Anthony Kiedis, the charismatic 44-year-old frontman of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, reckons rehab's overrated.
Or, at least, his own experience suggests that the current crop for themselves.
tour this week with three nights (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday) at Sydney's Acer Arena.
last night. I caught up with the band during the week in Melbourne rehab.
he did drugs even before his teenage years.
The book's a cracking read, with stories about partying with Led Zeppelin - and being babysat by a naked Cher.
young stars, I wanted to know if he thought it would have been harder to get through had he been more famous at the time.
affected me too much," he said.
"I was rather oblivious to the scrutiny of anything at that point. But, you know, rehabs have their good points and their bad points. If you're having a hard time breaking a bad routine, it's a nice way to get away from your destructive routine.
instantly diagnose you as this or that, or with something that you might not actually have, just because you're on a bad drug run or something.
they decide you're a manic depressive, when really you've just had a hard run of it.
"So I dunno, rehab's .
. .you know, if you wanna get well, media, or the format for getting well.
You'll just, you know, keep trying until you find something that works."
Spears?
"No .
. . not so much," he said.
"I mean, on a human to human level, sure, I feel for her, if she's struggling but, you know, I think she's creating her situation as much as the media is.
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