After a certain point, you can even predict the next paragraph because he gets stuck in a clockwork pattern of girls, drama and relapsing. There were many points when I had to put down the book because it was too much for me to process. It’s not for the faint of heart, for it gets sad and hard to read. The story deserves immense praise for Kiedis’ brilliantly written and shockingly honest tale of his life. The story progresses to show the depths of his opiate addiction, time in rehab, sexual experiences and life as a growing celebrity in one of the biggest bands of all time. From this point on, Kiedis’ life gets wilder and darker than I thought was possible. After doing many odd jobs to try and stay afloat and support his growing drug addiction, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were formed. After they graduated, Kiedis went on to attend UCLA, as his father did, but soon realized that wasn’t the place for him, so he dropped out. Kiedis met Flea, the band’s bassist, and Hillel, the band’s original guitarist, while they were all in school. Keep in mind, this is all before the Red Hot Chili Peppers original members had even met. He began clubbing with his father almost immediately after he moved to live with him and began experimenting with drugs provided by his father. Because of his father’s hard-and-fast lifestyle, Kiedis was exposed to many things that are very irregular for someone of his age. to live with his father, who was a minor drug dealer in the Topanga Canyon at the time. He starts from the very beginning, describing his family life in his home town in Michigan, his father leaving to travel and party and his mother being in bad relationships that left her helpless and damaged, relying on young Anthony to help her. Kiedis’ book, “Scar Tissue,” is an autobiography that vividly depicts the lifestyle of a classic L.A. So, when I was browsing through the isles of Barnes and Noble and stumbled upon a book by the lead singer Anthony Kiedis, I was immediately intrigued. I’ve been singing their classic songs since before I could even read a sentence properly.
One band, however, that had always stood out to me as the most interesting, the most talented and the best was the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
This means any music I heard growing up, other than my Hannah Montana soundtrack, was The Eagles, Led Zeppelin and countless other classic rock bands. My dad lives and breaths rock n’ roll so, naturally, he wanted to bring up his children with an appreciation for that genre.
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