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Scar Tissue
- Narrated by: Rider Strong
- Length: 14 hrs and 51 mins
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Summary
As lead singer and songwriter for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis has lived life on the razor's edge. Much has been written about him, but until now, we've only had his songs as clues to his experience from the inside. In Scar Tissue, Kiedis proves himself to be as compelling a memoirist as he is a lyricist, giving us a searingly honest account of the life from which his music has evolved.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are that rare breed of rock band: critically lauded and popularly embraced by millions of fans, their albums consistently sell into the stratosphere - their CD Californication sold over 13 million copies alone.
Now in Scar Tissue, Anthony Kiedis defies the rock star clichés. In his telling, we can see everything he has done has been part of a passionate journey. Kiedis is a man "in love with everything" - the darkness, the death, the disease. Even his descent into drug addiction was a part of that journey, another element that he has transformed into art. Scar Tissue is a fascinating account of a fast-lane life, addiction, and a moving story of eventual recovery and redemption.
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- Bono S.
- 25-07-16
Touching, inspiring, informative.
I've read Scar Tissue on two separate occasions in the past and it was always "my favourite book", "the best book I've ever read" when I told friends about it.
However, even with such high praise for the book, my first listen (of many, I'm sure) to Scar Tissue on Audible was a very fulfilling experience.. the honesty, emotion and passion thrown into each and every sentence by Anthony Keidis is one thing but Rider Strong's narration is exceptional.. from his impersonations of Flea to a kiwi fling of Anthony's, or even the up and down emotions of Anthony Keidis himself.. Rider Strong's performance is top notch!!
The stories told in this book are unbelievable, but told with a brutal honesty that makes them believable, and they're told in a way that makes you feel like you were there.. there before the Chili Peppers, there with the band through all their ups and downs and their at the end in disbelief that the book's over, and now all you have left to do is listen to the Red Hot Chili Peppers' discography that you have reacquainted yourself with along the way.
By the way, this isn't a bad thing..
For any Red Hot Chili Peppers fans out there this is a must!! for anybody else out there, welcome to the World of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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- Matt
- 11-01-12
A bit disappointing
I actually found this a little bit tedious and I felt like turning it off after the millionth time he went on a drugs binge, sorry: "Run". Interesting I suppose - but I really wanted to hear more about the music.
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- Amazon Customer
- 18-02-19
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Sex, drugs, sex, met the greatest girl ever, sex, drugs, album, gig, sex, drugs repeat as required ..... dull, boring , uninspiring on the whole.
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- laura montgomery
- 17-05-20
Not for me... Couldn't finish it
I loved the Chilli Peppers growing up and still enjoy their music to this day so thought I would find this book really interesting. I'm not even half way through but I had to stop... The way he talks about women is gross. Couldn't keep going with it. Such a shame.
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- SL
- 27-11-20
did a lot of drugs
I think 75% of this book is just him doing drugs, no idea how he can so many drugs and then remember all the times that he did drugs. Its an ok book but bit of a waste of time because it's just 'i did drugs' 'ok, no more drugs' 'actually I'll do a little bit of drugs' 'oh no did lots of drugs' 'ok, no drugs' and it repeats.
also the audio quality isn't good and the voice isn't right for the story and the accents the guy puts on are pretty bad and unneeded
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-05-20
Read the first chapter and you've read the book.
I've been a fan of RHCP since mothers milk era and always admired the energy of their music. After reading Flea's brilliant book, Acid for the children, I decided to try Scar Tissue.
It's basically a repeat story all the way through. Anthony gets high, Anthony falls in love, Anthony gets Sober, repeat repeat repeat.
Still worth a read but changed my perception of Kiedis.
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- RW
- 10-06-20
Brilliant but it gets repetitive
Brilliant but it gets repetitive.
Surely there's more to talk about that drugs and sex. I understand his difficulties. Still great to know, especially if you're a big chilli's fan like myself.
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- anwar
- 24-05-20
a roller coaster, if a bit narcissistic
Big RHCP fan but never warmed to AK much. Finally got round to listening to the book. really enjoyed it but felt it was a bit too repetitive on some areas. i get drugs are a big part of his life but felt a bit narcissistic in places. also found the narration a bit nauseating. like a kids tv series when doing women's voices or other characters. dont let that distract you though, from this total roller coaster of an autobiography. here's to a healthy AK and more music from RHCP
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- Siobhan
- 04-09-19
Struggled to keep my attention.
I really liked this to start with, however the same themes kept repeating themselves and I got bored. I also found the tone of the narrator irritating at times.
I really persevered, its unusual I do not finish an audio title.
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- Miss
- 15-07-18
Disappointing
Struggled to finish it. I did enjoy parts but unfortunately not all of it. The narrator is good.
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