His death only made matters worse and caused him to do more and more hardcore drugs. Kiedis had no idea what to do without his friend. On Slovak's death from overdose in 1988, Kiedis writes that he was so shaken that he skipped town, missing the funeral. By the time his band formed and became more popular in the 1980s, he and former bandmate Hillel Slovak had severe drug addictions. The title name was taken from the single " Scar Tissue" released five years earlier on the Red Hot Chili Peppers album Californication.Īccording to the book, Kiedis's first drug experience was with his father Blackie Dammett, a former drug dealer, at age eleven. It follows Kiedis into the depth of his experiences with drug addiction. The book follows Kiedis's life from his birth in 1962 to early 2004. An audiobook version, read by actor Rider Strong, was released by Phoenix Audio on June 30, 2006. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller List. It was released in 2004 by Hyperion and authored by Kiedis with Larry Sloman, who compiled information and conducted interviews. Scar Tissue is the autobiography of Red Hot Chili Peppers vocalist Anthony Kiedis.
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