The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star

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The most entertaining diaries since Andy Warhol's are full of such gems, plus self-analysis ("See, there's Sikki and then there's Nikki"), self-pity ("my childhood was shitty"), humour ("What has 48 legs and 12 teeth? Back in 1987, Sixx kept a journal, mostly because he wanted to keep a record of his drug addiction and his bands world tour, in 87' the Crue were on top of their game and could sell out arenas within minutes. Any hardcore Crue fans will know or have heard about the majority of antics/situations that arise within the pages.

It's not a cute book, it's not something you will talk about with your parents-in-law for example, but it's definitely something you will never forget 'Occasionally incoherent, sometimes bleakly hilarious, The Heroin Diaries is saved by judicious editing and a supporting cast that includes his band, Slash and Tom Zutaut (who suffered the ignominy of having to watch Sixx have sex with his date), as well as notes from Sixx deriding his younger, heroin-addled self' Classic Rock magazine November issue 'The Motley Crue founder tells Sally Beck about his years of heroin addiction, his parenting skills and why Tommy Lee is out of the band' The Chat, London Paper 7/11 '"Vanity" - as in Vanity 6, Sixx's drug buddy and lover during the period he kept his diary, from Christams '86 to his near-fatal December '87 overdose - "asked me to come over to play. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.M., songs written by Sixx have been used in national commercials, his photographs have been published by the New York Post , and he’s raised several hundred thousand dollars through his Running Wild In The Night charity for Covenant House California. As you read this book you will find it hard to believe that Nikki survived all this and came through in the end. Set against the frenzied world of heavy metal superstardom, the co-founder of legendary Motley Crue offers an unflinching and gripping look at his own descent into drug addiction. THE HEROIN DIARIES reveals Nikki's personal diary entries alongside commentary from the people who know Nikki best including band mates Tommy, Vince and Mick.

The reason for this is due to the dirt being a hands down no holds barred kick ass book and Nikki's book does not make the same sort of impact. In honor of the ten-year anniversary of The Heroin Diaries, Nikki Sixx’s definitive and bestselling memoir on drug addiction is reissued with exclusive new content. This tale of rock'n'roll excess is full of debauched images even we can't show' Loaded, Feb issue --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. In the book you will read about his heroin battle, What it make him do and think, The paranoia the heroin caused him to develop, His secret sister who passed away during this time, His relationship with his mother and sister, The loss of his beloved granmother, The antics that hapoened in motley crue, His girlfriends, The groupies, His marriages, The affair he had, The births of his children.Set against the frenzied world of heavy metal superstardom, the co-founder of legendary Mötley Crüe offers an unflinching and gripping look at his own descent into drug addiction. But the lows were lower, often ending with Nikki in his closet, surrounded by drug paraphernalia and wrapped in paranoid delusions. M., a two-time New York Times bestselling author of The Heroin Diaries and This Is Gonna Hurt , co-founder of rock couture fashion line Royal Underground, philanthropist, photographer, and host of the nationally syndicated radio show Sixx Sense, which airs on over 115 stations, and The Side Show Countdown.