I was unable to fully grasp at that point in my life, that Flea was a human being of an entirely different calibre” ...

Cave’s comments about the Los Angeles funk-rockers have circulated as something of a punchline for roughly 25 years now. Though their exact origins appear to have been lost to time, the quote is often ...

Cave revealed the news in the latest instalment of his Red Hand Files blog, calling his notorious Chili Peppers diss ...

Nick Cave infamously had this to say about the Red Hot Chili Peppers: “I’m forever near a stereo saying, ‘What the f**k is this garbage?’ And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers.” Now, he's ...

“I don’t care if Nick Cave hates my band because his music means everything to me,” Flea said. “He is one of my favourite songwriters and singers and musicians of all time. I love all the ...

As a response to Cave’s comments about the band, Flea took to RHCP’s official website in 2006 and explained: “For a second that hurt my feelings because I love Nick Cave. I have all of his ...

He wrote a profoundly generous and open-hearted love letter to Nick Cave. I remember being genuinely moved by his words and thinking what a classy guy Flea was." He has since become friendly with ...

Cave expresses a great deal of admiration for Chili Peppers bassist Flea, “a human being of an entirely different calibre” who made it clear that he was still a Nick Cave fan after that quote ...

The unexpected swipe quickly picked up traction online and has haunted him ever since - with Chilis bassist Flea even commenting on it himself. At the time, he said: 'I don’t care if Nick Cave ...