Who is Flea’s favourite bassist and the particular person he dubs the “greatest female rock singer of all time?” Now we all know.

Flea is a person of few phrases on the subject of social media posts, however he is aware of tips on how to go away a long-lasting impression.

Just two days after the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist shared the commentary that “Water is very popular” on X (previously Twitter), he returned to make a press release on who he feels is the best feminine rock singer of all time.

“Chrissie Hynde is the greatest female rock singer of all time,” Flea posted at 8:50 a.m. PST on Aug. 12. There have been no follow-up posts explaining his choose and even why he selected to let everybody know at the moment.

Hynde, the long-time voice behind the Pretenders, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the group in 2005. Her love of music started as early as her grade faculty years.

“I couldn’t play along to records as I wasn’t good enough, but found with three chords I would make my own tunes and sing along,” Hynde wrote in her 2015 autobiography Reckless: My Life as a Pretender. “I put to music a wistful message of love to Paul McCartney and found that singing came naturally when I was strumming my own stuff.”

Flea’s Pick For Greatest Rock Bass Player

If you take heed to current Flea interviews, it is virtually as if he’s making an attempt to place collectively his dream rock supergroup.

The rocker additionally lately revealed who he believes is the most effective rock bass participant whereas showing on the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast.

Flea advised hosts Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson he’d award Paul McCartney that title.

“There are so many guys who are just great in different ways,” Flea mentioned. “But Paul, his bass playing is so lyrical and melodic. I mean, it’s just so beautiful.”

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Much of Flea’s reward of McCartney was centered round how he would add bass as soon as the remainder of the Beatles members have been completed recording their tracks. Flea mentioned the method is so completely different than what he does when recording new music with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

“The melody’s already there so he is doing a counter melody so the bass is like a melody as opposed to a rhythm,” he mentioned through the present.