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Chuck mentioned reading Anthony Kiedis's autobiography, focusing on the rock star's experiences with drugs and personal troubles.
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I actually read his biography.
— Episode: Selects: How Chili Peppers Work
Episode: Selects: How Chili Peppers Work
Chuck mentioned reading Anthony Kiedis's autobiography, focusing on the rock star's experiences with drugs and personal troubles.
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I actually read his biography.
I guess it was an autobiography. Anthony Kiedis.
And the Kiedis one is good, man. That guy, he had troubles.
Just bad drug troubles and woman troubles over and over and over. But he's good now.
Episode: Selects: How Chili Peppers Work
Anthony Kiedis's autobiography was mentioned as being read by one of the hosts, who was going through a phase of reading music autobiographies, primarily from rock stars.
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I actually read his biography. I guess it was an autobiography. Anthony Kiedis.
And the Kiedis one is good, man. That guy, he had troubles.
Episode: Selects: How Chili Peppers Work
One of the podcast hosts mentioned reading Anthony Kiedis's autobiography, specifically for rock star stories, and it was deemed a good read.
Matt Murphy recalled that Anthony Kiedis's memoir Scar Tissue was cited, noting he hadn't read it but knew the story.
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He got in, like, in the late 80s with one of the pioneers, Anthony Kiedis and Scar Tissue. Did you ever read that book? I haven't, but I know Anthony and I know his story. That's a good read.
— Episode: Matt Murphy (homicide prosecutor)
Episode: Matt Murphy (homicide prosecutor)
Matt Murphy recalled that Anthony Kiedis's memoir Scar Tissue was cited, noting he hadn't read it but knew the story.
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He got in, like, in the late 80s with one of the pioneers, Anthony Kiedis and Scar Tissue. Did you ever read that book? I haven't, but I know Anthony and I know his story. That's a good read.
Bill Burr repeatedly brought up the autobiography, noting he had bought and read it but found it largely uncomfortable. He criticized the author for coming across as arrogant and bullying, especially toward his bandmate Flea, and said the focus on sexual exploits made it insufferable. While he acknowledged it was an okay read, his overall impression was negative.
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Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 5-6-13
It was discussed in the context of a previous podcast story, with Bill Burr describing the book and his thoughts on the author Anthony Kiedis's personality and how he felt about Flea.
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I bought that Anthony Ketus one. I was on you know jumping on a plane I'm like out a guy from red hot chili peppers
Right, so I read his book and it was and that was all right
You know I thought he was kind of a cunt to flee seemed like a bully Kind of seem like he had like a fucking You know that battered wife relationship with flee.
I love you bro. I love you and then does something really mean that odd flee. I'm sorry man I'm so come on back. Stop being mean to me Anthony, right?
It just was really uncomfortable in parts of it, you know and Maybe I was fucking super imposing that I have no idea what
Bill Burr talked about reading Anthony Kiedis' autobiography, "Scar Tissue," and shared his opinion about rock star autobiographies in general. He mentioned that he also read Steven Adler's, every reason in Guns and Roses, David Lee Roth's, and considered them classics.
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One of the things I read was the Anthony Kiedis Autobiography scar tissue, right?
So I that wasn't in a stack Of books that I brought to this bookstore used bookstore I was trying to get rid of him and the guy was looking through my books and it went He got to that one and he goes Because you actually bought this And he was like, oh, yeah, I bought this Because you actually bought this And I Didn't say anything, but I just want to be like Yeah, I did
You know if I bought the book about your life it would be like three pages long. I Did okay in school. I moved to LA. I worked in a bookstore and then I was a douche
You know or I could read Anthony Kiedis talking about not wearing a shirt from like the age of fucking 2 to like 42 bang and everything that fucking moved I could read that I mean, why wouldn't I read that?
I Read slashes I read Steven Adler's I read I read every reason in Guns and Roses. I Read David Lee Roth's. I think those digging those are gonna be classics someday
Bill Burr disliked it due to the author's perceived arrogance and mean-spiritedness towards his bandmate Flea; the author's portrayal of his experiences was found to be insufferable.
