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Flea working on autobiography

Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Flea, real name Michael Balzary, is penning a memoir on his career as well as his personal ups and downs.

The Red Hot Chilli Peppers bassist Flea
Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Flea will lift the lid on his life as a rock star in a new memoir. (AAP)

Red Hot Chili Peppers rocker Flea will lift the lid on his wild life in a new memoir.

The guitarist, real name Michael Balzary, has signed a deal with Grand Central Publishing to release a tome detailing his career, as well as his personal ups and downs.

A statement from the publishing house reads: "His move from a 'normal' upbringing in the suburbs of New York to Los Angeles to live a bohemian life with a jazz musician step-father; his young, rebellious life on the streets of LA where he befriends Anthony Kiedis and founds the Red Hot Chili Peppers with Kiedis and two other high school friends; details about his sometimes complex friendship and collaboration with Kiedis; his myriad experiences with hard drugs; and, of course, the tumultuous creative journey of the legendary Red Hot Chili Peppers through its various incarnations over the last 30 years, according to Flea."

A release date has yet to be set. The book will follow frontman Anthony Kiedis' hugely successful 2004 rock memoir Scar Tissue, which became a New York Times Bestseller.


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