10 Years of SIXX: A.M.

From my inbox:

LOS ANGELES CA, August 21, 2017 – Today marks the 10^th anniversary of the release of Nikki Sixx’s drug-soaked NY Times bestselling memoir, THE HEROIN DIARIES and SiXX:A.M.’s The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack.

 

To commemorate more than a decade of sobriety and life lessons learned, Nikki Sixx and SIXX:A.M. revisit the seminal work; announcing Tenth Anniversary Editions of the book and album in multiple formats including: digital LP, CD, CD / DVD, and Special Edition Vinyl, and Graphic Novel. Fans can get a jump start TODAY by pre-ordering these and more exclusively at PledgeMusic.

Nikki Sixx got sober sixteen years ago. A decade ago he shared this story with the world. And yet with the modern opioid crisis looming larger than ever; Sixx’s journey to sobriety and the words and music it inspired remains poignantly relevant.

 

Chronicling the year of decadence and depravity that almost cost Sixx his life during the recording and tour for Mötley Crüe’s seminal 1987 album GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS, the book not only became a worldwide bestseller but also spawned the band SIXX:A.M., and Sixx’s nationally syndicated daily iHeart Media rock radio show “Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx.”

 

Says Sixx: “Over the last ten years I’ve met so many people who have thanked me for The Heroin Diariesand say that it saved their lives,” explains Nikki. “But the truth is, writing The Heroin Diaries saved my life too.” 

 

Journey back again into this mega–New York Times bestselling survivor’s story in one of the most “harrowing” (Rolling Stone) and “heartbreaking” (The New York Times) memoirs of addiction ever published and the soundtrack it inspired. The once-shattered rock star shares raw and mesmerizing journal entries from the year he plunged to rock bottom—and his courageous decision to pick himself up and start living again. In never-before-seen photos and exclusive new chapters, Nikki reflects on his decade of sobriety in this expanded 10^th anniversary edition of the book.

 

SIXX:A.M. also celebrates its 10-year anniversary with the re-release of The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack: 10^th Anniversary Edition. Comprised of James Michael (vocalist, producer, songwriter), Dj Ashba (guitarist, songwriter) Nikki Sixx (bassist, songwriter), the group initially came together to write, record, and co-produce The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack, which sold over 300,000 copies, and includes the #1 hit single, “Life Is Beautiful,” which became radio’s most played rock song of 2008. Over the past decade SIXX:A.M. has become a full-fledged global rock powerhouse, releasing four additional albums, multiple Top 5 hits and playing the biggest festivals and arenas around the world.

THE HEROIN DIARIES: Ten Year Anniversary Edition by Nikki Sixx is out October 24th via Gallery Books / Simon & Schuster featuring a new cover, never-before-seen photos and exclusive brand new chapters.

 

THE HEROIN DIARIES: 10th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack by SIXX:A.M. will be released October 27th via Eleven Seven Music as a digital album, CD, and CD/DVD. A limited edition vinyl package will also come later this year. All music configurations feature new artwork, personal notes from the band and include 3 newly re-imagined tracks: “Life Is Beautiful 2017”, “Accidents Can Happen 2017”, and Girl With Golden Eyes 2017”.

 

Also on pre-sale today is The Heroin Diaries graphic novel, a collaboration that Nikki Sixx and HEAVY METAL recently announced at ComicCon San Diego. The Graphic Novel presents the Heroin Diaries from a different angle and gives both insight and understanding to the deadly trap and temptation of addiction adapted by Rantz Hoseley, illustrated by Danijel Zezelj, and Keiron Dwyer, an with exclusive cover art by David Mack.

 

In addition, Sixx will debut his first-ever photography exhibit in partnership with Leica Camera at the Leica Gallery Los Angeles beginning October 4 (announcement forthcoming). The collection features Sixx’s most precious moments and interactions from the past decade, in images including homelessness and drug addiction amongst other topics which Sixx was all too familiar with before photography helped change his life post-sobriety.  

Comments

[Gary]

Has any person in history ever made more money from addiction? Just sayin'.....

[JT]

I like the original version better, but it's always cool to see a band revisit and reimagine their own songs.