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And you know what he came off to me like a bully and he was mean to flea and I was like this guy's a dick
And flea needs to know how to draw some fucking lines and be like listen anthony, I'm not putting up with that shit.
Bill Burr recounted purchasing and reading Anthony Kiedis's book, 'Scar Tissue', and found him to be a bit of a 'cunt' and a bully at times, particularly in his relationship with Flea.
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I was you know jumping on a plane. I'm like, oh the guy from red hot chili peppers The guy's a rock star. He never has a shirt on how much pussy did this guy get?
I want to read about it, right? So I read his book and it was and it was all right You know, I thought he was kind of a cunt to flee seemed like a bully Kind of seemed like he had like a fucking uh
You know that battered wife relationship with flea I love you, bro. I love you and then does something really mean then i'd flee i'm sorry man. I'm so come on back Stop being mean to me anthony, right?
The book was mentioned by Bill Burr, who said he had read it and was trying to get rid of it at a used bookstore. The bookstore employee seemed surprised that he had actually bought it.
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One of the things I read was the Anthony Kiedis Autobiography scar tissue, right?
He got to that one and he goes Because you actually bought this And he was like, oh, yeah, I bought this Because you actually bought this
You know if I bought the book about your life it would be like three pages long. I Did okay in school. I moved to LA. I worked in a bookstore and then I was a douche
Bill Burr disliked the book because it was focused on Anthony Kiedis's sexual exploits and found him to be a bully to Flea in the book.
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His autobiography where it was just one and then I was banging this hot chick and I was in love and yeah I found it. Then I had a threesome I found insufferable.
And you know what he came off to me like a bully and he was mean to flea and I was like this guy's a dick
Bill Burr mentioned purchasing Anthony Kiedis's autobiography and thought he was a bit of a bully and had an uncomfortable relationship with Flea.
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I was you know jumping on a plane. I'm like, oh the guy from red hot chili peppers The guy's a rock star. He never has a shirt on how much pussy did this guy get? I want to read about it, right? So I read his book and it was and it was all right You know, I thought he was kind of a cunt to flee seemed like a bully Kind of seemed like he had like a fucking uh, you know that battered wife relationship with flea I love you, bro. I love you and then does something really mean then i'd flee i'm sorry man. I'm so come on back Stop being mean to me anthony, right? It just was really uncomfortable in parts of it, you know
Bill Burr mentioned skipping around in this book, which was about the life of Anthony Kiedis, the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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And then I'll read like Slash's autobiography or like, what's the guy from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis. I'm sort of skipping around his biography.
Bill Burr mentioned reading parts of it while trying to improve his voice and stage presence, as an alternative to the vocal technique book.
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And then I'll read like Slash's autobiography or like, what's the guy from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis.
Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 5-6-13
Bill Burr mentioned reading the book and thought the author was a bit of a 'cunt' and a bully, particularly towards Flea.
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I bought that Anthony Ketus one. I was on you know jumping on a plane I'm like out a guy from red hot chili peppers
Right, so I read his book and it was and that was all right You know I thought he was kind of a cunt to flee seemed like a bully Kind of seem like he had like a fucking You know that battered wife relationship with flee.
Bill Burr alluded to casually reading parts of it, likely as a lighter counterpoint to the vocal technique book he was struggling with.
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And then I close it and then I'll read like Slash's autobiography or like, what's the guy from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis.
Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 5-6-13
Bill Burr talked about reading Anthony Kiedis's autobiography, 'Scar Tissue', and found it to be okay but thought Kiedis came across as a bit of a bully.
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I bought that Anthony Ketus one.
I thought he was kind of a cunt to flee seemed like a bully
Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 5-6-13
Bill Burr mentioned having read Anthony Kiedis's autobiography, 'Scar Tissue', and found it to be alright but also somewhat uncomfortable in parts due to the depiction of certain relationships.
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I bought that Anthony Ketus one.
I thought he was kind of a cunt to flee seemed like a bully Kind of seem like he had like a fucking You know that battered wife relationship with flee.
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