Anthony Kiedis
Date of birth
1st November, 1962
Occupation
Musician
Sex
Male
Height
1.75
Anthony Kiedis (born 01.11.1962)
Anthony Kiedis is American singer and the frontman of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Childhood: Anthony Kiedis was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His parents are actor John Kiedis, aka Blackie Dammett, and Peggy Noble. They divorced when he was 3. He saw his father in Hollywood for two weeks every summer before moving in with him when he was 12. His dad also sold drugs and the pair used to take marijuana and cocaine together. He attended Fairfax High School in LA and was a social outcast until he met his future bandmate Flea. He later also met his other bandmate Hillel Slovak and the three were best friends, often taking recreational drugs together. He broke his back aged 15 when he leapt from a 5 storey building aiming for the swimming pool below but missed. He still suffers from problems. He was a straight A student at school and graduated with honors before attending the UCLA to study writing. He soon dropped out due to drug addiction.
Musical career: Anthony Kiedis teamed with Slovak, flea and drummer Jack Irons in a band called Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem. They played a song called 'Out in L.A.' and were asked by Kiedis' friend Mike Chester to open for his band Mike and Neighbor's Voices at The Rhythm Lounge where they were eventually given a regular spot and changed their name to Red Hot Chili Peppers. They played at various other venues and eventually garnered attention at a strip club show when they played nude but with socks on their penises. After sending in a demo, they were signed to EMI Records to record their self-titled debut album but Slovak and Irons soon left to be replaced by Jack Sherman and Cliff Martinez. After their second album 'Freaky Styley', Irons re-joined the band following Martinez being fired. The third album was a struggle to record due to Kiedis' heroin addiction and lack of motivation. He was temporarily asked to leave to go into rehab and he quit the drug cold turkey after RHCP won the LA Weekly Band of the Year award. His soon started taking drugs again which affected his ability to make complete third album 'The Uplift Mofo Party Plan' with the band. In 1988, Slovak died of a heroin overdose and Irons left the band again unable to cope with the loss while Kiedis quit drugs again. DeWayne McKnight and D.H. Peligro were added to the band, though McKnight clashed with the other members and was soon replaced by a talented fan called John Frusciante. Peligro was then fired and replaced by Chad Smith for the fourth album, 'Mother's Milk', in 1989. They recorded album 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik' in Harry Houdini's old mansion and it hit number 3 in the Billboard charts. Kiedis wrote single 'Under the Bridge' about his addiction and that hit number 2. They embarked on a major tour during which Frusciante felt uncomfortable with the attention and left to be replaced by Arik Marshall. Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro was added to the band. During recording for the next album, Kiedis struggled with his vocals after becoming addicted to drugs again despite 5 years of being clean. Ahead of the release of their sixth album 'One Hot Minute' in 1995, they recorded a video for 'Warped' which featured Kiedis and Navarro kissing at the end. Warner Bros. wanted to shelve it fearing it would cause offence to their fans but they released it anyway and suffered some backlash. Frusciante was invited to re-join the band and they subsequently released 'Californication' in 1999. As part of their resulting tour, they closed Woodstock '99 which was notoriously remembered for the out of control crowds which resulted in several women getting raped and nearby properties getting looted. In 2007, the band took a hiatus and Frusciante left permanently. The band go back together in 2011 and were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2012. Anthony Kiedis: Other career ventures Anthony Kiedis began his showbiz career as an actor, landing his first role in 1978's, 'F.I.S.T.' opposite Sylvester Stallone and under the stage name Cole Dammett. In the 1991, he appeared opposite Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze in 'Point Break'. He has also appeared in 1994's 'The Chase' with Charlie Sheen. In 2004, Kiedis published his autobiography 'Scar Tissue'. In 2008, he organised the festival New American Music Union in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 2011, he was in the documentary 'Bob and the Monster' about the life of drug counselor 'Bob Forrest'.
Personal life: Anthony Kiedis dated actress Ione Skye for two years but they split in 1989 due to his destructive withdrawal symptoms from drugs. He had a relationship with Heather Christie and they had a son called Everly Bear in 2007. He has suffered from heroin and cocaine addiction on and off since he was 11-years-old. He stayed at the Salvation Army rehabilitation clinic in Grand Rapids after being temporarily fired in 1986 and subsequently spent a period living with his mother. He began taking drugs after 53 days when he met Skye. After Slovak's death, he moved to Mexico and did not attend the funeral hardly able to believe what had happened. He eventually visited his grave and attempted to get clean again. After 5 years of being clean, he underwent a dental procedure and was given the sedative Valium which caused him to become addicted again. Kiedis addiction to heroin and cocaine left him poverty-stricken and close to death and he re-entered rehab in 1998. The band had to postpone a tour in 2012 as Kiedis was suffering from a long-standing injury in his foot that began in 2006. He subsequently had surgery.
Anthony Kiedis Rejects 'groupies' From Coming To His Hotel
By Clive King in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23 November 2016
Anthony Kiedis rejects ''groupies'' from coming to his hotel.
Anthony Kiedis rejects ''groupies'' from coming to his hotel.
The 54-year-old singer and Red Hot Chilli Peppers frontman has admitted he is not into ''the groupie way'' and has giving his security strict instructions not to let any of his fans enter the place he is staying.
Speaking to Musik, he said: ''Groupies, no, they don't get into the hotel. I think the doorman would be fired if he let those people in.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers Forced To Pull Out Of Show As Anthony Kiedis Taken To Hospital
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 15 May 2016
Red Hot Chili Peppers Anthony Kiedis [Flea](https://www.contactmusic.com/Flea)
The frontman was said to be suffering from extreme stomach pain.
