Acid for the Children. Flea. 2019.

In Acid for the Children, Flea takes readers on a deeply personal and revealing tour him formative years, spanning from Australia to the New York City suburbs to finally, Los Angeles. His dreamy, jazz-infected prose makes the LA of the 1970’s and 80s come to gritty, glorious life, and it is here that young Flea, looking to escape a turbulent home, found family in a community of musicians, artists and junkies. He spent most of his time partying and committing petty crimes, but it was in music he found a higher meaning. This left him open to the life-changing moment when he and his best friends, soul brothers, and partners-in-mischief came up with the idea to start their own band, which became the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.