It is instead a compelling story of dedication and debauchery, of intrigue and integrity, of recklessness and redemption. Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis and Larry Sloman See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 11.39 - 12.09 Paperback 4.99 - 18.06 Select Condition Like New Unavailable Very Good - Good 5.19 Acceptable 4.99 New 18.06 See All 6 Editions from 4.29 Recommended Format: Paperback Condition: Good 5.19 Save 14. SCAR TISSUE far transcends the typical rock biography, because Anthony Kiedis is anything but a typical rock star.

But 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. Crisscrossing the country, the Chili Peppers were musical innovators and influenced a whole generation of musicians. He formed the band with three schoolfriends - and found his life's purpose. 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. and plunged headfirst into the demimonde of the L.A. The frank, shocking and inspiring autobiography of Anthony Kiedis, lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers - the worlds biggest band (MOJO). It is instead a compelling story of dedication and debauchery, of intrigue and integrity, of recklessness and redemption. After a brief child-acting career, Kiedis dropped out of U.C.L.A. SCAR TISSUE far transcends the typical rock biography, because Anthony Kiedis is anything but a typical rock star. 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. “He wrote and talked about his mother, Yoko, even his aunt, all the time, acknowledging how important women were in his life - so I assumed all boys were like this - and to my huge disappointment, almost none of them were or are.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. The only man who never lets her down: John Lennon, her lifelong muse. Her abrasive humor is exhilarating - more Fleabag than Please Kill Me. She rolls through motherhood, cancer, and divorce, only to realize she needs to get back to her guitar. But by the early Eighties, it’s all over - Viv’s an anonymous aerobics teacher, wondering what the hell happened. Clothes Clothes Clothes Music Music Music Boys Boys Boys is her tale of fighting her way into rock & roll as a rebel girl - starting a band with Sid Vicious, dating the Clash’s Mick Jones, idolizing Patti Smith and Yoko Ono, inspiring future generations of feminist punk. I’m a bit of both.” Viv Albertine helped shape London punk as the wild-child guitarist of the Slits, striking her warrior pose on their album cover. “Anyone who writes an autobiography is either a twat or broke.

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