Scar Tissue: Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Having read at least 50 rock bios over the course of my life (the lifestyle, decadence and the road are can do you in. Scar Tissue” is a rather conventional rock n' roll autobiography from the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis.

Beyond the predictable struggles with drugs, sordid vignettes with legions of model-actresses and similarly hyphenated rock sycophants (roadie-pot dealer, girlfriend-masseuse), is the story of male friendship or in popular parlance, a bromance. He reflected that it had the best final sentence on the list, as Kiedis reflects that he stays sober for his dog. It is instead a compelling story of dedication and debauchery, of intrigue and integrity, of recklessness and redemption. Scar Tissue is a story of dedication and debauchery, of intrigue and integrity, of recklessness and redemption--a story that could only have come out of the world of rock. I can compare this book to a really untasty candy, which has a yummy filling, but too small to get me high.Over twenty years later, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, against all odds, have become one of the most successful bands in the world. I also just could not get over the fact that not once did he condemn his father who essentially got him into doing drugs at age 11 but would make snippy little comments about band mates and girlfriends at every turn for relatively inconsequential things. Rogers with them, ensconced in a cookie-cutter neighborhood and playing at Gymboree and in parks while you were scoring with dealers and women and living in your lonely mansions. Furthermore, the frontman lost his virginity, aged 12, at the hands of his dad’s girlfriend, who was then 18.

If you have a beer in your hand, you have to toss it at someone rather than allow them to hold it for you. Also, though interesting to know about his "relationship" with Flea's sister, I think a little more tact around his oldest friend could have been exercised.I feel sorry for anyone who looks up to this pathetic failure of a man almost as much as I feel sorry for anyone who thinks this book is good. Long Time Gone by David Crosby, Somebody to Love by Grace Slick, I'm With the Band by Pamela Des Barres and Wonderland Avenue by Danny Sugerman), I thought why not read about my son's favorite band and hopefully find some common ground for musical discussions. I laughed out loud when I read the part about Tony going to meet the Dali Lama, he was told that the Dali was booked for 3 years so it would not be possible!