{"id":13889,"date":"2015-03-20T10:41:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T17:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=13889"},"modified":"2015-03-20T10:41:56","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T17:41:56","slug":"motley-crues-nikki-sixx-signs-with-sesac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2015\/03\/motley-crues-nikki-sixx-signs-with-sesac\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce\u2019s Nikki Sixx Signs with SESAC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce\u2019s Nikki Sixx Signs with SESAC<\/h1>\n

Nikki Sixx, co-founder, bassist and primary songwriter for the legendary rock band M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce, has signed with SESAC for songwriter representation, as of January 1, 2015.\u00a0 Sixx\u2019s songwriting catalog includes \u201cHome Sweet Home,\u201d which, in addition to being a top hit for M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce, has been covered by numerous artists, including Carrie Underwood.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am excited about joining SESAC,\u201d said Sixx. \u201cThey are very pro-active in pursuing opportunities for their artists and progressive with how they do their work, employing all kinds of new technologies.\u00a0 I anticipate a long, fruitful relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n

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SESAC’s Glen Phillips, SESAC’s Sam Kling, Sixx, SESAC’s Dennis Lord<\/p><\/div>\n

Since M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce\u2019s formation in 1980, the GRAMMY\u00ae-nominated rock group has established themselves as one of music\u2019s most revered, celebrated and notorious bands in history.\u00a0 The band has sold over 100 million albums globally reaching seven platinum or multi-platinum certifications.\u00a0\u00a0 They have chalked up 22 Top 40 mainstream rock hits, including such classics as\u00a0 \u201cKickstart My Heart\u201d, \u201cHome Sweet Home,\u201d\u00a0 \u201cDr. Feelgood,\u201d \u201cGirls Girls Girls\u201d and \u201cShout At The Devil\u201d \u2013 all written by Sixx – and honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce also scored three GRAMMY\u00ae nominations for Best Hard Rock Performance and countless sold-out tours across the globe, playing to millions and generations of fans.\u00a0 Always musical innovators, they were also the first rock band to do a rock residency in Las Vegas, setting a trend for their contemporaries.<\/p>\n

In addition to currently traveling the globe on M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce\u2019s FINAL TOUR, Sixx is also busy hosting \u201cSixx Sense,\u201d his daily syndicated radio show which is carried in over 100 cities across North America.\u00a0 Sixx is a\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0best-selling author receiving praise for his books,\u00a0This Is Gonna Hurt<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Heroin Diaries<\/em>, which is currently being developed into a Broadway play. Sixx recently released the third album of his band, Sixx:A.M. – entitled\u00a0MODERN VINTAGE<\/em>\u00a0– with bandmates James Michael and DJ Ashba, about which\u00a0Artist Direct<\/em>\u00a0said \u201cThis is what a classic rock record should sound like in 2014. This is SIXX:AM’s finest hour thus far!\u201d\u00a0 The band\u2019s new single \u201cStars\u201d is already making its way up the charts. SIXX:A.M.\u2019s previous two albums,\u00a0The Heroin Diaries<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0This Is Gonna Hurt<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 both of which were accompanied by books of the same name – have sold over 600,000 copies and spawned 2 number one radio singles, \u201cLife Is Beautiful\u201d and \u201cThis Is Gonna Hurt.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce\u2019s Nikki Sixx Signs with SESAC Nikki Sixx, co-founder, bassist and primary songwriter for the legendary rock band M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce, has signed with SESAC for songwriter representation, as of January 1, 2015.\u00a0 Sixx\u2019s songwriting catalog includes \u201cHome Sweet Home,\u201d which, in addition to being a top hit for M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce, has been covered by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1058],"tags":[4809,2412,2621],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13889"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13892,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13889\/revisions\/13892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}