Talk:Flea (musician)

Where did you get that Flea's style was influenced by Fugazi? Fugazi wasn't even formed until late '87 and IMO Flea's most riveting solos were on the Chili's earlier albums (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Freakey Styley, Uplift Mofo Party Plan).

--He said Lally is the one bassist he admired (not was earlier influenced by), in his 93 "instructional" video.

Is it worth to mention his membership with the punk band Fear, before he co-founded the Peppers? By the way, I think he was rather influenced by Mike Watt, Jah Wobble or Gang Of Four's Dave Allen.

--Probably, because he talks about Fear himself in that 93 video, and in the 94 'Out in L.A.' compilation liner notes.

i've heard that Flea was also briefly in Circle Jerks. Gringo300 14:19, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

About the trumpet: If I'm not mistaken (and often I am but that's not the point) Flea also blows out a few notes on a trumpet on the song Apache Rose Peacock which appeared on Blood Sugar Sex Magik... FB

While Flea certainly dabbled with drugs, sex and alcohol I don't think it would be fair to claim he had "problems" with them.

-- I think it'd be fair to say he was inspired by John Entwistle: hasn't he even worn Skeleton costumes in concert as a tribute? Scotto 02:20, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

--I found Flea's Laker blog. Should we add it to the page? http://aol.nba.com/blog/blog43.html -Tredoslop

Why are links to Chili Peppers site, espeically the official one being removed. The explanation says the links have nothing to do with Flea even though he's only been in the band for 23 years, contributes to the official page and gives news on himJason1978

The wal bass model that flea uses is the "custom". There are three variants of the custom, informally known as the "mark I/II/III". Flea's bass is a custom mark II. There is no official wal basses web site, but the oldest and largest fan-run web site erroneously uses the term "mach" in lieu of "mark". The terms have become more or less interchangeable because of the influence of this site, however the correct moniker (the one that the crafstman who makes wal basses uses) is mark.

Why "Michael Balzary" in title??

Well, I think Wikipedia should be consistent for a change! Please look at this one: Mikkey Dee He is the drummer from Motörhead, and it is exactly the same thing: not his birth name Michael Dela-something is written as title, but his stage name "Mikkey Dee". I think Flea should have his stage name Flea as a title, because hardly anyone knows him under M. Balzary. What do you think / suggest? -andy 80.129.97.113 21:09, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

This page should most definitely be at Flea (musician). BabuBhatt 10:29, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

I could not agree more. The policy for biographical articles on Wikipedia has always been to use the person's most well-known name (in the case of showbiz folks, their stage name) and make everything else a redirect. Gordon Sumner is at Sting, John Baldwin is at John Paul Jones, John Ritchie-Beverly is at Sid Vicious, Douglas Colvin is at Dee Dee Ramone, etc. etc. etc. I'm going to go ahead and be bold. Dyfsunctional 02:12, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Exactly as I intended it to look like! Thanks for the support guys. :) -andy 80.129.118.155 15:16, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

you know that he pours pee down his nose? source[ http://rhcprock.free.fr/frame.html ]

At the top of the article it claims Flea got his nickname from a camping trip. But at the bottom it says he got it on a Ski trip with Kiedis. In Scar Tissue it says he got the name on a ski trip so I think the first camping trip should be taken out and replaced with ski trip.

Flea's family

Would it be more appropriate to include the information about Flea's partners and daughters in the top biography section rather than in the solo work section?

Lopsided article

This article focuses way too much on which bass Flea played and when, and not nearly enough on Flea himself. Compare Flea's article with the articles on the other members of the other Chili Peppers members. The others are more succinct and direct. While Flea is arguably the most significant member of the band musically, I think that the music needs to trimmed back a bit and a bit more biographical information added. Listing all of the songs where he plays trumpet is a bit much, and it's easy to be come outdated. Freshyill 18:57, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

...I second this... WAY too much gear listing too. I somehow suspect that manufacturers and owners of gear he happens to use are perpetually inflating that section. As for the personal stuff... Flea is one of the only possible candidates for being the culprit on Kathleen Hanna's rant on Mike Watt's first solo record, and he is notorious for treating groupies badly... if we can find sources, is that worth including?

Nude Photo

I don't think a nude photo is needed in this article...

Request Peer Review

I read the article and I liked it alot. I think it is a good candidate for a GA (Good Article rating). I requested a peer review so it can get some feedback and to clean it up a little. The biggest need at the moment is to include some references and source the statements in the article, and I noticed that many sources are listed right here on the talk page, so they really just need to be cut and pasted into the article. Gohiking 18:33, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Homosexuality

I've rv'd the paragraph at the top regarding a Rolling Stone article where Flea came out of the closet. Unsourced and probably vandalism. Akdor 1154 00:35, 16 December 2006 (UTC)