Anthony Kiedis





Anthony Kiedis

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in Grand Rapids, Michigan, The United States
November 01, 1962

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Anthony Kiedis is a musician and the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Raised in Michigan, Kiedis went on to study at UCLA, but dropped out after losing interest, partially due to his abuse of hard drugs. After dropping out, Kiedis had an offer to open for a friend's band, so he got together with friends Flea, Hillel Slovak, and Jack Irons and eventually formed the Red Hot Chili Peppers, for whom he writes almost all of the lyrics.

Keidis has also pursued other projects besides music. Using the stage name Cole Dammett (adapted from his father's stage name, Blackie Dammett), he landed a number of small roles in television and film as a teenager in the late 1970s. In 2004, Kiedis published a memoir titled Scar Tissue, which peaked at #...more


Average rating: 4.04 · 18,316 ratings · 1,242 reviews · 1 distinct work · Similar authors
Scar Tissue
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 18,317 ratings — published 2004 — 31 editions

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“I've wanted to feel pleasure to the point of insanity. They call it getting high, because it's wanting to know that higher level, that godlike level. You want to touch the heavens, you want to feel glory and euphoria, but the trick is it takes work. You can't buy it, you can't get it on a street corner, you can't steal it or inject it or shove it up your ass, you have to earn it.”
Anthony Kiedis, Scar Tissue

“Just the kind of girl I liked—the weirdo in the bunch.”
Anthony Kiedis, Scar Tissue

“Your mouth was made to suck my kiss.”
Anthony Kiedis



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