MINSK, Belarus, July 11 (UPI) -- Flea, the bass player for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, admits he loves Metallica, but he's no Robert Trujillo.
Still, he and his band mates were hauled in to a customs office in Belarus and asked to sign a bunch of Metallica photographs and CDs, he reported on his Instagram.
"We were called into customs officials office at an airport in Belarus and they asked us to sign a bunch of Metallica cd's and photos," Flea wrote. "We tried to explain to them that we weren't Metallica but they insisted that we sign anyway. They had the power. Well I did play fight fire with with Metallica once. I love Metallica anyways but I'm no Robert Trujillo."
The Chili Peppers made news just in May when they had to cancel a concert in Los Angeles when frontman Anthony Kiedis was hospitalized for severe stomach pain.
Kiedis is reportedly on the mend.
