We reported on Monday that Red Hot Chili Pepper Flea had lost his house in the latest wildfire to hit LA, but that he probably wouldn't be too bothered because he was no longer living there, he was planning on selling the property, and presumably he'd be insured. However, it turns out that although Flea wasn't living there, pop producer and former Marvelous 3 frontman Butch Walker was, because he was renting the property off the RHCP man. He's told reporters that he is very bothered about the whole thing, having lost more or less everything in the blaze. The only good news is he wasn't there and the friend who was minding the property for him escaped unharmed.
Commenting on the ordeal, Walker told reporters: "I had just consolidated my entire recording studio and house from Atlanta into the one house in Malibu. I lost everything I've ever owned. Every master of every song I've ever recorded, every piece of recording equipment, guitars, drums and things I've collected over the years, cars, motorcycles, every family memorial, heirloom, picture, and document we ever had.... Gone. I feel like I finally know the difference between 'going back' and 'going home'".