lmao "I didn't realize the cosmic implication of it all."

Flea was a pretty cool customer considering Nardwuar starts the conversation by immediately asking multiple questions about his ex-wife. Normally Nardwuar is so well researched!

Would of been hilarious to see Frusciante deal with this guy from this time haha.

Nardwaur 2018: *gives you rare never before seen records that vaguely relate to your past and other cool shit* Nardwuar 1991: "Hold on I think i got a chestnut in my pocket .."

Nard was 22 here, he looks 15 aha

"I didn't understand the cosmic implications of it all"

lol 2:54 magic johnson sick with a "sore groin".. that about sums it up

"I didn't realize the cosmic implications of it all" LOL best reply ever to that part of Nardwuar's shtick

Whoa, PRE doot Doola doot doo

Nardwuar was a baby here

Cool Music fact: Flea once cried because he listend to J Dilla

The Flea from 91 reminds me a lot of Mac Demarco

"You being a bass player yourself, and you marrying a Victoria girl, did you know the correlation that perhaps you were tying into a big bass scene there?" "I never realized the cosmic implications of it all." Nardwuar's brain operates like mine.

Nardwuar was a very awkward interview back then. Especially when he asked Flea if drugs are bad, despite the R.H.C.P losing their guitar player from a heroin overdose (I can't think of his name right now).

Nardwuar has improved a lot as an interviewer since then.

Great Interview

Loved that flea shouted out fishbone in this interview! Criminally underrated band that was part of the LA funk scene with RHCP back in the 80’s

Nardwuar usually disarms his subjects by doing amazingly detailed research on them. When he hasn't, he's just got the annoying thing and it doesn't go off as well.

Nardwuar is the only interviewers where all of the comments are about him and not the interviewee

I'm not even a fan of his band, but Flea is one of the most unrecognized smart guys in rock ever. Brilliant, even.

Nard's been dong this 25 years, props lol

i wish more interviewers were like this guy. most people cant interview and want to be stars, this guy knows wtf he is doing. its cool to see this old footage

4:15 That Julio Iglesias story is fucking gold!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

"i've never heard anything like that before in my life"

An unstoppable force meets a very movable object.

Love this interview.

Nardwaur is the Bernie Sanders of interviewers. Hasn't change a bit in 30 years.

It's crazy it's zany it's mind blowing

18 Years ago, This is a true time capsule. Awesome stuff!

The Julio Iglesias anecdote was the highlight of this interview

That guy in the background with the white shirt looks like the the real life version of Butthead from Beavis and Butthead.

Classic interview!

“Here’s a lucky chestnut. It’s not a bomb or anything.” LOL

Took 9 years for youtube to recommend me this video, worth the wait i guess xd

Smart Man! Flea didn't answer the question about drugs.

i love Narwuar's interview style, and RHCP just so happens to be my favorite band. Hopefully he can interview the whole band when their new album hits next year.

5:04-5:07 you can actually pinpoint the moment when his heart breaks in half

"You forgot Repladements clones" "But that would narrow it down completely" I'm weak

flea wasnt ready for gnar

"Why doesn't they suck?"

Nardwuar has been killing it for decades! Best interviewer ever!

Fun fact: Flea did the voice for Donnie from The Wild Thornberrys!

Flea has always been one of my favorite people in the musical spotlight. Fucking awesome person, even better bassist.

Please tell me that people know the band The Replacements that Flea was talking about bcs If anyone doesn't know the Replacements then you def need to listen to the Replacements albums, Sorry Ma, Stink, Hootenanny, Let it Be, Tim, and Pleased to Meet Me. All of those albums are some of the best and most influential records of all time. I was surprised to see Josh cover Answering Machine with the Chili Pep's in MN (which is where the Replacements are from). It's always great to see one of your favorite bands who likes/was/is influenced by the same bands you were/are influenced by still

I judge every celebrity by how they interact with Nardwuar.

Great post! Agree 100%.

