(L) Cher | Harry Langdon/Getty Images (R) Anthony Kiedis | Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Warner Music Group How Anthony Kiedis was exposed to Hollywoodīefore Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kiedis was part of the Hollywood scene because his father was an actor who went by Blackie Dammett professionally. What else did Kiedis reveal about the night he stayed over with Cher? And what did she say to him when he asked her about the memory later? Read on to find out. And one conclusion he drew from the experience was that the music icon was “fit and fine.” It is instead a compelling story of dedication and debauchery, of intrigue and integrity, of recklessness and redemption.Could you imagine having Cher as a babysitter? According to Red Hot Chili Peppers lead singer Anthony Kiedis, she once looked after him when he was in early adolescence. 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. and plunged headfirst into the demimonde of the L.A.
After a brief child-acting career, Kiedis dropped out of U.C.L.A. 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.
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.
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