The frantic and wild lifestyle continues into his adult life as he documents the rise of The Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

The theme of drugs and sex is seemingly as ubiquitous as vowels for the rest of the book. He recalls unbelievable tales of snorting coke and smack, and negotiating with his father about who he would lose his virginity with. By the age of 15, a young Tony Kiedis was already one member of his father’s gang. His father and mother split when he was very young, and during his childhood he would alternate between living with his father Blackie Dammett in California, and with his mother in Michigan. Kiedis’ bohemian lifestyle starts pretty much from birth.

Whatever your final position is though, it is almost impossible to claim his life has been boring. At the end, it is hard to decide whether he is a narcissistic asshole, or just a sincere man trying to be the best person he can be. Kiedis appears to hide nothing as he takes the reader on a tour of his life up until 2004, reaching crushing lows and unbelievable highs. It is instead a compelling story of dedication and debauchery, of intrigue and integrity, of recklessness and redemption.Scar Tissue by The Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ frontman Anthony Kiedis, along with Larry Sloman, is certainly one of the most honest and obscene autobiographies you will ever read. 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. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo 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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