Recommnded songs: 'Life is Beautiful', 'Van Nuys', 'Courtesy Call' Which is odd, because I thought I was supposed to stop liking metal when I got old. I have to admit that Vince Neil's voice is a little on the ragged edge of my taste envelope but overall I don't have a problem with them anymore. Then I wondered - why, if I liked this, was I not a Motley Crue fan? So I looked through the Motley Crue discography and I found that I liked and remembered a bunch of their songs.

Since I was never a fan, I thought that explained it. I read in the Allmusic review of this album that Motley Crue fans would not like it. The intermissions when segments of the diaries are read complement the flow of the songs and enhance the story. It is both a powerful concept album and a collection of hard rock gems. Nikki's slide into the depths of addiction and the background information on several of rock music's more venerable gods including: Rick Neilsen's apparent antipathy toward Gene Simmons, David Coverdale being described as 'the Richard Burton of Rock and Roll,' and Vanity's insane behavior both as a coke whore and a minister make for some amusing anecdotes from the sleazy side of the spotlights.īut, back to the album. The layout was sometimes difficult to deal with (red print on black paper is not easy on these old eyes), but the story itself was enthralling. Just to complete the experience, I snagged the book from the library. Well, I acquired the album the next day and WOW! This was the best rock concept album since Queensryche's Operation: Mindcrime. The album was released as a companion disc for his new autobiography: The Heroin Diaries. Sixx AM is a project put together by Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue fame. Having established that fact, I was blown away when I heard 'Life is Beautiful' on my favorite internet radio station ( I immediately had to find out who this Sixx AM band was. To the best of my memory, they only had two songs I can truly say I liked: 'Shout at the Devil' and 'Dr. The alb I have to start out saying I was never a Motley Crue fan when they were huge. Feelgood.' Having established that fact, I was blown away when I heard 'Life is Beautiful' on my favorite internet radio station ( I immediately had to find out who this Sixx AM band was. I have to start out saying I was never a Motley Crue fan when they were huge. Kudos to Nikki Sixx for sharing such a brutal, heartbreaking, and emotional time in his life with the world.more Interspersed with photographs, artwork, lyrics, and other extras made it even more interesting. Nikki's journal entries from Christmas 1986 to Christmas 1987, when his drug use was apparently at it's highest. I thought it was an interesting read with an accurate description of addiction (Although of course it is a rock star version). So when I came across this book/journal at the library I was curious. I was not a huge fan of Mötley Crüe but I did enjoy some of their music. I thought it was an interesting read with an accurate description of addic A dark year in the life of Nikki SixxĪlthough a member of other bands Nikki Sixx is best known as co-founder, bassist, and primary songwriter for the band Mötley Crüe.Ī few years ago I was on a memoir kick and I ended up reading a few written by some current and former rock stars.

A few years ago I was on a memoir kick and I ended up reading a few written by some current and former rock stars. A dark year in the life of Nikki Sixx Although a member of other bands Nikki Sixx is best known as co-founder, bassist, and primary songwriter for the band Mötley Crüe.

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