Even his descent into drug addiction was a part of that. It is instead a compelling story of dedication and debauchery, of intrigue and integrity, of recklessness and redemption. In Scar Tissue, Kiedis delivers a compelling life story from a man 'in love with everything'the darkness, the death, the disease. SCAR TISSUE far transcends the typical rock biography, because Anthony Kiedis is anything but a typical rock star. Not sure what there is to brag about - Anthony spent most of his life as a. And I agree with the reviews who felt like this was a book of bragging. Anthony Kiedis is a self-indulgent, self-entitled prick (even at 13 years of age). 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. It's just one big trainwreck with no redeemable characters. It takes guts to openly display ones life and interactions with others in the open, but is well worth the 400-and-something page read. He formed the band with three schoolfriends - and found his life's purpose. Kiedis did an amazing job vividly depicting the obsessions and changes both physical and mental that come along with the choices made by himself and many other stars during this time period. and plunged headfirst into the demimonde of the L.A. After a brief child-acting career, Kiedis dropped out of U.C.L.A. A lot of candid crazy rockstar stories, not enough inspiring talk about the art itself. 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. TL DR: This book is very explicit, and describes a selfish ego-maniac drug addict who loves himself to death.

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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