Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis is bringing the story of his unconventional childhood to HBO.

The series, tentatively titled “Scar Tissue,” will revolve around the singer’s experiences growing up in Los Angeles with his father Spider, a drug dealer who often hung out with rock stars.

“He introduced me to the arts, to a more culturally magnificent life,” Kiedis told Daily Variety.

“But some of it was this heavy, adult matter that I wasn’t quite capable of digesting. … It was a very rich but challenging period of my life. I was thrust into this adult mentality by age 11.”

One of the show’s producers contacted Kiedis about developing the project after reading the musician’s autobiography of the same name.

The Chili Peppers have been on hiatus since the end of their tour in support of 2006’s “Stadium Arcadium.”






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