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Rock-and-roll icon and three-time bestselling author Nikki Sixx
tells his origin story: how Frank Feranna became Nikki
Sixx, chronicling his fascinating journey from irrepressible
Idaho farmboy to the man who formed the revolutionary rock group
Mötley Crüe. Nikki Sixx is one of the most respected,
recognizable, and entrepreneurial icons in the music industry. As
the founder of Mötley Crüe, who is now in his twenty-first year
of sobriety, Sixx is incredibly passionate about his craft and
wonderfully open about his life in rock and roll, and as a person
of the world. Born Franklin Carlton Feranna on December 11, 1958,
young Frankie was abandoned by his father and partly raised by his
mother, a woman who was ahead of her time but deeply troubled.
Frankie ended up living with his grandparents, bouncing from farm
to farm and state to state. He was an all-American kid—hunting,
fishing, chasing girls, and playing football—but underneath it
all, there was a burning desire for more, and that more was music.
He eventually took a Greyhound bound for Hollywood. In Los Angeles,
Frank lived with his aunt and his uncle—the president of Capitol
Records—for a short time. But there was no easy path to the top.
He was soon on his own. There were dead-end jobs: dipping circuit
boards, clerking at liquor and record stores, selling used light
bulbs, and hustling to survive. But at night, Frank honed his
craft, joining Sister, a band formed by fellow hard-rock veteran
Blackie Lawless, and formed a group of his own: London, the
precursor of Mötley Crüe. Turning down an offer to join Randy
Rhoads’s band, Frank changed his name to Nikki London, Nikki
Nine, and, finally, Nikki Sixx. Like Huck Finn with a stolen
guitar, he had a vision: a group that combined punk, glam, and hard
rock into the biggest, most theatrical and irresistible package the
world had ever seen. With hard work, passion, and some luck, the
vision manifested in reality—and this is a profound true story
finding identity, of how Frank Feranna became Nikki Sixx. It's also
a road map to the ways you can overcome anything, and
achieve all of your goals, if only you put your mind to it.
Nikki Sixx is one of the most respected, recognizable, and
entrepreneurial icons in the music industry. As the founder of
Motley Crue who is now in his twenty-first year of sobriety, Sixx
is incredibly passionate about his craft and wonderfully open about
his life in rock and roll, and as a person of the world. Born
Franklin Carlton Feranna on December 11, 1958, young Frankie was
abandoned by his father and partly raised by his mother, a woman
who was ahead of her time in some ways and deeply troubled in
others. Frankie ended up living with his grandparents, bouncing
from farm to farm and state to state. He was an all-American
kid-hunting, fishing, chasing girls, and playing football-but
underneath it all, there was a burning desire for more, and that
more was music. He eventually took a Greyhound bound for Hollywood.
In Los Angeles, Frank lived with his aunt and his uncle-the
president of Capitol Records. But there was no short path to the
top. He was soon on his own. There were dead-end jobs: dipping
circuit boards, clerking at liquor and record stores, selling used
light bulbs, and hustling to survive. But at night, Frank honed his
craft, joining Sister, a band formed by fellow hard-rock veteran
Blackie Lawless, and formed a group of his own: London, the
precursor of Motley Crue. Turning down an offer to join Randy
Rhoads' band, Frank changed his name to Nikki London, Nikki Nine,
and, finally, Nikki Sixx. Like Huck Finn with a stolen guitar, he
had a vision: a group that combined punk, glam, and hard rock into
the biggest, most theatrical and irresistible package the world had
ever seen. With hard work, passion, and some luck, the vision
manifested in reality - and this is a profound true story finding
identity, of how Frank Feranna became Nikki Sixx. And it's a road
map to the ways you can overcome anything, and achieve all of your
goals, if only you put your mind to it.
