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. Kiedis lives in the Los Angeles area.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. Their latest album, By the Way, is one of their best sellers yet. The group's breakthrough album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, was recorded in 1991 their 1999 album Californication sold over 13 million copies worldwide. and formed The Red Hot Chili Peppers in high school. Scar Tissue is a story of dedication and debauchery, of intrigue and integrity, of recklessness and redemption-a story that could only have come out of the world of rock.Ībout the Author Anthony Kiedis grew up in L.A.
Whether he's honoring the influence of the beautiful, strong women who have been his muses or remembering the roaring crowds of Woodstock and the Dalai Lama's humble compound, Kiedis shares a compelling story about the price of success and excess. Even his descent into drug addiction was a part of that journey, another element transformed into art. In Scar Tissue, Kiedis delivers a compelling life story from a man "in love with everything"-the darkness, the death, the disease. Though the band has gone through many incarnations, Anthony Kiedis, the group's lyricist and dynamic lead singer, has been there for the whole roller-coaster ride. Over twenty years later, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, against all odds, have become one of the most successful bands in the world.
with their own unique brand of cosmic hardcore mayhem funk. In 1983, four self-described "knuckleheads" burst out of the mosh-pitted mosaic of the neo-punk rock scene in L.A. About the Book This "New York Times" bestseller by the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is a compelling story of the price of success and excess, dedication and debauchery, intrigue and integrity, and recklessness and redemption that could only come from the world of rock.īook Synopsis In this "vivid and inspiring" New York Times bestseller ( Newsweek), the Red Hot Chili Peppers' lead singer and songwriter shares a searingly honest account of life in the rock scene's fast lane-from the darkness into the light.
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