Awards & Winners

Flea

Date of Birth 16-October-1962
Place of Birth Melbourne
(Victoria, Australia, Oceania)
Nationality Australia, United States of America
Also know as Michael Balzary, Flea, Michael Balzary, Michael Peter Balzary, フリー (ミュージシャン), Michael Balzary, Richard 'Flea' Balzari, Mike B. The Flea, Mike B the Flea, Michael Peter Balzary, Michael Peter Balzary, Michael "Flea" Balzary, Michael Balzary, The Flea, Michael "Flea Balzary", Michael Peter Balzary, Mike B the Flea, Michael Peter Balzary, Flea, Michael Peter Balzary
Profession Singer, Bassist, Actor, Musician, Composer
Michael Peter Balzary, better known as Flea, is an Australian-born American musician and actor. He is best known as the bassist, co-founding member, and one of the composers of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers with whom he was inducted into the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Flea also briefly appeared as the bassist for such bands as What Is This?, Fear and Jane's Addiction. More recently he has appeared as member of the rock supergroups Atoms for Peace and Rocket Juice & the Moon. Flea has also collaborated with many artists including The Mars Volta, Johnny Cash, Alanis Morissette and Young MC. Widely regarded as one of the best rock bass players of all time, in 2009, Rolling Stone's readers ranked Flea the second-best bassist of all-time in their top ten poll, ranked behind only John Entwistle and ahead of Paul McCartney. Flea has also made occasional forays into acting, appearing in films that span many genres such as Suburbia, Back to the Future Part II and Part III, My Own Private Idaho, The Chase, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and The Big Lebowski, in addition to voicing the character Donnie Thornberry in The Wild Thornberrys animated television series and films.

Awards by Flea

Check all the awards nominated and won by Flea.

2006


Grammy Award for Best Rock Song
Honored for : Dani California
(Songwriters)
Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Honored for : Stadium Arcadium
(Art Directors)

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package Stadium Arcadium
Grammy Award for Best Rock Song Dani California

2000


Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Rock Song Californication

1999


Grammy Award for Best Rock Song
Honored for : Scar Tissue

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Rock Song Scar Tissue