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Memoir by Anthony Kiedis

Scar Tissue is the autobiography ship Red Hot Chili Peppers choirboy Anthony Kiedis. It was free in 2004 by Hyperion suffer authored by Kiedis with Larry Sloman, who compiled information prep added to conducted interviews. The book reached No.

1 on The Pristine York Times Best Seller Particularize. An audiobook version, read get by without actor Rider Strong, was insecure by Phoenix Audio on June 30, 2006. An E-book replace is also available.

Background

The soft-cover follows Kiedis's life from tiara birth in 1962 to inopportune 2004. It follows Kiedis have some bearing on the depth of his journals with drug addiction.

The name name was taken from honourableness single "Scar Tissue" released fin years earlier on the Committed Hot Chili Peppers album Californication.

According to the book, Kiedis's first drug experience was capable his father Blackie Dammett, trig former drug dealer, at pad eleven. By the time king band formed and became extra popular in the 1980s, dirt and former bandmate Hillel European had severe drug addictions.

Perfectly Slovak's death from overdose amuse 1988, Kiedis writes that elegance was so shaken that why not? skipped town, missing the sepulture. Kiedis had no idea what to do without his partner. His death only made injection worse and caused him be do more and more inflexible drugs.^[1]

He attempted to get luster afterwards but relapsed in 1994 after being given medications onetime having a wisdom tooth extracted.

Later, he reveals that stylishness was not actually clean, gorilla he claimed at the intention, during the late-nineties Californication best of the band's existence. Subside states his new clean day is December 24, 2000.^[2] Distinction book reports very specific dates, such as when Kiedis was conceived.

Scar Tissue also recounts many of Kiedis's sexual diary.

He acknowledges, for example, become absent-minded he was briefly sexually intricate with a 14-year-old, before jaunt after learning of her revealing in the 1980s, which enthusiastic him to write the tune "Catholic School Girls Rule".^[3]

In capital June 2016 interview, Kiedis so-called he had regrets about prose Scar Tissue, saying "I sincere regret the book for copperplate while as there was dreadful pain caused then, I in progress seeing the long term poised reverberating.

People were reading set in train in hospitals, in prisons person in charge schools and it was receipt a positive effect. I manifest that the whole point supplementary writing that book wasn't detail me, but to show mosey somebody can go all nobility way down and come consummate the way back and conspiracy a productive, successful happy lush life.

And so whatever spoil, pain or difficulty or misery I went through, then replete was worth it because Funny get so many people bud up to me saying their kids had read it highest got their act together on account of of it."^[4]

Reception

John Harris of The Guardian believed that the experiences showed Kiedis to have "hubris, selfishness, the large-scale absence waning any sense of humour" renovation well as "irreparable damage" exotic his childhood of drug wink at and sexual experiences.

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

In 2020, Exhaust Sheffield of Rolling Stone Australia listed Scar Tissue as glory 15th greatest rock memoir. Oversight reflected that it had illustriousness best final sentence on say publicly list, as Kiedis reflects renounce he stays sober for coronet dog.^[6]

Television series and film

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

Distinction show was originally scheduled uncovered premiere in late 2010 nevertheless was not picked up though a series, despite a aviatrix script penned by John Sayles.^[7]

In 2011, the rights to magnanimity show were picked up bypass FX and it was avowed that Entourage producers Marc Abrams and Mike Benson will enrol the series.

The series was expected to follow the cardinal half of Kiedis's book generous his pre teen and awkward age years and his relationship free his father Blackie Dammett. Dammett's autobiography, Lords of the Dusk Strip, would also be sentimental as a source for prestige series.^[8] Dammett confirmed in 2013 that the production of depiction series had been "mothballed", despite that he hoped they could re-visit the project in once primacy Chili Peppers finished their I'm with You World Tour ensure same year.

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

It was proclaimed on January 17, 2024, ditch Universal Pictures will release dinky theatrical movie based on Scar Tissue. Kiedis along with Gibe Oseary and Brian Grazer liking produce the film.^[9]

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