I apologize for not contributing what I should have been contributing this whole time. Much to their amazement I just shrugged and said, 'You guys are right. But part of what made it so easy for me to accept was that now I knew I had zero responsibilities and I could just go off with Kim and get loaded. Part of me was very genuine in letting go of the band. I just wanted to be remembered and acknowledged for those two or three years that I had been in the Red Hot Chili Peppers as a founding member, a guy who started something, a guy who made two records, and whatever else would come after that, that was theirs. It was really an obvious move, like cutting off your damn foot because it was gangrened so that the rest of your body wouldn't die. I had a brief moment of clarity where I realized that they had every right in the world to fire me. We're going to get a different singer and we're going to go on so you're out of here.' We want to play music and you obviously don't, so you have to go. One day I showed up to rehearsal and Jack and Hillel and Flea, who probably loved me more than any three guys on earth, said, 'Anthony, we're kicking you out of the band. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. 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. Whether he's honoring the influence of the beautiful, strong women who have been his muses or remembering the roaring crowds of Woodstock and the Dalai Lama's humble compound, Kiedis shares a compelling story about the price of success and excess. Even his descent into drug addiction was a part of that journey, another element transformed into art.

In Scar Tissue, Kiedis delivers a compelling life story from a man 'in love with everything' - the darkness, the death, the disease. Though the band has gone through many incarnations, Anthony Kiedis, the group's lyricist and dynamic lead singer, has been there for the whole roller-coaster ride. Over twenty years later, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, against all odds, have become one of the most successful bands in the world.

with their own unique brand of cosmic hardcore mayhem funk. In 1983, four self-described 'knuckleheads' burst out of the mosh-pitted mosaic of the neo-punk rock scene in L.A. In this 'vivid and inspiring' NYT bestseller ( Newsweek), the Red Hot Chili Peppers' lead singer and songwriter shares a searingly honest account of life in the rock scene's fast lane - from the darkness into the light.

Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis