Anthony Kiedis
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About
Vocalist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers along with band mates Flea, Chad Smith, and John Frusciante. The band has received seven Grammy Awards and is known for such hit songs as "Scar Tissue," "Otherside" and "Give it Away."
Before Fame
He met his future music partner and long time friend Flea while at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles.
Trivia
He struggled with and overcame serious, long-standing drug addictions, while his good friend and former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Hillel Slovak died in 1988 from a heroin overdose. Slovak's death inspired Kiedis to write the lyrics for the song "Under the Bridge."
Family Life
He has dated many women, including Heidi Klum, Jessica Stam, and Heather Christie, with whom he had one child.
Associated With
He and Flea are the only two members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers who have been involved in all of the band's studio albums.