the complicated truth of Anthony Kiedis

The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante, and Chad Smith, are one of the greatest rock bands of the last forty years. But one member never got the credit he deserved. He performed in a tube sock. He wrote lyrics that got RHCP banned from radio. For the first decade of his career, Anthony Kiedis was the least technically gifted person in one of the most talented bands in rock history. And yet, he wrote the songs people tattooed on their bodies. He got sixty thousand people to sing every word back at him. He wrote 'Under The Bridge' at the back of a notebook that he was too embarrassed to show anyone, and it became one of the most recognizable songs of the last thirty years. From 'Catholic School Girls Rule', to 'Higher Ground', to 'Give It Away', to Californication', to 'Dani California' through to today; this is the story of how that happened. The childhood that should have broken him. The friend he lost. The notebook he almost threw away. And the voice he built from scratch; in public, in front of millions of people, until it was true. CHAPTERS 0:00 — Introduction 1:55 — Chapter 1: One Song 4:40 — Chapter 2: The Father 6:59 — Chapter 3: The Notebook 9:33 — Chapter 4: Hillel 12:30 — Chapter 5: The Poet 15:38 — Chapter 6: The Shadow 17:39 — Chapter 7: The Voice He Built 21:02 — Chapter 8: The Bridge 24:45 — Outro #RedHotChiliPeppers #AnthonyKiedis #RHCP #rockhistory #MusicAnalysis