The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx

The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx

by Nikki Sixx
The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx

The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx

by Nikki Sixx

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Overview

Rock-and-roll icon and three-time bestselling author Nikki Sixx tells his origin story: how Frank Feranna became Nikki Sixx, chronicling his fascinating journey from irrepressible Idaho farmboy to the man who formed the revolutionary rock group Mötley Crüe.

Nikki Sixx is one of the most respected, recognizable, and entrepreneurial icons in the music industry. As the founder of Mötley Crüe, who is now in his twenty-first year of sobriety, Sixx is incredibly passionate about his craft and wonderfully open about his life in rock and roll, and as a person of the world. Born Franklin Carlton Feranna on December 11, 1958, young Frankie was abandoned by his father and partly raised by his mother, a woman who was ahead of her time but deeply troubled. Frankie ended up living with his grandparents, bouncing from farm to farm and state to state. He was an all-American kid—hunting, fishing, chasing girls, and playing football—but underneath it all, there was a burning desire for more, and that more was music. He eventually took a Greyhound bound for Hollywood.

In Los Angeles, Frank lived with his aunt and his uncle—the president of Capitol Records—for a short time. But there was no easy path to the top. He was soon on his own. There were dead-end jobs: dipping circuit boards, clerking at liquor and record stores, selling used light bulbs, and hustling to survive. But at night, Frank honed his craft, joining Sister, a band formed by fellow hard-rock veteran Blackie Lawless, and formed a group of his own: London, the precursor of Mötley Crüe. Turning down an offer to join Randy Rhoads’s band, Frank changed his name to Nikki London, Nikki Nine, and, finally, Nikki Sixx. Like Huck Finn with a stolen guitar, he had a vision: a group that combined punk, glam, and hard rock into the biggest, most theatrical and irresistible package the world had ever seen. With hard work, passion, and some luck, the vision manifested in reality—and this is a profound true story finding identity, of how Frank Feranna became Nikki Sixx. It's also a road map to the ways you can overcome anything, and achieve all of your goals, if only you put your mind to it.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780306923708
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 10/19/2021
Pages: 224
Sales rank: 440,120
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Nikki Sixx is an international rock icon, founding member of Mötley Crüe and Sixx:A.M., three-time New York Times best-selling author (with The Heroin Diaries, This Is Gonna Hurt, and Mötley Crüe’s The Dirt), philanthropist, photographer, and addiction recovery advocate. Sixx had the #1 nationally syndicated rock radio show, Sixx Sensewith Nikki Sixx on iHeart Media, for eight years. In March 2019, Sixx premiered Mötley Crüe’s hit Netflix biopic, The Dirt, based on the band’s 2001 autobiography.

Table of Contents

1 The Stadium Tour 1

2 Snake River 17

3 Just Kids 27

4 Nona and Tom 37

5 Twin Falls 55

6 Jerome 71

7 McCleary's Drugstore 83

8 Seattle 95

9 Teenage Wasteland 101

10 Diamond Dogs 107

11 Back on the Farm 115

12 Los Angeles 119

13 Eruption 127

14 London Calling 135

15 The Spotlight 143

16 Nikki Nine 151

17 Niki Syxx 159

18 Nigel 161

19 The Starwood 169

20 New Monster 181

21 Stick to Your Guns 195

Acknowledgments 203

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