Red Hot Chili Peppers star Flea has reacted angrily to an internet pest who is pretending to be him on a MySpace.com page. The bassist has written an email to the group's fans urging them not to pay attention to a cyber impersonator who has been sending out "racist and insulting and disgusting" messages using his identity.

Flea - real name Michael Balzary - writes, "I do not want to give the name of this idiot's website and grant him an iota of dignity that he/she does not deserve.

"Please know that I am doing what it takes to get him to stop carrying on in this way."

Flea isn't the only bandmember sending out emails to fans this week - guitarist John Frusciante has penned angry correspondence, criticizing people who have been booing the group's support act, Mickey Avalon, during shows.

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