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up here
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and the lead singer and lyricist for the
Red Hot Chili Peppers He's just released
this book about his life called Scar
Tissue Please welcome Anthony Ketus
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It's very cool to have you on the show
Thanks so much for doing it Very
exciting Yeah Yeah I love the outfit too
This is not what I don't You've dressed
up This is very nice Yeah Yeah I went to
some trouble You went to some trouble
This is very cool I like this This is
These are some cool threads It's all
going well Thank you for being here So
much to talk about First of all I got to
ask you about this It's something that
you've the the music of course is
amazing but you guys are also very well
known for your theatrics the chili
peppers the business of going on stage
completely naked except for a sock Each
of you wearing a strategically placed
sock
When did you do that on stage for the
first time You want to talk about the
sock I want to talk about the sock I am
obsessed with the sock Yeah Um it's
actually an ancient Irish tradition um
something that we studied in school and
thought we might execute it on stage An
ancient Irish tradition I am 100% Irish
The thought of just putting a sock on
and running around would never occur to
me No Uh actually we were playing a
strip club in the early 80s on Santa
Monica Boulevard in Hollywood California
And we thought if they're going to be
naked we should be naked And they had
pasties So with the sock So you went
with the sock and then you played a show
with a sock But what's interesting is
that if there's ever a guest musician
who plays with you a famous musician
wants to sit in with the chili peppers
and you guys go with the sock that
musician also has to do it Is that right
That's the rule If I wanted to jam with
you guys on flugal horn or something I
would have to be naked except for a sock
as well That is the tradition Yes Do
people are they they go with it though
do they Uh John Lurie did it That's cool
In New Orleans you know John Sure Yes
And uh and our good friend Tree did it
and actually had a little trouble and
and nearly got himself arrested in
Wisconsin What happened Sock Oh the sock
came off
I love how you have a hand signal You've
done the sock so many times You're such
an expert There's a hand signal for the
sock has fallen Yeah the sock
justiculation Wow Well let's not go
there Um you talk in the book about
growing up and having these amazing
experiences that that other people don't
have when they're growing up One of
which is that you knew Sher when you
were growing up I think through your
through your dad's father's
ex-girlfriend Went out with Sunny Bono
Hang out Meet Sher She becomes my friend
So Sher is your friend when you're a boy
134 134 And Sher babysits for you one
night She did one night Yeah Tell me
about that Um yeah I guess because I
wrote it in my book I have to be willing
to discuss that It's in a book now So I
think like I'm not talking about that
That remains secret forever Oh here it
is Uh yeah I got her permission Okay you
got Sher's permission Good I did Um I
was 13 or 14 and Sunny and my father's
girlfriend Connie went out for the night
Sher was staying home They asked her if
she would watch me for the night She's
like "Yeah he can stay in my bed and you
guys get home 3:00 in the morning come
pick him up and take him away." So I was
laying there in her bed I was like "This
is very wonderful cuz I like this woman
and she's beautiful and she's older and
I'm young and I'm just starting to you
know have these feelings." and she goes
into the bathroom to change and the door
kind of goes open and and I'm going
"Okay I can see her now She's
undressing." And she undressed and I was
just there being very uh elated by the
experience and and she put on her nighty
and she came to bed and you know we had
a little chat and we both uh And you're
you're a 13 14year-old boy in bed with a
pretty much naked chair Well she put on
a nighty or something It doesn't matter
That's the best
It doesn't make a difference It's like
not suddenly a bad story cuz she's got
a uh and then you know I dreamed about
things like that when I was Yeah exactly
That's pretty amazing It makes all for a
good book You also talk about this is
something that I I think some of your
fans wouldn't expect but I guess maybe
it makes sense When you were young you
used to do shows in your basement and
you would do Partridge Family shows Yeah
Yeah It was a a hit television show and
I watched it and I thought hm
entertaining looks fun and I'm going to
go in the basement uh play the record
act out these songs invite kids to come
convince them that the Partridge family
are behind the curtain and charge them a
quarter to come in Right This is you
know sure a long time ago And uh and we
made a little money and we danced around
and it was kind of my first taste of uh
performance of what it's like to be in
front of people except instead of like a
a you know a funk song coming out or Red
Hot Chili Peppers it was I Think I Love
You by by uh and that I loved her Yeah
Yeah That's very That's very cool Do you
still listen to the Partridge family now
No but I later moved to LA and met Keith
Partridge That's not his real name I
hope you didn't say "Hey Keith
Partridge." Cuz he's probably like
"That's not my name man Mr Cassidy." Hey
Mr Cassidy That's better All right I
read I don't know if this is true that
when you're And this is something that
you do now for health reasons or that
you can get something called ozone
injections What's an ozone injection and
how can I get one I I don't think you
want one Okay Okay It's gnarly It's
illegal in this particular country It's
illegal Yeah Okay What is it I don't
even know what an ozone I know what
ozone is Lack of ozone You must wear
sunscreen Yeah It's a gas It It's kind
of like um oxygen but it's one molecule
different And if you like you can inject
it into your bloodstream and it sort of
gets rid of virus or bacteria or fungus
um in the same way that you can put it
into your pool and you don't have to use
chlorine Right So you get So someone is
it a needle Is it a there is a needle
involved There's a needle involved and
and ozone goes into your body gas Yeah
And you're fine Do you talk like Mickey
Mouse or afterwards or something or for
for several hours Couple of days Do you
feel a difference after you have an
ozone injection It's not discernible You
don't get high You don't feel any
lightheadedness Then what's the point No
I'm just kidding Um Well afterwards you
can take care of your other No Um the
point is because it feels like you're
doing something You're doing something
for yourself Yeah Right And why is it
illegal in this country Do you know I
don't know It's legal in Germany Let's
go Yeah
Um Scar Tissue the book has got a lot of
fascinating stories in it and you get
led a fascinating life and uh you're
still a young man I have something for
you if I if I may be so Sure What is
this Uh my girlfriend last night as we
were falling asleep drew that for you Oh
yep Shot of this right here This is me
as your uh that's actually that's very
good actually Yeah she's captured my fat
Irish head and uh and I like that I have
a horn coming out of the front of my
head Well it is what is it called The
unicorn That's the unicon Yeah that's a
fabled creature that roams Uh she just
knocked that out as she was going to
sleep May I keep that That's very nice
We'll thank her for me Uh scar tissue uh
is in stores now And uh this was great
having you on the show Please come back
Yeah nice to meet you Yeah nice to meet
you Anthony we'll take a break when we
come back Rio Tyler
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