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KIEDIS,ANTHONY with SLOMAN,LARRY: : Scar Tissue

LONDON.TIME WARNER BOOKS,2004.

ISBN 0316726729

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,subject's portrait monochrome photographic illustrated front dw/dj, with white lettering,subject's monochrome portrait photograph to rear panel of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges though lightly toned,still bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,viii-xpp+1-465pp [paginated] includes Contents list/table,Acknowledgements,an Introduction,15 chapters,32pp of contemporary autobiographical b/w+colour photographs in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp84/5,pp180/1, pp276/7 and pp372/3 respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,title separator page,and 2pp blanks at the rear. In 1983,fou self-described "knuckleheads" burst out of the mosh-pitted mosaic of the neo-punk rock scene in L.A. with their own unique brand of cosmic hard-core mayhem funk. Over twenty years later,the Red Hot Chili Peppers,against all odds,have become one of the most successful bands in the world.Though the band has gone through many incarnations,Anthony Kiedis,the group's lyricist and dynamic lead singer,has been there for the whole rollercoaster ride. 'Scar Tissue' is Kiedis's searingly honest memoir of a life spent in the fast lane.Raised in the Midwest,Anthony migrated to Los Angeles at the age of eleven to live with his dad, Blackie,who was the hippest purveyor of pills, pot,and cocaine to the Hollywood elite. Before he turned thirteen,he was sharing Blackie's girls and drugs during nightly bacchanals that included such prominent Sunset Strip luminaries as Keith Moon,Jimmy Page and Alice Cooper.After a brief child acting career, Anthony dropped out of U.C.L.A. and plunged headfirst into the demi-monde of the L.A. underground music scene.Living on the couch circuit,stealing food,sneaking into concerts, shooting speed,coke and heroin,Kiedis haunted after-hours clubs every night searching desperately for the next deep kick.He finally found it in his music. Collaborating with three high school buddies, for the first time his life had a meaning: to liberate the libido and propogate the Chili Peppers' party-hearty line of the original Uplift Mofo Party Band. Crisscrossing the country,the Chili Peppers were musical innovators and influenced a whole generation of musicians.'Scar Tissue' is peppered with great stories of the celebrated artists who have crossed paths with Anthony. But there's a price to pay for both success and excess and in 'Scar Tissue',Kiedis writes candidly of the overdose death of his soul mate and bandmate,Hillel Slovak,and his own ongoing struggle with an addiction to drugs that left him a homeless multi-millionaire who shot speedballs with Mexican gangbangers beneath highway overpasses in the barrio of Los Angeles. Hitting rock bottom,Anthony embarked on a spiritual journey that took him to India,Borneo, Thailand and New Zealand,only to find that the key to enlightenment was buried in his own backyard. Whether its recollecting the influence of the beautiful,strong women who have been his muses, or retracing his journey that's included appearances as diverse as a performance before half a million people at Woodstock or an audience of one at the humble compound of the exiled Dalai Lama. 'Scar Tissue' is compelling reading.It's a story of dedication and debauchery,of intrigue and integrity,of recklessness and redemption - a story that could only have come out of Hollywood. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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