"Without a doubt, it is the most detailed account of the awesome
pleasures and perils of rock and roll stardom I have ever read. It
is completely compelling, and utterly revolting". ("Rolling
Stone"). Ten years ago, Motley Crue's bestselling "The Dirt" -
penned with collaborator extraordinaire Neil Strauss - set a new
bar for rock 'n' roll memoirs. A runaway bestseller and genuine
cultural phenomenon, this turbocharged blockbuster is still flying
off shelves a decade after its initial publication. The book takes
readers along for the whole wild ride of Motley Crue - the voice of
a barely pubescent Generation X, the anointed high priests of
backward-masking pentagram rock, pioneers of Hollywood glam, and
the creators of MTV's first power ballad. Their sex lives claimed
celebrities from Heather Locklear to Pamela Anderson to Donna
D'Errico. Their scuffles involved everyone from Axl Rose to
2LiveCrew. Their hobbies include collecting automatic weapons,
cultivating long arrest records, pushing the envelope of
conceivable drug abuse, and dreaming up backstage antics that would
make Ozzy Osbourne blanch with modesty. Now, in time for Motley's
30th anniversary - and a new tour! - comes a deluxe collector's
hardcover edition of the book, complete with a dazzling new effects
- laden cover and all - new extra material from the band inside.
Whiskey and porn stars, hot reds and car crashes, black leather and high heels, overdoses and death. This is the life of Mötley Crüe, the heaviest drinking, hardest fighting, most oversexed and arrogant band in the world. Their unbelievable exploits are the stuff of rock 'n' roll legend. They nailed the hottest chicks, started the bloodiest fights, partied with the biggest drug dealers, and got to know the inside of every jail cell from California to Japan. They have dedicated an entire career to living life to its extreme, from the greatest fantasies to the darkest tragedies. Tommy married two international sex symbols; Vince killed a man and lost a daughter to cancer; Nikki overdosed, rose from the dead, and then OD'd again the next day; and Wick shot a woman and tried to hang his own brother. But that's just the beginning. Fueled by every drug they could get their hands on and obscene amounts of alcohol, driven by fury and headed straight for hell, Mötley Crüe raged through two decades, leaving behind a trail of debauched women, trashed hotel rooms, crashed cars, psychotic managers, and broken bones that has left the music industry cringing to this day. All these unspeakable acts, not to mention their dire consequences, are laid bare in The Dirt. Here -- directly from Nikki, Vince, Tommy, and Mick -- is the unexpurgated version of the whole glorious, gut-wrenching story. In these pages, published for the first time anywhere, are Tommy Lee's letters to Pamela Anderson from prison: Mick's confession to having an incurable disease that is slowly killing him; Vince's experience burying his own daughter -- and the train wreck that his life became afterward; and Nikki's anguished struggle to deal with an entire life fueled by anger over his childhood abandonment, his discovery of the family he never knew he had -- and his subsequent loss of them. And all of it accompanied by scores of rare, never-before-published photographs, mug shots, and handwritten lyrics. No one is spared. Not David Lee Roth, Ozzy Osbourne, Vanity, Aerosmith, Heather Locklear, AC/DC, Lita Ford, Iron Maiden, Pamela Anderson, Guns N' Roses, Donna D'Errico, RATT, or those two girls from Dallas, Texas. Make no mistake about it: these guys are geniuses. They invented glam metal and then left it in the dust; sold more than forty million albums from Shout at the Devil to Dr. Feelgood; toured the world dozen times and have the scars to prove it it; and maintained a rabid following in an era of throwaway pop stars. Mötley Crüe has done nothing less than tattoo the psyche of the entire MTV generation. They are the ultimate rock 'n' roll band. And if you don't believe it, read The Dirt. You don't know what decadence is...
"This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography And Life Through The
Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx", is part photo, part journal - but
all Nikki Sixx. It is a collection of compelling photography and
stories that capture the rage, love, optimism, darkness, and
determination that shape his work. Combining the raw authenticity
that defined his "New York Times" bestseller "The Heroin Diaries"
with a photographic journey, "This Is Gonna Hurt" chronicles Sixx's
experiences - from his early years filled with toxic waste, to his
success with Motley Crue, to his death from an OD and his eventual
rebirth through music, photography, and love. Love story, bad-ass
rock tell-all, social commentary, family memoir, "This Is Gonna
Hurt" offers the compelling insights of an artist and a man
struggling to survive, connect, and find a happy ending-a search
that fuels Sixx's being.
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