Even though it is 100% a real story, the entire time I read the book, I felt like I am reading a fiction novel carefully developed around suspense and life-threatening events. Scar Tissue is a descent autobiography presenting each stage of Anthony’s life starting with his colourful childhood in Grand Rapids, Michigan until his 40s in 2004. I might have some scar tissue but that’s all right, I’m still making progress. But at least you will get the real story, not some half-assed bullshit.Īfter all those years of all kinds of abuse and crashing into trees at eighty miles an hour and jumping off buildings and living through overdoses and liver disease, I feel better now than I did ten years ago.
Kiedis tells it all as it is – yes, your image of him being a humble, always-loving-and-appreciating-everything individual will be shattered (even though this part of his personality appears during the narrative). But that’s how real life is – it is not perfect, and there is not a single person who has avoided his worst coming into light at some point. It is filled with dishonourable behaviour, asshole moves and attitude, problems with drugs and alcohol, and overindulges in personal vices. I can understand why some people were frustrated with his life story. This is, after all, a sort of memoir so the focus is on Kiedis more than anything else. The most defining moments of their career are covered from Anthony’s perspective, up until 2004, when the book was finished. It does feature a fair amount of the real, unfiltered Red Hot Chili Peppers origin story – how it all started and what ups and downs (and there were lots of both) the guys had to bustle through. With this being said, the book is quite an interesting read worth the time and attention. When you start putting pen to paper, you see a side of your personal truth that doesn’t otherwise reveal itself in conversation or thought. But this is an autobiography telling the real-life story of Anthony Kiedis – there is no sugar coating or concealing of the author’s misadventures of different sorts.
I assume most people had a different image of the frontman in their heads, which he destroyed with his honesty and transparency. A lot of people disregarded the book as superficial and called Anthony Kiedis “a self-obsessed asshole” whose story is not worth it.Īs with everything else, having the right expectations is the key to a pleasant experience. When trying to find the book, I was surprised to see that the majority of the reviews were negative. I approached Scar Tissue with extreme caution.
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