Flea (musician)

Michael Peter Balzary , better known by his stage name Flea, is an Australianborn American musician. He is best known as the bassist, a cofounding member, and one of the composers of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers with whom he was inducted in 2012 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Flea briefly appeared as the bassist for such bands as What Is This, Fear and Janes Addiction. More recently he has appeared as a member of the rock supergroups Atoms for Peace, Antemasque, Pigface and Rocket Juice amp the Moon. Flea has also collaborated with other artists, including the Mars Volta, Johnny Cash, Alanis Morissette and Young MC.

Michael Peter Balzary was born on October 16, 1962 in the Melbourne suburb of Burwood, Victoria. He is of Hungarian and Irish descent. His father, Mick Balzary, an avid fisherman, often took him fishing. When Flea was five, his family moved to Larchmont, New York for his fathers career. In 1971, his parents divorced and his father returned to Australia. Flea and his siblings stayed with their mother Patricia, who soon remarried to a jazz musician. He was first called Flea as a child for his seeming inability to sit still, and the nickname stuck ever since.

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