[17] The Chili Peppers played Woodstock 1999, with Flea playing completely naked—something he would do again at the Reading and Leeds Festivals the same year as well as several other Californication tour concerts. [107] He is also known to be a fan of English football team Sheffield United. You are the worst kind of human beings, I am infuriated you disgust me. His injury delayed the recording of the Chili Peppers eleventh studio album for six months with production expected to resume in mid-August according to Flea, who said on 3 August, he was now healed enough to play bass again and continue recording. I really can't predict. Flea and Loesha got married in 1988 and they had together one daughter, Clara Balzary who was born in the same year. Flea was at the beach with his young daughter when she stepped in a tar ball. [1] In a 2010 poll, conducted on the BBC Two series I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band!, Flea was named the bassist in the ultimate fantasy band alongside Freddie Mercury on vocals, Jimi Hendrix on guitar and John Bonham on drums. Flea then returned to Australia to spend time with his father, completing three years of school in the national capital Canberra. [15] Flea ultimately respected the decision, but felt the band would be lost without them. Following the tour in 1993, Flea was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and was ordered to rest for a year. alone. He asks Brian if he wants to hang out, but Stewie kicks Flea out of the room. [61], The Chili Peppers ended their hiatus in October 2009 without Frusciante, who quit the band to pursue other musical interests. [17] The band's eponymous debut album, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, was released on 10 August 1984 to largely poor critical and commercial review. Automatic, semi automatic, I don't care. [91] She has also documented the band's I'm With You tour through photographs and videos. When this news filtered through the club, Flea rushed outside and accompanied Phoenix in the ambulance that took him to Cedars-Sinai Hospital. All the adults in my life regularly numbed themselves to ease their troubles, and alcohol or drugs were everywhere, always. Also that year, Flea played bass on two songs on Tom Waits's album Bad as Me, released on 21 October. Flea, Slovak and Kiedis especially were involved in heavy drug use and their relationships became strained. "I was raised in a very violent, alcoholic household", Flea later said. He performed on over forty records from 1995 to 1998, ranging from Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill (with Navarro) to former Minutemen bassist Mike Watt's debut solo album Ball-Hog or Tugboat?.