Also, he is ignorant enough to believe the word "FUCK" is an acronym stemming from For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge when anyone with even the most basic knowledge of etymology knows this is pure bullshit. Don't get me wrong, he's not a bad front man, he can carry a tune and some women would consider him eye candy.

What a big fat LIAR, gee, maybe if you posted that picture I would have bought this load of horse crap. This actually ended up with me feeling much more sympathetic towards him than if he'd just been saying how awful he'd been with no attempt at apology, OR constant explanations along the lines of "yes I was awful but only because i=of the drugs" etc. There was no real feeling of remorse or regret for all the drug use and fucked up behavior and infidelity. Anthony Kiedis is not my favourite member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but his voice is clearly front and centre in my mind when I think back to the most memorable moments of my life with their music (at this point, it has been about 16 years – maybe a bit more). I liked it less this time around (and I'm knocking it down a star), perhaps because I'm older and cynical-er and I don't find tales of rockstar excess quite so glamorous anymore.Set primarily in Hollywood, Scar Tissue reads like a journey through the underbelly of Tinseltown through the eyes of a young Kiedis: partying with his hippy dealer dad, first sexual experiences with his dad's girlfriend (yeah, yikes), being babysat by Sonny and Cher, accidentally trying heroin at the age of 14 (again, yikes). 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. The more interesting incidents are not really covered in much detail, their meaning is never explained or delved into but anything involving drugs gets the full treatment to the detriment of all else. As central as Frusciante is to the band’s funk-dipped, ska-infused melody mosh, in “Scar Tissue” he is only a supporting player in Kiedis' LALAland opera. In contrast to Agassi’s pained humanity and Richard’s victorious lightness, Kiedis comes off as a controlling bandleader flourishing mid-career propelled by a prodigious work ethic and titanic narcissism.

Several months ago, I read “Open,” a riveting memoir of the tortured, yet soulful sports figure Andre Agassi. Over twenty years later, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, against all odds, have become one of the most successful bands in the world. The resulting shamelessness, when accompanied by a modicum of ability and talent, can work wonders on a stage and make "rock-stars" out of the average. Luckily, the bromance continues with childhood bros Flea and the doomed Hillel Slovak, the core of “the Chilis.

A realllllyyyyyy complicated process of reading this book, I really made up variuos reason how to escape "The Scar Tissue", that's why I read it for a really long time for me, 9 days, ouch! So, it doesn't matter how cool, high or sexy you think you are, you will never reach the level of Anthony Kiedis, in a bad meaning mostly. When he isn't repeatedly regailing us with tails of his drug abuse he occasionally sees fit to throw in a little comment about how he was better than whoever he was hanging out with at the time in some way. I think I've mentioned this before but writing about sex should never come across as dull unless that is completely 100% the intended effect, which I'm pretty sure is the opposite of what's being described here. And thanks for the insights into the 3 lifestyles of yours (sex, drugs, rock n roll) I knew very little about.

For fans of the band this book was written after the album Californication, which represented the band’s resurgence and ushered in their platinum decade. Anthony talks about the infamous Under the Bridge performance on SNL, how lots of William Burroughs was being read (surprising, right? He has done nothing for the betterment of humanity despite millions of dollars, instead he wasted it away and has seemingly no regrets.I’m also honestly not sure whether it’s titillating or uncomfortable to read Anthony’s fairly frank descriptions of his sex life, especially with some barely-legal girls. In “Life,” Richards’ clearly reveres Mick in spite of their creative differences and wildly contrasting life philosophies.

Halfway through I realized I really didn't care much, and started skimming and skipping over chunks that truly did not matter. Drug addiction is a monster that many people deal with and it is nothing to be taken lightly, and I felt like he just didn't bring enough attention to the seriousness of it all. The tome is far less tragic than comparable rock bios like “No One Here Gets Out Alive” Sugarman’s defining story of Jim Morrison and “Hammer of the Gods,” which forever established Led Zeppelin as bulging deities in the rock pantheon. Yes, the pictures are cool and so is reading about the early workings of the Chili Peppers since I do love a lot of their music, but otherwise, who cares? The source material, one of the greatest rock memoirs of all time, could provide a story that’s far darker than most music biopics.Also, I didn’t get the sense that you were upset about being such a disappointment to your mother, who seems, along with your sister and stepfather, to have been a well-adjusted, stable citizen and person. I realized that the whole point of writing that book wasn’t for me, but to show that somebody can go all the way down and come all the way back and have a productive, successful happy interesting life.