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

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

In a Red Hand Files missive, the Bad Seeds leader explains how he and Flea have become friendly since the diss — and how they even have a new collaboration in the works ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Around two years after Nick’s comment went viral, RHCP bassist Flea responded with a statement on the group’s website, saying that he was hurt by what Cave said since he has a lot of love for him.

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 ...