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Scar Tissue (autobiography)
Memoir by Anthony Kiedis
Scar Tissue is the autobiography of Red Hot Chili Peppers vocalist Anthony Kiedis. It was released in 2004 by Hyperion and authored by Kiedis with Larry Sloman, who compiled information and conducted interviews.
The book reached No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller List.
Official Red Hot Chili Peppers story—an oral and visual autobiography from one of the world's greatest rock groups.
An audiobook version, read by actor Rider Strong, was released by Phoenix Audio on June 30, 2006. An E-book version is also available.
Background
The book follows Kiedis's life from his birth in 1962 to early 2004.
It follows Kiedis into the depth of his experiences with drug addiction.
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The title name was taken from the single "Scar Tissue" released five years earlier on the Red Hot Chili Peppers album Californication.
According to the book, Kiedis's first drug experience was with his father Blackie Dammett, a former drug dealer, at age eleven.
By the time his band formed and became more popular in the 1980s, he and former bandmate Hillel Slo
