Scar Tissue - Anthony Kiedis

Author: Anthony Kedis/Larry Soloman Genre: Autobiographical Pages: 480 RRP: £9.99 Amazon Price: £6.99 ***Who is Larry Soloman*** Larry Soloman who lives and works in New York, is a well-respected autobiographer who has worked with a host of artists including David Blaine, Bob Dylan and even twice with shock-jock Howard Stern. What is perhaps most relevant is the relationship he builds with the focus of his autobiographies. His books are very much a combined effort with Soloman working more as a guide than as author. The personal affection many of those who have worked with Soloman appear to stand strong long after the book has ...  Read the complete review

Scar Tissue gives any chili pepper or Anthony Kiedis fan a great insight into the highs and lows of the life lead by the peppers front man so far. Starting from his early childhood living with his mum. Where he seemed to lead a pretty normal life leading through to moving in with his father in LA and being introduced to drugs and alcohol in his early teens. The book then goes through to meeting flea at school getting up to no good like jumping into a pool from the top of a building and breaking his back and then starting the band. We learn of his life, how he grew up, what made him get into music, how the chili pepers were formed, who left and ...  Read the complete review

This book was recommended to me by a diehard Chilli Peppers fan and even though I liked their music I knew nothing of where their songs came from or what they were about. After reading this book, I now listen to the songs differently actually knowing what they are about and admiring the way Anthony expresses himself. This book gives a deep insight into the troubled yet creative mind of Anthony Kledis. He shares his life story which is full of violence, drugs, alcoholism and the less glamorous sides to being famous this is an amazing account of an incredible life story actually told by the person himself. It starts from his childhood from smoking pot at 11 to losing his ...  Read the complete review

This autobiography of Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Keidis was released in 2005. It is written very much in an easy to read conversational style as a first person recount by Keidis about his life from early childhood through to (almost) current times as lead singer of a hugely successful and popular rock band. It's fair to say that Keidis has led a highly eventful and unconventional life from an early age, starting with his nomadic childhood alternating between his mother's home in Grand Rapids, Michigan and his eccentric, party loving father in Hollywood. Surrounded by drugs and dealers from a young age, Keidis was on the LA party scene and experimenting ...  Read the complete review

As the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis has been at the top of rock music for a number of years. Along with Faith No More, they were at the forefront of combining rock with funk back in 1991 with their “Blood Sugar Sex Magik” album and then, after a few less successful years stormed back to the top of their game with 1999’s “Californication” album. In 2006, they were brave enough and popular enough to get away with something few musical acts have managed, with the release of a double album, “Stadium Arcadium”. Despite sales of nearly 50 million albums world wide, life in the Red Hot Chili Peppers hasn’t always been smooth. The ...  Read the complete review