I’m fairly certain everyone knows a song by RHCP?! I haven’t been a diehard, dedicated fan myself but when I was in a band (vocals), we did cover By the Way my favorite song is probably Otherside and the first song I ever learned to play on the drums was Snow. I do love an authobio, especially by someone who isn’t a pop/mainstream character, so when someone I know offered me their copy for a read, I gladly accepted. It is instead a compelling story of dedication and debauchery, of intrigue and integrity, of recklessness and redemption. Scar Tissue far transcends the typical rock biography, because Anthony Kiedis is anything but a typical rock star.

Crisscrossing the country, the Chili Peppers were musical innovators and influenced a whole generation of musicians.īut there’s a price to pay for both success and excess and in Scar Tissue, Kiedis writes candidly of the overdose death of his soul mate and band mate, Hillel Slovak, and his own ongoing struggle with an addiction to drugs. He formed the band with three schoolfriends – and found his life’s purpose. and plunged headfirst into the demimonde of the L.A. After a brief child-acting career, Kiedis dropped out of U.C.L.A. Raised in the Midwest, he moved to LA aged eleven to live with his father Blackie, purveyor of pills, pot, and cocaine to the Hollywood elite. In Scar Tissue Anthony Kiedis, charismatic and highly articulate frontman of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, recounts his remarkable life story, and the history of the band itself.

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