{"id":3462,"date":"2011-08-18T23:31:54","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T06:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=3462"},"modified":"2011-08-18T23:31:54","modified_gmt":"2011-08-19T06:31:54","slug":"nikki-sixx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/08\/nikki-sixx\/","title":{"rendered":"NIKKI SIXX"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NIKKI SIXX<\/h1>\n

The M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce and Sixx:A.M. rocker prefers clicks to cliques<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When bass player and songwriter Nikki Sixx isn\u2019t busy shouting at the devil with M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce or Sixx:A.M., you\u2019ll find him taking photos or writing books. His latest project, This Is Gonna Hurt<\/em>, combines all three: It\u2019s a book of photography and prose accompanied by an album of the same name. This Is Gonna Hurt<\/em> showcases Sixx\u2019s gritty photos, serves as his literary follow-up to the bestselling 2007 memoir The Heroin Diaries<\/em> and boasts new music from the rocker and his Sixx:A.M. bandmates, vocalist James Michael and guitarist DJ Ashba.<\/p>\n

How did this project take shape?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I knew I wanted to do something with my photography at some point. I had started writing songs with James and DJ for a Sixx:A.M. record. James came to my studio, where I have a gallery, and he was looking at all the photography that was framed as we were writing songs. I said, \u201cWouldn\u2019t it be interesting if this influenced us, or if we influenced that?\u201d And the lightbulb went on.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the unifying concept?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We felt like we were not only exorcising our own demons, but also shining a light on what it feels like to be living in the world. It\u2019s become this kind of plastic bubble. So many people forget about art or music or photography or fashion that it\u00a0becomes disposable.<\/p>\n

What demons came out?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have at times become judgmental\u2014but I\u2019m not judging those who are usually outed from the party and not invited into the special velvet-rope rooms. I\u2019m talking about the man with the gray suit and gray tie and gray smile\u2014I\u2019m judging him as a shark before I even let him get close, which I know better than to do. That\u2019s what my book is about: getting people together. We are all the same. We just want to be accepted, so let\u2019s stop the cliques. I have this thing where I get together with all kinds of different people\u2014bikers, fashion designers, business people, people I\u2019ve photographed, family members\u2014and have these dinners. It\u2019s amazing when you see a Hell\u2019s Angel talking to a transvestite.<\/p>\n

How long did this project take?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A couple years. The book was originally close to 500 pages, so we had to do a lot of surgery. The book company\u00a0wanted 264 pages, and my foreword could\u00a0have been that long.<\/p>\n

How different is being in Sixx:A.M. from being in M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The chemistry of us four in the Cr\u00fce is\u00a0way different from me, James and DJ. In Sixx:A.M. we don\u2019t try to be anything, because we\u2019re not really a band. We don\u2019t conform\u00a0to the band concept.<\/p>\n

Does that take the pressure off?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maybe I\u2019m able to be very Zen about Sixx:A.M. because I have a safety net. I already have something that\u2019s successful. But M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce is like a train accident waiting to happen. I don\u2019t ever look at M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce and think, \u201cI have a stable relationship.\u201d I love the band, I love the music and I love the guys, but I don\u2019t depend on it to last. I never thought it would last this long. But I definitely don\u2019t do Sixx:A.M. and just throw it to the wind because I have a safety net. The fans don\u2019t have to listen to something someone\u2019s doing because they need to make their mortgage. I\u2019m able to create from a place of complete honesty, which is nice.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>\u2013Eric R. Danton <\/strong><\/p>\n


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