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Jun 2016
35m 21s

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea on their New...

Rolling Stone
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Chili Peppers bassist Flea talks about his recent high-speed crash – and why the band are excited about their new phase without producer Rick Rubin. Plus: Country hope Brandy Clark, indie rocker Mitski, and bands that started out with terrible names.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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