anthony kiedis was a transplant from michigan, living with his father.ey were bandmates, kiedis and flea were best mates at fairfax high. >> what was the friendship born of? >> we both came from broken homes, slightly, atypical homes, nonconventional homes. and really we wanted to get in trouble. like, how much trouble can we get in without going to jail? >> we were just little street urchin, pretty thievin', runnin' around in the street, tryin' so hard, yearning so much to figure it out like how can we matter? my relationship with anthony is a profound thing for me. i remember that my mom telling me. she goes, michael, you came home and you said, mom, i met somebody that i've never been able to talk to like that before. you know? someone i could really talk to and that i felt heard by. >> flea and kiedis found kinship with two other outcast classmates, hillel slovak, a guitar player, and jack irons, a drummer. while his friends were working on their musicianship, kiedis first tried to make it as an actor, and, fun fact, shows up in an after-school speci