Nikki Sixx
Nikki Sixx
Nikki Sixxis an American musician, songwriter, radio host, and photographer, best known as the co-founder, bassist, and primary songwriter of the band Mötley Crüe. Prior to forming Mötley Crüe, Sixx was a member of Sister before going on to form London with his Sister band mate Lizzie Grey. In 2000 he formed side project group 58 with Dave Darling, Steve Gibb and Bucket Baker issuing one album, titled Diet for a New America, the same year while in 2002 he...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBassist
Date of Birth11 December 1958
CitySan Jose, CA
CountryUnited States of America
We did something this year that was not based on animosity.
There's no difference if you're a supermodel or if you've lost both your legs. What are you doing that's beautiful or ugly on the inside?
There's a pattern when tours start-a pattern of infighting, of making up, of breaking up, of addiction. There's a pattern of going to jail. There's a pattern of passion for music.
They're the Liz Taylor and Richard Burton of our era.
He will be able to perform, but can't really jump around until it heals. Luckily, we have a few days off here and there for him to recover.
I know he had a good time there.
I don't think any of us realized how much work and how intense of a show it would be until we got into preproduction here in Los Angeles,
How have you guys been since we've been gone?
I'm finding that people reading the book [ The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star] are saying, "You came from one background, I came from this background - you were a rock star, I was a CEO. I didn't have a heroin/coke problem, but I had a pill problem. But I also fell from grace, didn't know how to get recovery, and I am now in recovery." People tell me that their kids read it and told them they'll never do drugs - "This book really shows me where it goes."
I feel you see every crack and bruise with black and white [pictiures] and color distracts usually from the honesty.
I've got my fingers in many pies and I'm very excited about creating stuff and watching it blossom and bloom and harvest it and get on with the next thing.
We want to keep extending our brand into different places, into movies and soundtracks and our music will live on through licensing and our brand lives on through merchandise and new generations will get to wear our clothing and our T-shirts and stuff that's associated with us.
For me, I never knew what addiction was. I just knew my heroes, like [New York Dolls guitarist] Johnny Thunders, did heroin. I didn't have a father, it looked good to me. If I had read Johnny Thunders' book The Heroin Diaries, I don't think I would have done heroin.
I love a little distortion across the bass; I think it kind of adds something to the sound of the band when the bass is a little overdriven.