Scar Tissue: Red Hot Chili Peppers

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While I'm sure he's become a much stronger person over the past couple decades, I of course worry about the man relapsing. But there are other elements to the memoir, too: an unconventional father-son relationship, child acting roles, partying way before you should be partying (who goes to clubs when they're 12? In “Life,” Richards’ clearly reveres Mick in spite of their creative differences and wildly contrasting life philosophies. The sissy troubles are all trifles, as they realize that love and friendship are the only two things that can carry you through the little eye of the needle. And so whatever shame, pain or difficulty or discomfort I went through, then it was worth it because I get so many people coming up to me saying their kids had read it and got their act together because of it.

Great display of what happens after a fractured brotherhood is put together again for a second time – egos put aside, near old age, maturity at an all time high.In a June 2016 interview, Kiedis stated he had regrets about writing Scar Tissue, saying "I did regret the book for a while as there was some pain caused then, I started seeing the long term positive reverberating. His autobiography is the story of a narcissistic characterless hustler, written by a narcissistic characterless hustler. He has done nothing for the betterment of humanity despite millions of dollars, instead he wasted it away and has seemingly no regrets. Dammett confirmed in 2013 that the production of the series has been "mothballed" however he hoped they could re-visit the project in once the Chili Peppers finished their I'm with You World Tour that same year. Ultimately, fans of the Chilis will find this book to be essential reading, a perfect accompaniment to Kiedis’ own lyrics and the documentary “Funky Monks” which captures the 1992 recording of Blood Sugar Sex Magik – the Chilis’ genre-busting seminal hit.

By his own admission, he is a swordsman par excellence and gushes over his conquests, yet maintains a modicum of respect for them.it always reminded me of the playground jive talk and dissin I used to hear at our heavily intergrated high school except it was set to a boring backbeat. Crisscrossing the country, the Chili Peppers were musical innovators and influenced a whole generation of musicians. The resulting shamelessness, when accompanied by a modicum of ability and talent, can work wonders on a stage and make "rock-stars" out of the average.