Flea

tr, b, *1962 AU, Melbourne
Musician / Composer of Rock and Hip-Hop/Rap
A.k.a. Michael Peter Balzary Homeboy (8) Member Of Red Hot Chili Peppers Michael Balzary

Michael Peter Balzary (born October 16, 1962), better known by his stage name Flea, is an Australian-born, American musician. He is best known as the bassist, co-founding member, and one of the composers of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers with whom he was inducted in 2012 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Flea briefly appeared as the bassist for such bands as What Is This?, Fear and Jane's Addiction. More recently he has appeared as a member of the rock supergroups Atoms for Peace, Antemasque, Pigface and Rocket Juice & the Moon. Flea has also collaborated with other artists, including The Mars Volta, Johnny Cash, Alanis Morissette and Young MC.

Instruments

Trumpet
Bass

Genres

Rock
Hip-Hop/Rap
Folk
World
Jazz

Popular Tracks

PUFF PUFF on PUFF PUFF by M.anifest, The Cavemen. & Flea

Lovelovelove on Helen Burns by Flea

Pedestal of Infamy on Helen Burns by Flea

A Little Bit of Sanity on Helen Burns by Flea

Not Great Men on Not Great Men by Flea & John Frusciante

Helen Burns on Helen Burns by Flea

333 on Helen Burns by Flea

333 Revisited on Helen Burns by Flea

E-Ticket Ride on Ball-Hog Or Tugboat? by Mike Watt

Floating On Air on Invite The Light by DāM-FunK

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Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Backwash / Drippy Eye	Black Moth Super Rainbow / Mike Watt, Flea, Kira Roessler	2018	Single
Adventures In Spontaneous Jamming And Techniques	Flea	1999	Album
War	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony With Henry Rollins, Tom Morello And Flea	1998	Album
I Make My Own Rules	LL Cool J With Flea, Dave Navarro And Chad Smith	1997	Single
Cheikha [Unreleased Tracks From The Sidi Mansour Album]	Cheikha Rimitti Featuring Robert Fripp and Flea	1995	Album

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.