Flea
Flea
Fleas are insects that form the order Siphonaptera. They are wingless, with mouthparts adapted for piercing skin and sucking blood. Fleas are external parasites, living by hematophagy off the blood of mammals and birds...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionBassist
Date of Birth16 October 1962
CityMelbourne, Australia
CountryAustralia
bunch friend knew money music teaching time
I had a friend who had been teaching music for a long time, and he knew a bunch of teachers, so I just put up the money and started a school.
father grew terrified
I grew up being terrified of my parents, particularly my father figures.
music run
I exercise; I have a big career. I'm a parent, and I run a music school.
aggressive scene violent
We were at the dark end of the L.A. punk scene, and that scene was full-on and violent and aggressive and wild and intense.
charles charlie grew incredible
I grew up with all these old jazz guys in the '70s in L.A., and they grew up idolizing Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Lester Young - all of these incredible musicians.
great growing high junior marching music played
When I was growing up, in L.A., I went to these schools, Fairfax High School, Bancroft Junior High School, and they had great music departments. I always played in the orchestra, the jazz band, the marching band.
believe focused gave kept led music
I was on a path that could've really led to disaster, and the one thing for me that really kept me focused and gave me something to believe in and a sense of self-worth and a discipline was music.
I always thought I was a pretty terrible actor.
Being a rock star isn't all it's cracked up to be, let me tell you.