Red Hot Chili Peppers were forced to pull out of their headlining slot at KROQ's annual Weenie Roast on May 14, just hours before they were due to take the stage, after frontman Anthony Kiedis was sent to an area hospital.
According to Billboard, a rep for KROQ, a Los Angeles radio station, said the singer was taken from the venue in an ambulance after suffering from extreme stomach pain. However the exact nature of the problem is unknown at this time.
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Anthony Kiedis and Helena Vestergaard - Red Hot Chili Peppers front man Anthony Kiedis photographed with his wife and Australian model Helena Vestergaard after having breakfast at Kings road Cafe - Los Angeles, California, United States - Wednesday 3rd September 2014
Anthony Kiedis and Everly Bear - Anthony Kiedis his son Everly Bear to paint class in Malibu - Los Angeles, CA, United States - Tuesday 20th August 2013
Bob And The Monster Trailer
Bob Forrest was at the height of the sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll era of the eighties as he toured the States with his punk rock band Thelonious Monster, taking in every narcotic that became available to him. He took so many drugs and consumed so much alcohol that he became a shadow of his former self, unable to stay stood up on stage, regularly falling unconscious and frequently causing a scene wherever he happened to venture. He went to more than 20 rehabilitation clinics over 9 years to try and get clean while struggling to be around for his son Elijah, until he managed to pull through and turn his life around forever. He is now one of the most sought after and influential drug counsellors in America who has help the likes of so many big musicians transform their lives including Hole's Courtney Love and Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis.
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Chilli Pepper's Anthony Kiedis Assaulted By Security Guard Outside Four Season Hotel
By Joe Wilde in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 22 June 2013
The Red Hot Chilli Peppers frontman was attacked by a security guard who confused him with a crazed Rolling Stones fan
red hot chilli peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis was made to do some cooling down on Friday (June 21) after he was spotted brawling with a security guard outside the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia. The singer and the hired muscle apparently traded blows with each other after Kiedis was refused entry to the building, and the whole thing was caught on tape.
If you head over to TMZ, you can see the footage of Kiedis as he trades blows with the security personelle, neither one of them backing down as the whole scene gets violent very fast. In the footage, the RHCPs frontman approaches the hotel with a female friend and is blocked from entering by the bouncer. As Kiedis tries to get around him, the security guard flings himself at the singer and the fighting begins.
There was some reason behind the crazy scene however, as it turns out the Rolling Stones were staying in the same hotel as Kiedis and were leaving the hotel when he had arrived. Mistaking Kiedis for a crazed fan, the bouncer did what he thought necessary to warn off any potential threat to the veteran rockers. So everything makes sense right, well, not entirely.
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Anthony Kiedis and Flea - Los Angeles Lakers v Sacramento Kings. Lakers won 113-102 at Staples Center - Los Angeles, California, United States - Sunday 17th March 2013
Good Genes Or Good Ops: Which Male Celebrities Don't Show Their Age?
By Holly Williams in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 08 February 2013
We've all had that moment; looking at photos of our favourite celebs and then jumping out of our seats screaming, 'He's HOW old?!' Well, we've been doing a lot of that here at ContactMusic. Some stars seem to have crept up the age ladder pretty sneakily, the odd wrinkle and grey hair barely registering on our radar, while others don't seem to have aged at all! English football player David Beckham was in his twenties when he rose to global popularity and, looking at his recent H&M underwear advert, it seems that his iconic hairstyles and tattoos are our only way of working out the old from the newer pictures of him. However, he is only 37 and has plenty of time to catch up yet. It's the over-50s that have really had our mouths agape in recent times as we've been scouring the net for the most youthful looking middle to old aged stars.
(Anthony Kiedis, Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey)
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Video - Anthony Kiedis From Red Hot Chili Peppers Kisses A Woman At Urth Cafe
The lead singer of rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis, hugs and kisses a woman before he leaves Urth Cafe in Los Angeles. As he is snapped by paparazzi, he clips his motorcycle helmet into place and rides away on the vehicle.
He is looking like he feels much better since he had surgery on his damaged foot which forced him to pull out of their US tour in January 2012. And things just keep getting better for Kiedis as the Red Hot Chili Peppers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back in April this year
Revenge Of The Electric Car Review
By Rich Cline
Very Good
Less thrilling than Paine's 2006 documentary Who Killed the Electric Car, this follow-up takes a more personal approach, focussing on four key people involved in developing mass-market cars that don't require petrol.
Over the last century, GM has made 400 million petrol-burning vehicles. They also created the EV1, the first modern electric car, but gave up on the idea, recalled and crushed them. As technology and commercial prospects improved, red-hot entrepreneur Musk launched Tesla, a high-end electric roadster. GM's car-guru Lutz responded with the Volt, a much-cheaper hybrid, while shark-like Nissan CEO Ghosn became determined to tap into a generation that won't even consider buying a fuel-burning car. Meanwhile, Gadget is quietly converting classic cars to electric engines.
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Anthony Kiedis and Red Hot Chili Peppers - Anthony Kiedis of The Red Hot Chilli Peppers Sunday 13th May 2012 takes a ride on a scooter with his son, Everly Bear Kiedis at Malibu Farmer's Market
Anthony Kiedis and Beth Jeans Houghton - Anthony Kiedis leaving with Beth Jeans Houghton, a 21 year old singer-songwriter London, England - Red Hot Chili Peppers band members leaving Scotts restaurant in Mayfair Friday 2nd September 2011