He also fooled many people about his drug use, and managed to escape any arrest or scrutiny for possession. Life on drugs was in no way glamorous - Kiedis spent many years at rock bottom, barely surviving and scrounging for his existence. It is amazing that Kiedis can keep his dozens of periods of abuse and relapse straight in his mind, much less transform them into a compelling narrative journey for the reader. Scar Tissue is truly a book about drug addiction, about the lifelong slippery slope of trying to obtain (and maintain) sobriety. He simply invites the reader along to explore his personal experiences and emotions.

In describing his experiences, however, Kiedis uses an inviting tone he never brags about his exploits or tries to paint himself in an excessively rosy light. He experienced more drugs and debauchery before the age of 18 than most people could live through in their entire life. He was essentially his father's roommate (not his son, not his 'charge') in Los Angeles from the age of 12. The Chili Peppers are a part of his life, to be sure, but this story is truly Anthony's personal struggles to be a sober, straight-living man.Īnthony spends a significant amount of the book on his teenaged years. Lead singer Anthony Kiedis focuses more on his personal journey through life, and especially on his formative adolescent years. “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.Anyone coming for an autobiography of the Red Hot Chili Peppers might be a little disappointed in Scar Tissue. 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.

Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis