Acid For the Children (SIGNED BOOK) by Flea, Patti Smith COA 7812 (OUT OF STOCK)
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The iconic bassist and co-founder of the Red Hot Chili Peppers tells
his fascinating origin story, complete with all the dizzying highs and
the gutter lows you'd want from an LA street rat turned world famous
rock star.
In Acid for the Children, Flea takes
readers on a deeply personal and revealing tour of his formative years,
spanning from Australia to the New York City suburbs to, finally, Los
Angeles. Through hilarious anecdotes, poetical meditations, and
occasional flights of fantasy, Flea deftly chronicles the experiences
that forged him as an artist, a musician, and a young man. His dreamy,
jazz-inflected prose makes the Los Angeles of the 1970s and 80s come to
gritty, glorious life, including the potential for fun, danger, mayhem,
or inspiration that lurked around every corner. It is here that young
Flea, looking to escape a turbulent home, found family in a community of
musicians, artists, and junkies who also lived on the fringe. He spent
most of his time partying and committing petty crimes. But it was in
music where he found a higher meaning, a place to channel his
frustration, loneliness, and love. This left him open to the
life-changing moment when he and his best friends, soul brothers, and
partners-in-mischief came up with the idea to start their own band,
which became the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Acid for the Children
is the debut of a stunning new literary voice, whose prose is as witty,
entertaining, and wildly unpredictable as the author himself. It's a
tenderly evocative coming-of-age story and a raucous love letter to the
power of music and creativity from one of the most renowned musicians of
our time.