Harlan Howard once explained that a great country song is just “three chords and the truth.” But you can still get at the truth with an extra chord as the Red Hot Chili Peppers have done over and over ...

It's not often that a cover manages to live up to, and even outshine, the original, but if any cover can, it's this Red Hot Chili Peppers' cover. In 1989, they already had a few albums out, but they ...

Flea has recorded a vault full of iconic bass lines. Outside of his day job with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, he can be found moonlighting, sometimes under the radar, as a session musician. His playing ...

In a series of videos uploaded to TikTok and X over the past few months, social media users started pointing to examples of what they felt proved the Red Hot Chili Peppers' song “Californication” ...

Flea handles bass, trumpet and vocals on "A Plea," which finds him joined by modern jazz artists including double bassist ...

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Red Hot Chili Peppers brought opening day of Innings Festival to a crowd-pleasing finish at Tempe Beach Park with a suitably funky performance of “Give It Away,” the lead single that fired the opening ...

The excitable bass and trumpet player freestyle dances his way through the song's video, which was directed by his daughter, ...

Sunday night can bring up a lot of feelings about the impending work week, but music is always there to help. Everyone has their favorite band that never fails to put a smile on their face, but ...

A rock legend is releasing his first solo album after more than 40 years in a band. Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea ...

While the full album details are unknown, you can hear the vision in the seven-and-a-half-minute single, “A Plea,” featuring ...

Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea has shared a new solo single. The much-loved bassist and co-founder of the California funk ...