Geniuses"

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John Frusciante says he only found his identity as guitar player when Red Hot Chili Peppers wrote Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Frusciante explains how discovering Television's Marquee Moon an epiphany with Keith Richards' solo on the Rolling Stones' Sympathy For The Devil changed everything

Los Angeles Times

Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea on the meaning of God, the band's worst album and the vice he misses most

"Hey, come see my baby boy!" Flea says excitedly, holding up his iPhone as he stands next to his motorcycle in the parking lot of the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. Dressed in basketball shorts and a red bucket hat, the 60-year-old bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is FaceTiming…

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"I played a blues scale as fast as I could and he said, 'That's not fast, you're not a good guitarist'" – John Frusciante on his depressing encounter with a guitar teacher, and his teenage heroes Steve Vai and Adrian Belew

A new extensive interview with bandmate Flea reveals the iconic Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist's roots

Guitar World

Flea names the one bassline that he would “go back and fix” from the Red Hot Chili Pepper's 1995 album, One Hot Minute

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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