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 had sort of Spinal Tap moment in Europe . . . when I caught on fire. Vince almost had to stop singing, he was laughing so hard.
I think that music is a lifestyle that you sort of intravenously plug into and unplug from when you do and don't need it. Some people live it 10 hours a day, some on weekends. It's no more important or non-important than that.
I just love doing radio. I've learned to be more vulnerable through radio than even I've been through books and writing lyrics. It's a different type of experience where, if I'm writing a lyric, I can sort of hide behind it a little bit.
If you're getting different prescriptions from different doctors, there has to be some sort of check and balance in there somewhere.
Everybody was paranoid that it was going to be the same as it used to be. People had cold feet. They weren't sure. It's like getting back into a relationship that didn't work out real well. Once we got back in, we realized why it was so magical, but it took some prodding and some time, and everything just sort of worked itself out organically.
We fit in there with all the dead movie stars.
We go to do the Billboard Music Awards to be a presenter, and we walk on stage, and we get a standing ovation from the industry.
You can't do this, you can't take a picture of someone who has built their image up, I don't care who it is. You can't use that for your business.
But the other thing besides that which is true is that we have been rediscovered or discovered by a new audience.
Vince has said over and over, you know, rock 'n' roll never really goes away,
Vince feels horrible, ... He wanted to finish the show but I think it's better he didn't, in the big picture. From all four of us, we're very sorry and will be back to Atlanta. No shows will be canceled.
I'd like to respond to rumors that I died yesterday ... I mean, c'mon, be patient! My day will come but it hasn't yet!
We decided the first part of the show would be our earlier stuff. And then we would come out for the second half, blasting more radio-oriented stuff, the hits, I guess. It gives us the opportunity to put the music together.
We're across the street from the Erotica Museum and Frederick's of Hollywood. This is a perfect place for us to be.