I'm a jerk. All night,I'm seeing Sentrand and thinking "Where do I know that guy from? Senior Member. Not logged in [ Login - Register ]. Back to:. Printable Version. When did Flea play bass for Fear? Was it really early on? Reunion time? Originally posted by REV. I think it was around The band's original bassist was deemed unsatisfactory, so Slovak began teaching Flea to play bass. Shortly thereafter, Anthym entered a local Battle of the Bands contest and won second place. When he was four, his parents divorced and Michael, his sister Karen and his mother Patricia headed for New York; they didn't stay long and soon ended up in L.
Flea would often sit in on weekly jam sessions with his stepfather and the constant flow of musicians who trucked through. High school was not always an easy road for young Michael. He was a misfit because of his unusual musical taste. While most of the kids were into disco and dance music, Flea preferred jazz artists like Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie. Flea's first musical instrument was the drums, but soon he also began playing the trumpet.
After school he would race home to listen to his Gillespie records and play along with his idol. He counts as his greatest childhood memory the time his mother got him back-stage to meet Gillespie after one of his concerts. Influenced by some of his friends from school who shared the same passion for music - among them, Jack Irons and Hillel Slovak , who would later play in the Red Hot Chili Peppers with him - his musical interests then diversified: he discovered funk music, and Jimi Hendrix became his new idol.
At the end of , he met Anthony Kiedis. For some reason, Michael was holding a young schoolmate named Tony Sherr in a headlock, when Kiedis, who was Tony's best friend at the time, came to rescue him; they almost had a fight. After this meeting, they soon became aware they were made to be friends, and have been inseparable since.
The two became known for their mischievous antics, which often got them into trouble. This is also when he gained the nickname Flea, while he was joking with some friends about calling each other a cartoon name. Around , due to Flea's obvious musical talent, he was sought out as a recruit for a band formed by his school-mates, Anthym, with Jack Irons drums , Hillel Slovak guitar and Alain Johannes vocals and guitar as members.
Flea picked up the bass, which he had never played before, and became so good that within a few months he had forged his very own style, which later would make him one of the most famous and talented bass players in the world. After a shaky start the band got a few club gigs but no major breaks. Anthony Kiedis, who was always there to support them, became the presenter of their shows which he opened with a few jokes or improvised poems of his own.
In , Flea joined the L. He also landed a small role in the Penelope Spheeris film Suburbia With Kiedis, Slovak and Irons, they started another band together, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, which soon earned a good reputation in the Los Angeles underground music scene.
Flea was married in to Loesha Zeviar, whose first name he got tattooed above his left nipple - close to his heart. They have since divorced, but still share daughter Clara, born on September 16, Clara sometimes goes on the road with her dad, and has done artwork for the Chili Peppers' t-shirts and promotional material.
In , along with friends Pete Weiss and Keith Barry, Flea founded the Silverlake Conservatory Of Music, an organization whose aim is to provide affordable music lessons to everyone and to encourage children's musical education.
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The nickname Flea comes from a joke he had with some of his high school friends. At some point they decided to call each other with a cartoon name, and finally "Flea" remained as the name by which all of his friends were calling him. His friend from junior high, Keith Barry, who played saxophone with the Red Hot Chili Peppers during the Mother's Milk tour in , also got his nickname "Tree" the same way. When a kid, he played the trumpet and wanted to become a jazz trumpet player.
Daughter Clara Balzary with now-ex-wife Loesha , born September 16th,
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