Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Anthony Keidis “doesn’t consider himself a musician”
nme.comRed Hot Chili Peppers‘ frontman Anthony Keidis has opened up about his views on being a musician, sharing that he doesn’t consider himself one.During an episode of RHCP bassist Flea‘s podcast This Little Light, Keidis voiced his lack of confidence with the role of ‘musician’.
While speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Flea revealed that the conversation with Keidis brought both of them to tears.Speaking about his favourite interview from his series with the publication, Flea shared: “A really good one was with Anthony.
We were both kind of in tears because I’d never talked to him about stuff like that. Anthony doesn’t really consider himself a musician or that he’s had any music education whatsoever.
He used to say we should change the band’s name to Idiot and the Three Geniuses.”He continued: “And people would be down on him, you know? [Pearl Jam frontman] Eddie Vedder’s up there like fucking Pavarotti, but the resonance is different with Anthony.”After being asked if he believed his bandmate was a good singer, Flea replied: “I think he’s a great singer.
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