Flea
- January 4, 2024
- Bassist
Quick Facts
Flea Biography
| Name | Flea |
| Birthday | Oct 16 |
| Birth Year | 1962 |
| Place Of Birth | Melbourne |
| Home Town | Victoria |
| Birth Country | Australia |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
| Father | Mick Balzary |
| Mother | Patricia Balzary |
| Spouse | Melody Ehsani , Loesha Zeviar |
Flea is one of the most popular and richest Bassist who was born on October 16, 1962 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The name of the band is Michael Balzary, he is the bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and widely regarded as one of the most influential rock bassists of all time.
He along with Radiohead singer In 2009, he and Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke formed the supergroup Atoms for Peace. They released their first album, Amok, in 2013. created their supergroup Atoms for Peace. The band released their first album, Amok, in 2013.
Michael Peter Balzary was born on 16 October 1962 in Melbourne, Victoria. He is of Hungarian and Irish descent. His father, Mick Balzary, an avid fisherman, often took him fishing. When Flea was four, his family moved to Rye, New York for his father’s career. In 1971, his parents divorced and his father returned to Australia. Flea then returned to Australia to spend time with his father, completing three years of school in the national capital Canberra. Flea and his sister Karyn stayed with their mother Patricia, who soon remarried to a jazz musician, Walter Urban (1941–2011). Decades later, Flea would receive American citizenship. He was first called “Flea” as a teenager for his seeming inability to sit still, and the nickname stuck.
Michael Peter Balzary (born 16 October 1962), known professionally as Flea, is an Australian-American musician and actor. He is best known as a founding member and the bassist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers and has appeared on every album released by the band. 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 also performed live with Nirvana in 1993 playing the trumpet.
He married Loesha Zeviar from 1988 until 1990. He was engaged to actress He was married to Loesha Zeviar from 1988 to 1990. He got engaged to model Frankie Rayder in 2005, but the two separated before tying the knot. He and Rayder had a daughter together named Sunny. In 2019, he married Melody Ehsani. in 2005, however they split before they tied the knot. He and Rayder shared a daughter named Sunny. In the year 2019, he got married to Melody Ehsani.
Flea Net Worth
| Net Worth | $150 Million |
| Source Of Income | Bassist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Flea is one of the richest Bassist from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Flea 's net worth $150 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was introduced to He met Anthony Kiedis, the future Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman, at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles. He first played jazz trumpet but was taught the bass by Hillel Slovak, who would become the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ first guitarist. Kiedis, who would later become the Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman in Fairfax High School in Los Angeles. He started playing the trumpet in jazz however he was also taught the Bass through Hillel Slovak and would later later become one of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ first guitarist.
He has had small roles in films such including Back to the Future Part II, Baby Driver, and The Big Lebowski.
Currently, his main stage bass is a Custom Shop Fender Jazz Bass, modified with a Modulus Lane Poor pickup. Fender has released this bass for sale as the Flea Signature Active Jazz Bass, in addition to a signature instrument modelled after his 1961 Fender Jazz Bass.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 5 ft 6 in |
Flea height 5 ft 6 in Flea weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Flea Dating?
According to our records, Flea married to Melody Ehsani , Loesha Zeviar. As of December 1, 2023, Flea’s is not dating anyone.
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Funk musician George Clinton was hired to produce the band’s second album, Freaky Styley (1985). The strong chemistry between Clinton and the Chili Peppers was felt instantly. Flea later referred to Clinton as “the warmest, kindest man in the world”. Freaky Styley was released in August 1985. It received only a bit more attention than The Red Hot Chili Peppers with roughly 75,000 copies sold by year’s end. Flea was somewhat indifferent to the poor album sales as he had recently proposed to girlfriend Loesha Zeviar, who was pregnant with their child. The band hired Michael Beinhorn, their last resort among potential producers, to work on their next album. What Is This? had finally disbanded, and drummer Irons returned to the Chili Peppers in mid-1986 after Martinez was fired. Flea, Slovak and Kiedis especially were involved in heavy drug use and their relationships became strained. Flea recalled that “it began to seem ugly to me and not fun; our communication was not healthy”. Kiedis became dependent on heroin, leaving Flea and Slovak to work on much of the album’s material by themselves.
Facts & Trivia
Flea Ranked on the list of most popular Bassist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Flea celebrates birthday on October 16 of every year.
Kiedis was briefly kicked out of the band, and given a month to rehabilitate. Kiedis completed the rehab and rejoined the Red Hot Chili Peppers in Los Angeles to record their third album The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987). Flea has referred to the album as “the ‘rockingest’ record” the band has ever made. The Uplift Mofo Party Plan proved to be far more successful, commercially and critically, than the Chili Peppers’ preceding albums, registering at number 148 on the Billboard 200. Following the Uplift tour, Slovak’s drug use dramatically increased. Flea’s relationship with Slovak faded, and Slovak became isolated and depressed. On 28 June 1988, Slovak was found dead of a heroin overdose. Flea reflected: “I didn’t really know how to deal with that sadness, and I don’t think [Kiedis] knew how to deal with it either.” Irons, who was taking Slovak’s death particularly hard, left the group.
Where do fleas originally come from?
Most flea families formed after the end of the Cretaceous (in the Paleogene and onwards). Modern fleas probably arose in the southern continental area of Gondwana , and migrated rapidly northwards from there. They most likely evolved with mammal hosts, only later moving to birds.
What is Flea's real name?
Michael Peter Balzary
How old is Flea?
59 years (October 16, 1962)
What size is a Flea?
The adult flea varies from about 0.1 to 0.32 cm (0.039 to 0.13 inch) in length and feeds exclusively on the blood of mammals (including humans) and birds.
Do fleas live in human hair?
First, is it possible for fleas to live in human hair? The short answer is no. There are more than 2000 types of fleas around the globe. However, there is no evidence that these insects can live on the human body or scalp.