“Bernie Sanders is the only remotely reasonable candidate for President of the United States.”
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Flea
Michael Peter Balzary, known professionally as Flea, is an Australian and American musician and actor. He is a founding member and bassist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Flea is the only continuous member of the band alongside vocalist Anthony Kiedis. Flea has also been a member of the supergroups Atoms for Peace, Antemasque, Pigface, and Rocket Juice & the Moon, and has played with acts…
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entertainment · Australian-American musician and actor (born 1962) · bass guitarist · actor · film actor · trumpeter · singer · musician · television actor · pianist · voice actor · rock musician · also Flea, Flea (musician), Michael Balzary, Michael Peter Balzary
Born 16 October 1962 · Q202859
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2026· 8 entries
“Dear plains all American pipeline, my daughter just dared step on the beach for a few minutes where we live about 75 miles from the Santa Barbara oil spill you caused. She got your oil shit product all over her feet.”
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“I am putting it out to raise money for the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, a community-based non-profit music school that I am an integral part of.”
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“something we should still be doing. . . . Things had gotten dysfunctional and not fun, even though I thought we were making great records, doing great shows and were a really powerful, mighty thing as a band. I was proud of what we did. . . . For me, the biggest thing during the time off, and what really made me want to continue doing the band, specifically after [he] decided he didn”
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“I grew up being terrified of my parents, particularly my father figures. It caused [me] a lot of trouble later in life.”
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Flea announced on Instagram that his older sister Karyn Balzary had passed away
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Released album “Honora”.
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On May 22, 2026, Flea announced on Instagram that his older sister Karyn Balzary had passed away.
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2025· 2 entries
Flea released "A Plea", the first single (with a music video directed by his daughter Clara Balzary) from his debut solo album Honora, which is due for release on March 27, 2026 on Nonesuch Records
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It was reported by Deadline that a documentary on the Red Hot Chili Peppers' formative years was being secretly screened at the Cannes Film Festival and was looking for select buyers in both New York and Los Angeles
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2021· 2 entries
It was announced that Flea would star alongside Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Samara Weaving in the 2022 film, Babylon, which was directed by Damien Chazelle
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Seresto flea and tick collars caused 1,698 pet deaths in the United States.” Unproven.
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2020· 2 entries
Flea performed during "The Pathway to Paris Earth Day 50: A Virtual Festival", a livestream event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day
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Along with performing on a few festival dates
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2019· 4 entries
Published a memoir of his early life, Acid for the Children
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“the destructive effects of climate change are ongoing and will be difficult for us human beings to deal with.”
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Flea got married for a second time to fashion designer Melody Ehsani
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“My life has changed forever and I am eternally humble and grateful. The person who sees all of me and knows who I am. My wife @melodyehsani.”
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2018· 1 entry
Flea took part in the 2018 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game on a team led by Canadian musician Justin Bieber
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2017· 1 entry
That Amazon Prime had cancelled plans for a full series of the show
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2016· 2 entries
In honor of Kobe Bryant's final game with the team before his retirement
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Flea and the Chili Peppers performed an impromptu pregame show for fans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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2015· 5 entries
Flea and his Chili Peppers bandmates were among over 120 entertainers and celebrities to announce that they would be voting for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 election for President of the United States
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Bravecto brand Flea and tick remedy is dangerous to dogs.” Unproven.
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Provided the voice of the "mind cop" Jake in the Pixar film Inside Out
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“Some kid in the hood who made a mistake selling drugs will go to jail and have his life ruined but you, you evil lying scumbags will get away with a paltry fine that means nothing to you. You could have had a shut off valve but you saved cash there too. You are the worst kind of human beings, I am infuriated you disgust me.”
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Flea appeared as himself in the Amazon Prime series Highston
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2014· 2 entries
It was revealed that Flea was working on a new musical project, the band Antemasque, with former Mars Volta members Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodríguez-López, and Dave Elitch
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When he broke his arm in a snowboard accident he nearly had setbacks due to oxycontin that his doctor prescribed for him: "My doctor put me back together perfectly, and thanks to him I can still play bass with all my hea
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2013· 3 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Hartz brand flea and tick products are harmful to pets.” Research In Progress.
