Belarus Custom Officials Confused The Red Hot Chili Peppers For Metallica

Publish Date: Monday, 11 July 2016, 5:16PM

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has shared a weird and hilarious story about the band’s awkward interaction with Belarusian customs...

“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,” explained Flea while showing off evidence of this unlikely autograph session. “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 with Metallica once. I love Metallica anyways but I’m no Robert Trujillo.”

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. 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 with Metallica once. I love Metallica anyways but I'm no Robert Trujillo.

A photo posted by @sllollaryee on Jul 9, 2016 at 2:20pm PDT

h/t: uproxx.com

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