Acid for the Children: A Memoir

Flea's Acid for the Children is a raw, riveting memoir that takes readers on a deeply personal tour of his formative years.

With dreamy, jazz-inflected prose, Flea deftly chronicles his experiences as an artist, musician, and young man in Los Angeles during the 1970s and 80s.

This is a love letter to the power of music and creativity from one of the most renowned musicians of our time.

Through hilarious anecdotes, poetical meditations, and occasional flights of fantasy, Flea reveals how he found family in a community of musicians, artists, and junkies who lived on the fringe.

This memoir is a tenderly evocative coming-of-age story and a raucous love letter to the power of music and creativity from one of the most renowned musicians of our time.