Anthony Kiedis Was Born On November 1, 1962

Anthony Kiedis was born on November 1st of 1962 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He grew up in Grand Rapids until age 11 when he moved to Los Angeles.

He is best known as the lead singer of the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers which was formed in 1983.

Red Hot Chili Peppers had little commercial success until their 4th album, Mother's Milk, which charted at #52 in the US in 1989. Their big break through came with their next album 1991's Blood Sugar Sex Magik which reached #3 in the US. It was also the first Chili Peppers album to have success worldwide as they reached the UK, French, German, and Australian charts for the first time. It has sold over 12 million copies worldwide.

Since then the Chili Peppers have released four more studio albums each of which has been successful commercially:

1995's One Hot Minute charted at #5 in the US and has sold over 5 million copies worldwide.
1999's Californication charted at #3 in the US and has sold over 15 million copies worldwide.
2002's By the Way charted at #2 in the US and has sold over 9 million copies worldwide.
2006's Stadium Arcadium charted at #1 in the US and has sold over 7 million copies worldwide.

Their most successful singles to date have been:

1991's "Under the Bridge" which charted at #2 in the US, #13 in the UK, and #1 in Australia
1999's "Scar Tissue" which charted at #9 in the US, #15 in the UK, and #3 in New Zealand.
2003's "Dani California" which charted at #6 in the US, #2 in the UK, and #2 in Sweden.

1990's "Give it Away," 1993's "Soul to Squeeze," 1995's "My Friends," 1999's "Scar Tissue," & "Otherside," 2000's "Californiacation," 2002's "By the Way," & "Can't Stop," 2003's "Dani Califorinia," 2006's "Tell Me Baby," and 2006's "Snow ((Hey Oh))" have all reached #1 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart.

A sampling of Red Hot Chili Pepper's music videos for their #1 US Modern Rock songs from over the course of their career:

"Give it Away"