Scar Tissue

In 1983 four self-described "knuckleheads" burst out of the neo-punk rock scene in LA with their own unique brand of cosmic hard-core mayhem funk. Over twenty years later, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, against all the odds, have become one of the most successful bands in the world. Though the band has gone through many incarnations, Anthony Kiedis, the group's lyricist and dynamic lead singer, has been there for the whole rollercoaster ride.

"Scar Tissue" is Kiedis's searingly honest memoir, a story of dedication and debauchery, of intrigue and integrity, of recklessness and redemption. It is a story that could only have come out of Hollywood.

"An entertaining account of being the most priapic, junkie member of California's most priapic, junkie rock band, but also implicity a pretty solid explanation of how he came to be this way" (Guardian)

"Kiedis recounts his pharmacological odyssey as lead singer with the Red Hot Chili Peppers with wide-eyed relish and a refreshing lack of rehab remorse" (Sunday Times)

"Even the eye-popping edition of VH1's 'Behind the Music' could not prepare us for the excesses of their lead singer's unexpurgated life story ... every who reads this genuinely outrageous book will have their own favourite scene" (Independent on Sunday)

CONTENIDO:

Acknowledgments

Introduction
I. "Me, I'm from Michigan"
II. Spider and Son
III. Fairfax High
IV. Under the Zero One Sun
V. Deep Kicking
VI. The Red Hots
VII. Groundhog Year
VIII. The Organic Anti-Beat Box Band
IX. Refourming
X. Funky Monks
XI. Warped
XII. Over the Wall
XIII. Nothing
XIV. Welcome to Californication
XV. A Moment of Clarity