We were all so young in 91'

What an interview

Bro I typed and it appeared. Crazy, because I have such admiration for both, and just started Bass so wow

man this is awesome! Nard is the best thing outta vancouver for music journalism, thumbs up if you agree !

So he hadn't come up with the Doot Doot a loot doot yet? I thought he did that in all of his interviews.

damn, 20 years and still doing it.. much respect

haha "i never realized the cosmic implications of it all" what a wiz

That intro on loop for 10 hours..

His camera op has gotten much better. Keep it up Nardwuard!!!!!!

LEGENDARY

I really am impressed with the people that have the class to play along with Narduar.

"she went to a high school I once went in" Wow, what a connection, it's like it was meant to be.

I remember this visit to Van. Flea did a bass clinic at the music annex.

Is that Ferris Bueller's principal at 7:14?

Rockin in the free world was only 2 years old when this came out

How have I not seen this

Early nardwuar binge

that was the best ''keep on rocking in the free world'' i've seen so far

And a year later we got a million Nirvana-clones

awesome. this is early. cool.

"I've been in those guys." Flea 1991

Nardwuar is some kind of savant lol

Flea is a legend.

Flea & Anthony Kiedis Are Die Hard Basketball Fans I Remember Seeing Anthony In Portland He Was Watching The Lakers Play The Blazers I Never Would Of Thought RHCP Were Such Big Fans

anyone find "that's great i think thats amazing its just incredible its zingy its zany its wacky its crazy its really a mind blowing thing matter of fact ive never heard anything like that before in my life" extremely funny. hahaha i had to stop and replay it like 5x

@nickthelick i know it was kind of the beginning of the end with californication, but hey, there are some badass funky grooves in that album!! Anyway, i guess i have to hear again OHM

That story about Julio Iglesia is hilarious!

amazing

JJ Burnel was one of the first bass players with that aggressive tone and style, love Wright and Watt as well but I don;t hear Mike Watt when I listen to Rob Wright. also Rob Wright sings while playing those incredible bass lines, so yeah his talent is unreal.

Nardwuar...Nardwuar never changes.

thats a nice little vintage omni id like to have one myself

WHAT HOW HAVE I NEVER SEEN THIS

I wonder how high nardwars voice would go directly following a “Gramatica” kick to the nuts!!?? = best thing to witness EVER!!!

happy 53th birthday michael peter balzardy better knows as flea in rhcp !!!!!!!

Why does he look exactly like Ted bundy in the thumbnail 😭

"Keep on rockin in the free world" haha Nardwuar love you man❤️💜

Shoutout to Minutemen. Sweet!

Is it Trent Reznor in the background around 1:27 ?

Oh man, Flea was on the right drugs for this interview. He did well.

Having spent a couple months in Australia a few years back I would move there in a heartbeat if it was more feasible. Are you an Aussie?

It seems like when someone is first interviewed by Nardwar, they feel like they are being attacked because they don't know him.

"Tripping tha light fantastic..."

Just for the record, that was the Chili's manager, Lindy Goetz looking at the interview with laughter at 7:12.

Henry Rollins has the saddest eyes.

"i did not realise the cosmic implications"

Michael Peter Balzary (Melbourne, Victoria, 16 de octubre de 1962), más conocido como Flea, es un músico, bajista y actor australiano-estadounidense, conocido por ser miembro fundador de la banda de funk rock Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Would love to hear Flea with an Aussie accent. Does he still have relatives in Oz?

Damn Nardwuar's been doing this since before I was born

Nardwuar is the only person besides me that I know of that actually knows about Nomeansno. Literally nobody else (apart from people directly involved in comment sections etc.) It always makes my ears zoom in when he mentions anything related to that.

2:56 crazy how that must have been right when magic was told to stop playing and right before he went public.

flea looks alot like ted bundy in this interview.

Did Nardwaur get that Keep on rockin' in the free world line from the Niel Young song from the year before?

i have always wondered - is that John Frusciante in the background in white??? it kinda looks like him, but kinda doesn't lol

is that the same vancouver beanie from the sleater kinney interviews?