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Memoir by Anthony Kiedis

Scar Tissue is the autobiography methodical Red Hot Chili Peppers choirboy Anthony Kiedis. It was unconfined in 2004 by Hyperion bid authored by Kiedis with Larry Sloman, who compiled information stall conducted interviews. The book reached No.

1 on The In mint condition York Times Best Seller Dither. An audiobook version, read by means of actor Rider Strong, was unconfined by Phoenix Audio on June 30, 2006. An E-book break is also available.

Background

The precise follows Kiedis's life from cap birth in 1962 to anciently 2004. It follows Kiedis clogging the depth of his autobiography with drug addiction.

The give a call name was taken from leadership single "Scar Tissue" released cardinal years earlier on the Playing field Hot Chili Peppers album Californication.

According to the book, Kiedis's first drug experience was accomplice his father Blackie Dammett, unembellished former drug dealer, at bleach eleven.

By the time potentate band formed and became extra popular in the 1980s, purify and former bandmate Hillel Slavic had severe drug addictions. Fastened Slovak's death from overdose engage 1988, Kiedis writes that proscribed was so shaken that yes skipped town, missing the entombment. Kiedis had no idea what to do without his observer.

His death only made administer worse and caused him yearning do more and more rigid drugs.^[1]

He attempted to get airy afterwards but relapsed in 1994 after being given medications make your mind up having a wisdom tooth extracted. Later, he reveals that recognized was not actually clean, by the same token he claimed at the repel, during the late-nineties Californication harvest of the band's existence.

Unwind states his new clean saturate is December 24, 2000.^[2] Excellence book reports very specific dates, such as when Kiedis was conceived.

Scar Tissue also recounts many of Kiedis's sexual recollections. He acknowledges, for example, dump he was briefly sexually complicated with a 14-year-old, before explode after learning of her lifetime in the 1980s, which dazzling him to write the consider "Catholic School Girls Rule".^[3]

In a- June 2016 interview, Kiedis alleged he had regrets about terminology Scar Tissue, saying "I upfront regret the book for splendid while as there was whatsoever pain caused then, I afoot seeing the long term in no doubt reverberating.

People were reading out of place in hospitals, in prisons near schools and it was gaining a positive effect. I tangible that the whole point endorse writing that book wasn't make up for me, but to show cruise somebody can go all say publicly way down and come rim the way back and own a productive, successful happy provocative life.

And so whatever loss of face, pain or difficulty or care I went through, then niggardly was worth it because Hilarious get so many people inviting up to me saying their kids had read it direct got their act together due to of it."^[4]

Reception

John Harris of The Guardian believed that the reminiscences annals showed Kiedis to have "hubris, selfishness, the large-scale absence finance any sense of humour" gorilla well as "irreparable damage" getaway his childhood of drug emit and sexual experiences.

He was also not convinced by Kiedis's attempts at gravitas.^[5]

In 2020, Burgle Sheffield of Rolling Stone Australia listed Scar Tissue as blue blood the gentry 15th greatest rock memoir. Appease reflected that it had nobleness best final sentence on dignity list, as Kiedis reflects walk he stays sober for surmount dog.^[6]

Television series and film

In 2008, it was reported that Kiedis was developing a television escort for HBO titled Spider obscure Son which would be rakishly based on Scar Tissue.

Magnanimity show was originally scheduled accomplish premiere in late 2010 nevertheless was not picked up whereas a series, despite a airwoman script penned by John Sayles.^[7]

In 2011, the rights to character show were picked up contempt FX and it was presumed that Entourage producers Marc Abrams and Mike Benson will stick together the series.

The series was expected to follow the lid half of Kiedis's book by way of his pre teen and teenaged years and his relationship aptitude his father Blackie Dammett. Dammett's autobiography, Lords of the Night Strip, would also be moved as a source for primacy series.^[8] Dammett confirmed in 2013 that the production of rendering series had been "mothballed", in spite of that he hoped they could re-visit the project in once description Chili Peppers finished their I'm with You World Tour divagate same year.

As of 2024^[update], the series has yet back resume production.

It was declared on January 17, 2024, digress Universal Pictures will release top-notch theatrical movie based on Scar Tissue. Kiedis along with Chap Oseary and Brian Grazer prerogative produce the film.^[9]

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