Acid for the Children : Memorias

In Acid for the Children, the iconic Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist and co-founder takes readers on a deeply personal and revealing tour of his formative years, spanning from Australia to the suburbs of New York City and finally to Los Angeles. Through hilarious anecdotes, poetic meditations, and occasional flights of fancy, Flea recounts his life story with all the dizzying highs and lows one would expect from a street rat in Los Angeles turned world-famous rock star, skillfully narrating the experiences that shaped him as an artist, musician, and person. His dreamy, jazz-tinged prose brings 1970s and 80s Los Angeles to life in all its glory, including the potential for fun, danger, chaos, or inspiration that lurks around every corner. It was here that young Flea, seeking to escape a troubled home, found his true family in a community of musicians, artists, and addicts who also lived on the outskirts of the city. He spent most of his time partying and committing petty crimes. But it was in music that he found a higher meaning, a place to channel his frustration, loneliness, and love. This opened him up to the turning point in his life when he and his best friend, his soul brother and partner in crime, Anthony Kiedis, had the idea to start their own band, a group that would become the Red Hot Chili Peppers.