"Flea" That Funky Music

 Flea that Funky Music

Flea Balzary

16 Oct 1962

Michael Peter Balzary , known professionally as Flea, is best known for his funky slapping bass technique, is the  bassist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers who reached massive success with their  Breakout album "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" in 1991 and have since became a permanent staple in the Rock Charts in the 90s  with  "One Hot Minute" ( 1995) and " Californication" (1999)  and would continue in the 2000s with "By The Way" (2002) and Stadium Arcadium (2006).

RHCP has received numerous Recognitions , including 12 Grammys including Rock albums 3 times, (2000, 2007 and 2012)

Regarded as one of the best rock bass players of all time, in 2009, Rolling Stone's readers ranked Flea the second-best bassist in their top-ten poll, ranked behind only Behind John Entwistle

and again in April 2011, Flea finished second in an online poll conducted by Contact Music to name the best bass guitarist in rock music also behind John Entwistle.

 Flea briefly appeared as the bassist for such bands as What Is This?, Fear, and Jane's Addiction. He has performed with rock supergroups Atoms for Peace, Antemasque, Pigface, and Rocket Juice & the Moon, and collaborated with the Mars Volta, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, Alanis Morissette, and Young MC. 

Flea, was among the first Bass players to ever caught my attention, together with Billy Sheehan, and local great Jay Dimalanta in the early 90s.. and would be my first heroes when i started playing Bass Guitar myself. The technical aspect of such prowess that i appreciate when i get to understand the bass more... though melodicly theyre already great even for a common rock afficionado's simple band thing perspective .

Though i didn't tried imitating him then, because , i mean how can i? , i would just be like a guitar novice who will try to sound Hendrix or Page or Slash (which i did when started with guitar)... i was already into punk , hardcore and ska music when i shifted to bass.

started with a more simpler but same intensity

In Dee Dee Ramone and Klaus Flouride,

then would go back to Flea when i started advancing a little on my craft, i had a band then that covers RHCP and TOTO. I did fair but i wasnt funky or flambouyant enough, i realize that time that playing really isnt about technical proficiency, you need to have your soul in doing such. And that was Flea is so commited to, and why his chops are so impeccable and comes natural... understanding that , what he do with his Bass would forever amaze . And in the process, i  did found what moves my groove as well