- Born
- Nicknames
- The Swan
- The Tuff Daddy
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Anthony Kiedis is a singer with the hugely successful alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, the other members being Flea, John Frusciante, and Chad Smith. Red Hot Chili Peppers have scored five top-five albums in the UK and America, and have sold over sixty million records worldwide since their formation in 1983. Former band members have included Josh Klinghoffer, Jack Irons, Dave Navarro, and the late Hillel Slovak. His records with the Red Hot Chili Peppers have been certified both Gold and Platinum.
Kiedis is also an actor and has taken roles in a string of films.
He is the son of actor Blackie Dammett aka John Kiedis.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Matt Lee-Williams
- ChildrenEverly Bear
- ParentsMargaret Noble
- RelativesMolly Vandenveen(Grandparent)John Alden Kiedis(Grandparent)Jenny Nobie(Sibling)Julie Nobie(Sibling)Antanas Kiedis(Great Grandparent)Julija Kiedis(Great Grandparent)James Kiedis(Sibling)
- Strange dance moves
- Frequently performs shirtless
- His godfather was Sonny Bono.
- Broke his back when he was 16 when misjudging a jump from a rooftop into a pool.
- The song "Transcending" on the Red Hot Chili Peppers album "One Hot Minute" is dedicated to River Phoenix.
- Likes to do "thrilling" things. When he was younger, Anthony and Flea used to jump off roofs for fun.
- Anthony met the The Dalai Lama during a trip in India at the end of 1996.
- [About kissing band mate Dave Navarro in the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Warped" video]: "It was totally spontaneous. It was no big deal. It was not any sort of contrived design to shock. The funny thing is people are so close-minded and uptight and freaked out by human contact of the same sex that it ended up having a shocking impact. Probably a lot of people couldn't handle it and decided they didn't like us. And that's okay, because to me it's more important to make someone that can relate to it feel good than to worry about people with a bad case of homophobia. I have a sneaking suspicion that there were probably a lot of frat guys out there who just could not handle the concept. But this is just my own imagination. Apparently the Russians love it though. They're kissers from way back" - interview in the March 5th, 1996 issue of the Toronto Sun.
- "I inherited my father's insatiable desire to meet all the beautiful girls in the world".
- When I was younger, I used to hate Germany. I hated the country, the people, the language, the culture, everything! But over the years I've grown to really appreciate the German people. I learned to admire their culture, the films, the poetry, the sculptures, the paintings, the music, and also the beautiful countryside. After all those years, and going there so many times, I really learned to love the country!
- What doesn't kill you only makes your book longer.
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