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Nikki Sixx Makes New York Times Best Sellers List for 4th Time

Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx’s new book, The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx, has landed on The New York Times Best Seller list, giving the rocker his fourth best seller as an author.The Motley Crue founder and Sixx: A.M. musician previously penned the 2007 memoir The Heroin Diaries and the 2011 photo book This Is Gonna Hurt. With his Crue bandmates, he co-wrote 2002’s The Dirt: Confessions of The World’s Most Notorious Rock Band, which served as the basis for the 2019 band biopic The Dirt.All three…

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Nikki Sixx Stresses Importance of Being in Shape for a Large Tour

Motley Crue’s Stadium Tour with Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett is set to take place in the summer of 2022, and Nikki Sixx has stressed the importance of being in good physical shape for such a large endeavor.”When you play a two hour show in a stadium, it’s a 90-foot span from side to side,” Sixx described to Loudwire Nights host Toni Gonzalez. “So when you’re playing in a stadium, you’ve got all that room —…

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Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx Explains Why He Legally Took His Stage Name

Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx recently spoke about why he legally changed his given name to his stage name.The story surfaced this week as the rocker was promoting his new memoir, The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx, which details that and other tales.But as the Crue member found out while writing it, even his own origins have twists he didn’t expect. That’s what he uncovered in an Oct. 19 interview with The Project.Watch the video down toward the bottom of…

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Nikki Sixx Discusses Whether Rappers Are the New Rockstars

The members of Motley Crue tend to come to mind when one thinks of “living the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle,” but nowadays, a common opinion is that rappers are actually the new rockstars. Crue founder Nikki Sixx has weighed in on the statement in an upcoming interview with Loudwire Nights.The topic came into discussion after radio host Toni Gonzalez mentioned rapper Post Malone’s new song “Motley Crew,” which features drummer Tommy Lee in the music video.”I…