- signed with EMI
- flea+ak streak through important emi meeting (w/execs)
- coke+heroin on daily basis
- trip to Michigan with jen
- got into car crash (in Michigan) while drinking& diving. needs surgery.
- go on tour-played great shows
- hooked up w/ 14 yr old
- jack is fired
- hillel returns to band (1985)
- moved in w/Jennifer+her mom.
- continuous cocaine+heroin+ alcohol binges
- begins to sell his posessions (pawn shoos etc) to get his drug fix
- Takes balck tar heroin
- choose George clinton as producer of their second album
- recording songs.efficient fun great time.
- $500 worht of coke sessions while recodgin songs
- album is called FREAKY STYLEY
- lived w/georgr clinton for a hiwl to relax, metored, etc.
- HEROIN SEX
- drug parties w/hillel and his gf
- hillel& ak would drink jagermeister on road because they ddint do heroin. gave somehwat the samewew feeling
- mainly lving wiht Kim, drug friend, althought he was stuill dating jen. kim + ak diidnt have a sexual relationshipo but did have a close relationshio. sleep together etc.
- dysfunctional relationship wiht jen, but they made it work. both crazy motheruckers.
Friday, November 30, 2007
POST 4
p.138-184
Thursday, November 29, 2007
POST 3
Pages 92-138
- became coke addict
- quit ucla
- started doing heroin
- didint have a permanent lving space, so ak crashed wherever his friends were (hillel's ,fleas, etc.)
- moved in with Bill, his co worker (media animation), and shortly was kicked out ebcuase BIll thoguht that AK stole his prized possesions, aka his collection of 12-stringed guitars
- flea leaves hillel+ak's 'side project' to play with Fear. (side project=making music for fun, nothing serious. AK was singer/performer.
- epiphany while lsiteing to grandmaster Flash. 'you dont need a good voice like freddie mercury to be in the world of singing'
- flea returns
- 'Band' lineup as of now: Anthony kiedis-lead singer, hillel slovak-guitar, flea-bass, jack irons-drums
- called the 'band' Tony Flow and the Miraculous Masters of Mayhem
- played at a club, and recieved an amamazing audience reaction. asked to return
- NEW NAME: RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
- song- police helicopter. about the lapd 'copters circling the skies at night. (lived in rogh neighboorhood)
- rhcp still not 'official' band.. still a side proejct to everyone else but AK
- decided to make a demo tape. 'most magical recording of songs weve eer had."
- went to NY to try to get peope to listen to their tape
- got a gig at the Kit Kat Club. had todo cover of Hendrix's 'fFire". 1st time they wore THE SOCKS onstage.
- lindy=new manager
- started to get writtien about in the LA times, and toher mucis magazines
- HIllel & j.irons left Rhcp beucase What is this got a record deal.
- cliff martinez=drummer dix denney- guitar
- flea+ ak travel to eurpoe
- Jennifer=girlfriend
- fired DIx. hired jack sherman.=MOST anal bitchy asshole ever( let me check with my astrologr. wtf)
- moved into office space to live on hollywood boulevard
- start missing rehersals ebcause so fuke dup on heroin /coke
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
POST 2
Pages 46-92
- had sex in school bathroom
- made an appearence in numerous commercials and in Rocky (around 9th grade)
- first tried cocaine that year
- went to Fairfax High
- befriended Michael balzary aka FLEA!! begenning of an amamzing frienshipp
- got enen further into drugs. smoking weed on daily basis w/flea
- met hillel slovak...also beginning of an amazing friendship
- flea & ak would jump from top of buldings into pools; dangerous stunts that seem fun at the time. regular teenagers, getting into trouble, drinking, anrachy, etc.
- broke back from dangerouns pool jumping stunt
- moved in with Donde, a friend, at 16 yrs.
- went to UCLA
- drug use increased
- started a mock band, nothing serious
POST 1
- AK was concieved on Feb 3, 1962. Born on Nov 1,1962
- father-jack, mother-peggy
- lived with mother, and father moved to california to persue an acting carreer and live the fast life. jack went to UCLA for film school. divorced.mother remaied
- develpoed a real resentment towards school auothiry/authority in general
- smoked marijuana with dad at 12 yrs old
- knew Sonny and Cher on a personal level
- would go to clubs with father. grew up around tons of drug use
- had sex with fathers gf with his permission-lost virginity
- started drinking + ppping pills on regular basis
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
What I already know about Anthony Kiedis
- Lead singer of Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Went through various addictions to numerous drugs
- Became clean and lives a healthy lifestyle
- Formed band in the early 1980's
- Led the typical Rock 'n' Roll lifestyle until facing his demons and getting sober
- Gave himself the nickname of Antoine the Swan
- Introduced to drugs at a young age
- Likes wearing socks over his MAN PARTS during concerts
- Vocal range varies from rapping to crooning to rocking out
- Inspired by funk
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