Summary for chapters 8 through 9
This chapter begins with Anthony rejoining the band and flea finding a woman Ione for
Anthony. Anthony moves in with lindy they started a new record. Anthony was spver fpr
50 days and decides to celebrate by getting messed up. So ends his sobriety but managing
to stay somewhat sane. They started touring again for uplift mofo party plan and the
money started flowing which means the drugs did too. Anthony decided to sell his pubic
hair at a concert in texas as a joke and they started playing bigger shows and started
getting a huge following. At the end of the tour they each got 22 thousand dollars.
Anthony rented a house and ate tons of watermelons thinking that would make his body
pure. He professed his love for Ione to her father who was skeptical because she was only
16. Anthony gets arrested for being with Mario and Anthony gets mistaken for the
ponytail bandit but is let off. The cops saw his trackmarks and were gonna keep him there
for 90 days but they decided to let him off. Hillel heroin addiction got worse and he
couldn’t play shows. They kicked Hillel out of of the band and got another guitar player.
They played with the ramones and danced naked on stage with them. Then Hillel
overdoses on heroin and passes away leaving the band traumatized. Jack quits for the
because of the pain and its just flea and Anthony once again. Anthony checks into rehab
and tries to get clean for the second time. They meet john their new guitar player and find
their new drummer chad, forming a new red hot chili peppers and new friendships. John
being the youngest member in the band and also being the biggest red hot chili peppers
fan endured a lot of taunting after joining the band. John turned into a real jerk and chad
the new drummer kept to himself, not interacting with the guys at all just doing his job. A
lot of musical confusion when writing at first because of the new members Anthony
started singing more in the next album instead of rapping because he started voice
lessons. They decided to cover stevie wonders higher ground finishing their album
mothers milk. EMI gave them enough money to make two music videos so they did it for
knock me down and higher ground. In 1989 they started a year long tour for mothers
milk. More on the road games were invented like eating random things for money.
Anthony and Ione broke up leaving him to go on a sex spree while on tour. He goes to
Michigan for Christmas to visit his mom. Plays a show in Kentucky and falls in love with
a random girl. He never found her after the show though and loses her forever. Chad and
flea tell the story about the naked chicks and the wooden spoons. The tour leads them to
japan and Anthony meets Carmen his new girlfriend. By then other record companies
were looking at the band like geffin and warner brothers. Rick rubin started producing
their new album and they played with janes addiction. Got a check for one million dollars
bought a new house they signed with sony records but changed their minds and went to
warner brothers.