Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis’ childhood sounds like a rock ‘n roll cliché. Anthony’s dad was a Sunset Strip drug dealer that moved his goods in 1970’s Los Angeles, taking his son with him to work. Spider, as Kiedis’ dad was called, encouraged sex, drug and rock-n-roll for his son, getting him high to lose his virginity at 13 and hang out with rock stars of the time.

Anthony Kiedis wrote about his troubled childhood in his memoir Scar Tissue, and HBO is now turning his story into a series.

Variety reported today that Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis’ colorful rock-and-roll upbringing will be the basis of an HBO series tentatively titled “Scar Tissue.”

The show will center on Kiedis’ relationship with his dad and their hopped-up adventures on L.A.’s Sunset Strip. “He introduced me to the arts, to a more culturally magnificent life,” Kiedis told Daily Variety. “But some of it was this heavy, adult matter that I wasn’t quite capable of digesting. … It was a very rich but kind of challenging period of my life. I was thrust into this adult mentality by age 11.” The show is not strictly based on Kiedis’ memoir of the same name — which focused more on the singer’s life as a rock star — but will also look at the Hollywood rock scene of the ’70s, with Kiedis planning to be heavily involved in the project, including possibly narrating the hour-long drama and making occasional cameos.

[From MTV Newsroom]

It’s good that Anthony can see the positives in the exposure he was given, but it’s even better that he sees the negatives in it. Kiedis has had years of drug issues, but says he’s been sober since 2000. The life he led gave him the lyrics to some excellent music.

Kiedis is a dad now, to one cute little Everly Bear, and he always looks like a caring, doting father. If nothing else I think he learned how not to father from the parenting he received.