Scar Tissue
As lead singer and songwriter for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis has lived life on the razor's edge. So much has been written about him, but until now, we've only had Kiedis's songs as clues to his experience from the inside. In Scar Tissue, Kiedis proves himself to be as compelling a memoirist as he is a lyricist, giving us a searingly honest account of the life from which his music has evolved. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are that rare breed of rock band. Critically lauded and popularly embraced by millions of fans, their albums consistently sell into the stratosphere -- their CD Californication sold over 13 million copies alone. Now in Scar Tissue, Anthony Kiedis defies the rock star cliches. In his telling, we can see everything he has done has been part of a passionate journey. Kiedis is a man in love with everything -- the darkness, the death, the disease. Even his descent into drug addition was a part of that journey, another element that he has transformed into art.
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About the Author:
Larry Sloman, a.k.a. "Ratso," is a Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude graduate in sociology. He has written for "Rolling Stone" and was editor-in-chief of" High Times" and "National Lampoon," He collaborated with Howard Stern on the bestselling "Miss America" and "Private Parts" and is the author of a biography of Abbie Hoffman. He lives in New York City.
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One day I showed up to rehearsal and Jack and Hillel and Flea, who probably loved me more than any three guys on earth, said, "Anthony, we're kicking you out of the band. We want to play music and you obviously don't, so you have to go. We're going to get a different singer and we're going to go on so you're out of here."
I had a brief moment of clarity where I realized that they had every right in the world to fire me. It was really an obvious move, like cutting off your damn foot because it was gangrened so that the rest of your body wouldn't die. I just wanted to be remembered and acknowledged for those two or three years that I had been in the Red Hot Chili Peppers as a founding member, a guy who started something, a guy who made two records, and whatever else would come after that, that was theirs. Part of me was very genuine in letting go of the band. But part of what made it so easy for me to accept was that now I knew I had zero responsibilities and I could just go off with Kim and get loaded.
Much to their amazement I just shrugged and said, "You guys are right. I apologize for not contributing what I should have been contributing this whole time. It's a crying shame, but I understand completely and I wish you guys the best of luck."
And I left.
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- PublisherPhoenix Audio
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1597770280
- ISBN 13 9781597770286
- BindingAudio CD
- Number of pages13
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