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Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt in a programme first broadcast in 2016.

Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt in a programme first broadcast in 2016.

He remembers growing up surrounded by jazz musicians and his love for Louis Armstrong. He also recalls developing a love for the bass guitar, his early rock bands and how important British bands Gang Of Four and Echo & The Bunnymen were to him. He tells Matt about the Chili Peppers' first record and their huge success, and talks about collaborations with the likes of Damon Albarn and Thom Yorke.

1 hour

Last on

Mon 29 Jun 2020 04:00

Music Played

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Give It Away

    • Warner Bros.
  • Clifford Brown & Max Roach

    Cherokee

  • The Beatles

    Dear Prudence

    • The White Album.
    • Parlophone.
    • 2.
  • Louis Armstrong

    All That Meat and No Potatoes

  • Jaco Pastorius

    Portrait Of Tracy

  • Gang of Four

    Not Great Men

  • Fear

    We Destroy the Family

  • Germs

    Richie Dagger's Crime

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Universally Speaking

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Out in L.A. (demo)

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Under The Bridge

  • Thom Yorke

    Harrowdown Hill

  • Fela Kuti

    Water No Get Enemy

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Goodbye Angels

  • Richard Ashcroft

    Break The Night With Colour

    • PARLOPHONE.
  • China Crisis

    King In A Catholic Style (Wake Up)

    • Virgin.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 2 Oct 2016 13:00
  • Fri 2 Mar 2018 01:00
  • Mon 29 Jun 2020 04:00

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