Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea Reveals His Top Five Authors

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ bassist Flea is a person of many skills and pursuits, together with performing, writing and even humorously TMI social media posts. It’s no marvel, then, why his just lately revealed listing of his high 5 authors (primarily based on what number of books by every he owns) is so numerous and revered.

This previous Friday (May 12), a Twitter person posted the next immediate: “Omitting collected works, who are the top 5 authors in your library by no. of books on your shelves?” About an hour later, Flea retweeted it, responding that his picks (so as from lowest to highest ranked) are James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., L. Frank Baum, Toni Morrison and Cormac McCarthy.

Again, these selections are commendably assorted.

For instance, each James Baldwin and Toni Morrison are acclaimed essayists and artistic writers who’ve penned seminal works on race, sexuality, class and different features of sociopolitical intersectionality (equivalent to Notes of a Native Son, If Beale Street Could Talk, Beloved and The Bluest Eye). Both authors additionally influenced Rage Against the Machine’s second LP, 1996’s Evil Empire.

In distinction, Vonnegut Jr.’s largely generally known as a sci-fi author and cultural satirist (Breakfast of Champions, “Harrison Bergeron,” Slaughterhouse-Five); L. Frank Baum wrote youngsters’s texts (particularly, the Wizard of Oz books); and McCarthy ceaselessly faucets into Southern gothic and post-apocalyptic fiction (The Road, No Country for Old Men, Blood Meridian).

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Flea’s love of McCarthy is especially unsurprising provided that (earlier this month) he defended the Coen brothers’ 2007 adaptation of No Country for Old Men after celebrated writer Joyce Carol Oates criticized it.

Expectedly, his Twitter followers championed his choices. Specifically, one particular person cheered: “McCarthy, Vonnegut, and Baldwin are in my top ten as well!” Another fan requested, “Favorite Toni Morrison? She’s a beautiful writer.”

As of this writing, Flea’s not commented on any of these responses.

You can see his put up under.

So, what do you consider Flea’s picks? Are you a fan of any (or all) of these authors, and if not, who are a few of your favourite writers? Let us know!

Also, you should definitely catch Red Hot Chili Peppers on tour this summer season, as they’ll little doubt be taking part in an amazing combine of fabric from their complete catalog (together with final 12 months’s dynamic duo of Unlimited Love and Return of the Dream Canteen).

You can see their upcoming tour dates right here – in addition to under – and get tickets right here.

Red Hot Chili Peppers 2023 Tour Dates

May 17 – San Antonio, Texas @ Alamodome
May 19 – Gulf Shores, Ala. @ Hangout Fest
May 25 – Houston, Texas @ Minute Maid Park
May 28 – Napa Valley, Calif. @ BottleRock
June 18 – Landgraaf, Netherlands @ Pinkpop
June 21 – Warsaw, Poland @ Narodowy
June 24 – Odense, Denmark @ Tinderbox
June 26 – Mannheim, Germany @ Maimarktgelande
June 30 – Werchter, Belgium @ Rock Werchter
July 2 – Milan, Italy @ I-Days
July 6 – Lison, Portugal @ NOS Live
July 8 – Madrid, Spain @ Mad Cool
July 11 – Lyon, France @ Groupama Stadium
July 14 – Vienna, Austria @ Happel Stadium
July 17 – Carhaix, France @ Lex Vielles Charrues
July 21 – London, England @ Hotspur Stadium
July 23 – Glasgow, Scotland @ Hampden Park
Aug. 6 – Chicago, Ill. @ Lollapalooza
Sept. 30 – Bridgeport, Ct. @ Sound on Sound
Oct. 31 – San José, Costa Rica @ Estadio Nacional
Nov. 4 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil @ Estádio Engenhão Nilton Santos
Nov. 7 – Brasilia, Brazil @ Arena BSB Mané Garrincha
Nov. 10 – São Paulo, Brazil @ Estádio do Morumbi
Nov. 13 – Curitiba, Brazil @ Estádio Couto Pereira
Nov. 16 – Porto Alegre, Brazil @ Arena do Grêmio
Nov. 19 – Santiago, Chile @ Movistar Arena
Nov. 21 – Santiago, Chile @ Movistar Arena
Nov. 24 – Buenos Aires, Argentina @ Estadio River Plate
Nov. 26 – Buenos Aires, Argentina @ Estadio River Plate