So, yeah, while I was shocked at the lifestyle he was allowed and encouraged by his father to pursue as a child, I found myself thinking I may end up not liking the dude at all by the end of this book.

I do wonder what would have come of him if music hadn’t become such a big part of his life, because in some ways it grounded him. As long as there was fun to be had with various substances, he was game.

Anthony seemed to me like he didn’t really care about anything at all, other than getting high&wasted, laid&loved. I didn’t know what to make of it all at first. He then shared a lot of detail about his childhood and it’s important because that’s really the foundation, isn’t it?! On the first page of the book, I shook hands with Anthony and said Hi. But once I got going, there was no stopping. The writing usually tends to be quite authentic and I always feel like I am meeting a new person when I read an autobio because they all come with their unique voice and way of presentation of thoughts and memories. There’s always this thing with autobios and how they ‘feel’. Not going to lie, I struggled with the first 100 pages of the book. 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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