2023年2月2日 · Flea's gold-capped teeth glimmered in the summer sun as he grinned and chatted to onlookers. Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, 60, showed off his iconic gap-toothed smile and buff...

Later that year, he rejoined the struggling Chili Peppers at Flea's behest. At this point, he had suffered five near-fatal overdoses, and his teeth were so utterly destroyed that the dental bill was $90,000.

Michael Peter Balzary (born October 16, 1962), known professionally as Flea, is an Australian and American musician. He is a founding member and bassist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers and, along with the vocalist Anthony Kiedis, appears on every one of their albums.

2022年6月21日 · There was absolutely no truth to it, but the rumor persisted even after he became an adult — so much so that some people believed the Red Hot Chili Peppers song "Walkabout" was an allusion to Flea's Aboriginal roots.

2019年11月12日 · Flea, the bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, is out with a new book, Acid for the Children. But the book is not a typical rockstar memoir — it's about his wild childhood in 1970s Hollywood.

2022年11月11日 · In 2018, Michael "Flea" Balzary, the fleet-fingered bass artist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, wrote a Time column where he rallied against the opioid crisis. The text came from a very personal place, as Flea had broken his arm while snowboarding, and had to have surgery.

2024年7月18日 · Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea might be inextricable from funk rock, but he loves a lot of music, with there one surprising artist he says "I bow down to".

2024年9月25日 · At 61, Michael Balzary, known as Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, has lived an incredible life but faced immense loss due to addiction, including bandmate Hillel Slovak and friend River Phoenix. After years of drug use, Flea quit at 30, inspired to age gracefully.

2024年10月4日 · Flea took his name, not from a much more famous and agile bass player for the Red Hot Chili Peppers (who had a cameo in The Big Lebowski), but rather from his somewhat spastic demeanor that was evident from his earliest age until what became his last.

Michael Balzary, commonly known by his stage name Flea, was born in 1962 in Melbourne, Australia. He moved to New York with his parents when he was five, and then to Los Angeles. Balzary is better known as the bassist from the band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Apart from his career as musician and songwriter, Balzary is also a professional actor.