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. and formed The Red Hot Chili Peppers in high school. Product Details About the Author Product Details About the Author Anthony Kiedis grew up in L.A. He formed the band with three schoolfriends – and found his life’s purpose. Scar Tissue is a story of dedication and debauchery, of intrigue and integrity, of recklessness and redemptiona story that could only have come out of the world of rock. 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. Publisher : Little, Brown Book Group (3 November 2005) Kiedis defies the rock star clichés, revealing that everything he has done has been part of a passionate journey-even his descent into drug addiction, which he transformed into art.
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