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The Chili Peppers performed a special concert in Portland, Oregon, for the Dalai Lama as part of the Dalai Lama Environmental Summit
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Said, "Why anyone would ever want to own an automatic weapon I will never ever understand
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2012· 5 entries
His 50th birthday, Flea gave an interview with CNN discussing the Chili Peppers and was asked if he plans to continue with them
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Flea released a solo EP, Helen Burns, composed mainly of instrumental tracks, except the title track (which Patti Smith sang on) and "Lovelovelove", which features the Silverlake Conservatory of Music's kids and adults c
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Released ep “Helen Burns”.
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In support of President Barack Obama's re-election campaign
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And the other members of Red Hot Chili Peppers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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2011· 4 entries
In London, and released an album on March 12, 2012
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It was announced that Flea's project with Damon Albarn and afrobeat drummer Tony Allen would be called Rocket Juice & the Moon
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Flea ran the Los Angeles Marathon to raise money for the Silverlake Conservatory of Music through Crowdrise
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Flea appeared in the documentary Bob and the Monster
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2009· 4 entries
Flea founded the Fleabass company with the goal to create quality budget basses for beginners
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Flea joined Atoms for Peace, a supergroup formed by the Radiohead singer Thom Yorke to perform songs from Yorke's debut solo album, The Eraser (2006)
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Rolling Stone's readers ranked Flea the second-best bassist of all time, behind John Entwistle of the Who and ahead of Paul McCartney of the Beatles
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Rolling Stone readers ranked Flea the second-best bassist of all time, behind John Entwistle
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2008· 1 entry
“Bleed for Something Beautiful”
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2006· 1 entry
To generally positive reviews, selling over seven million copies in less than two years
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2005· 1 entry
“Miranda that Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore”
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2002· 1 entry
To positive reviews, and went on to sell over nine million copies worldwide
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2001· 1 entry
Flea co-founded the Silverlake Conservatory of Music with his childhood friend Tree
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1999· 1 entry
It received overwhelmingly positive critical reviews and sold fifteen million copies worldwide—more than Blood Sugar Sex Magik
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1998· 1 entry
And Flea questioned whether or not the Red Hot Chili Peppers would stay together: "
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1997· 2 entries
Filling in for ex-Jane's Addiction bassist Eric Avery
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After a severe addiction to heroin and crack cocaine left him on the brink of death
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1995· 1 entry
Released album “Unreleased Tracks From the Sidi Mansour Album”.
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1993· 2 entries
Flea was playing at The Viper Room with the band P when his close friend River Phoenix was outside the venue having seizures as the result of an overdose
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Flea was diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and was ordered to rest for a year
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1992· 2 entries
Flea and the other Red Hot Chili Peppers appeared as themselves in the animated comedy The Simpsons on the episode "Krusty Gets Kancelled"
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PSA ads for Rock the Vote, a non-profit organization created to encourage 18- to 24-year-olds in the United States to vote in the upcoming presidential election
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1991· 1 entry
It received an extremely positive critical response
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1990· 1 entry
Flea was arrested in Daytona Beach, Florida, and charged with battery, disorderly conduct, and solicitation to commit an unnatural and lascivious act, and Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith was charged with battery, after
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1988· 3 entries
Slovak was found dead of a heroin overdose
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And has often been spotted sitting courtside at Lakers games with some of his bandmates
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Their daughter, Clara Louise Zeviar Balzary, was born in 1988.
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1984· 2 entries
To largely poor critical and commercial review
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"Flea was playing so aggressively that he had worn a hole in his thumb and he was literally screaming in pain in-between songs because it hurt so bad
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1971· 1 entry
His parents divorced, and his father returned to Australia
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1962· 1 entry
Born 1962-10-16.
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