Scar Tissue (69 page)
Don’t know what song we’re playing, but it must have been mere months after John first joined the band. I remember that is how J.F. was wearing his hair when I met him, and that was the guitar he was playing at that time. Safe to say, he and I bonded right off the bat. Notice the heavy-duty gloves I found it necessary to be wearing. 1988 or ’89.
Flea and I had been up for a couple of days when we wandered into this San Francisco photo booth. As can be seen by the unison of our expressions, we had charted out a bit of a plan. Somehow we made it back to L.A. in two pieces and started a band a few months later.
Ione’s rare and soulful beauty really shows itself without any inhibitions as she holds her loving man against her naked body. I had come back from our first European tour with a rather large back piece at a time when they weren’t a dime a dozen, and Ione was in shock. She got over it in time to make herself available for this photo. Oddly enough, the photographer, Patricia Steur, was the wife of the Dutch tattoo artist who had rendered the piece, Hank Schiffmacher. 1987 or ’88. (Photo credit: Patricia Steur)
ANTHONY KIEDIS
is the lead singer of the rock group the Red Hot Chili Peppers, one of the most beloved bands in the world. Anthony lives in the Los Angeles, California, area.
LARRY “RATSO” SLOMAN
, who collaborated with Howard Stern on Private Parts and Miss America, is the author of five other books, including On the Road with Bob Dylan. He lives in New York City.
Copyright © 2004 Anthony Kiedis
“Fight Like a Brave”
By Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons
© 1987 Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc., and Moebetoblame Music
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“Love Trilogy”
By Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons
© 1987 Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc., and Moebetoblame Music
All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. Used by Permission.
“Porcelain,” “Scar Tissue,” “Road Trippin,” “Californication,” “Otherside” © 1999
Moebetoblame Music, BMI.
“Venice Queen” © 2002 Moebetoblame Music, BMI.
“Under the Bridge,” “I Could Have Lied,” “Breaking the Girl” © 1991 Moebetoblame Music, BMI.
“Tearjerker,” “Deep Kick” © 1995 Three Pounds of Love Music, BMI.
“Good Time Boys,” “Knock Me Down” © 1989 Moebetoblame Music, BMI.
“Organic Anti–Beat Box” © 1987 Moebetoblame Music, BMI.
“True Men Don’t Kill Coyotes,” “Police Helicopter,” “Green Heaven” © 1984
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