Friday, November 30, 2007

POST 4

p.138-184


  • 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.

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

Pages 1-46

  • 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