Bass player 'Flea' is part of which pop group?
Flea (musician) Les Claypool (Primus). In June 2011, Flea announced that he was giving away a personally customized bass guitar covered with graffiti and a one-on-one bass lesson as a prize in an eBay auction. The auction will benefit "Style Wars", a 1983 documentary on early hip hop. The auction will raise money for restoring the film's negatives. Brad Pitt, James Franco, and Spike Jonze also took part in the auction, which ended on 11 June 2011. In a 23 June 2011 interview, Flea discussed the band's return and how he almost quit the Chili Peppers during their hiatus. Flea said, that
Flea (musician) wide variety of techniques throughout the years, ranging from his initial use of slapping and popping to the more traditional methods he has employed since "Blood Sugar Sex Magik". Greg Prato of Allmusic wrote that "by combining funk-style bass with psychedelic, punk, and hard rock, Flea created an original playing style that has been copied numerous times". Flea stated in an interview, that he was influenced greatly by Louis Armstrong. Flea has been considered one of the greatest bassists of all time, with Greg Tate of "Rolling Stone" saying "if there were a Most Valuable Bass Player award given out