[Kixchix]

To commemorate I would like to attach a link to the new ass kicking song by LA Guns called The Devil Made Me Do It! This album is poised to be one of their best and certainly the best album of 2017.

https://youtu.be/R6dhPmXVatI

Enjoy

[Bob]

Gary, my friend, you took the words directly out of my mouth. As I read this article, I literally said to myself, "aaaah, turning addiction into profit." I know he went through some very tough times, and I legitimately commend him for coming through them and surviving, but no one needed, or asked for, a tenth anniversary of the Heroin Diaries. I have a very good friend who is recovering from a Heroin addiction, and she doesn't have the luxury of making millions off of her story.

[fletch]

@Gary:

-Dr. Drew Pinsky
-John Bradshaw
-Betty Ford
-The Catholic Church
-Church of Scientology
-Promises Treatment Center
-Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith

...and several others

[Gary]

@fletch 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Touché bro!

[Jakki Steal]

James Michael is still a bland as F*** vocalist, second only to Miles "Boring" Kennedy!
Sixx A.M musically isn't that bad, had Nikki got John Corabi (or somebody even remotely as good as him ) to be the vocalist...
Sixx A.M could of been a b@d@$$ band...BUT alas they are not!

Nikki hooking up w/James Michael has been a complete disaster for Nikki creatively.
I love the Motley Corabi album & Generation Swine just as much if not more than the stuff from their "glory days".

Everything from 'New Tattoo' up until Lame A.M. has just been weak as hell (except for a handful of songs).
Whether you liked Motley Corabi/Generation Swine or not, you can't deny that Nikki was at the very least being creative as fu@k & trying to break new ground.
Unlike 'New Tattoo' & 'S.O.L.A' which were both weak pathetic/poor mans attempts at making the next 'Dr. Feelgood' (w/mostly horrible songs co written by James Michael).
James Michael made Motley sound like a Crue tribute band trying to write their own songs, but failing miserably effortlessly.

[Metalboy!]

Hear, hear, Jakki!!! Hahaha!!!

I couldn't have said it better!!!

I will say this... though, I agree with 99.999% of what you're saying, I do really like the song, "Saints of Los Angeles", the last decent song they put out. If only these guys could have put more effort into that album, they just might have made a decent record.

What a shame how they ran out of steam at the end, rather than going out with a new album, say, on the level of Cheap Trick's new one, which I said in Comments on another of Allyson's recent posts, is their best since 1978's "Heaven Tonight", as it's head and shoulders superior to the overblown, "Dream Police" from 1979.

So, it took Cheap Trick 19 albums to finally put out a great one, "We're All Alright", released several weeks ago with little fanfare, proving it's never too late, unless you're Nikki Sixx, who, sadly, seems to be dying all over again, only this time, from boredom brought on by his own musical choices.

SIXX: L.A.M.E., indeed, Jakki!

p.s. Kixchix! Yes! If the songs "The Devil Made Me Do It" and "Speed" are any indication, the new L.A. Guns album is a close runner up to Cheap Trick for "Comeback of the Century", a plaudit Sixx is destined to NEVER, EVER receive now!

[fletch]

I clicked on BBG this morning and noticed that there was an additional comment to this thread. Before I clicked on it, I said to myself, "I bet it's Mb and this is what she has written...". I was correct on both accounts. Mind you, I would have stayed away from the money aspect of addiction if it were not for Gary and Bob's posts on this thread. So I had to level the playing field a bit and get people thinking a little more about the subject- kinda like what the ACLU does.

I even thought of being snarky and throw shade by adding a bunch more names to the list with readers scratching their collective heads and wondering, , "what the hell does fletch mean by that?" but I let it go.

Sometimes people start out with good intentions and then just lose their way all in the name of the almighty dollar. It seems that Sixx might be doing this in his latest output. Thankfully, Mb, has not lost her way, as evidenced by her most recent post.

[JCD]

I'm with Kixchix, I'd rather talk about L.A. Guns than Nikki Sixx. I hope the new album does well and tours a great deal. I saw them once with Traci Guns and Jizzy Pearl, Not very good to say the least. I'd love to see Traci and Phil play together. That's the chemistry of the Guns right there. To get back on topic, I read some the Heroin Diaries and found it hard to believe that a person in the throes of heroin addiction had the ambition to chronicle the details of their day to day life.

[JCD]

I have only heard parts of the Heroin Diaries soundtrack and recall it being very bland. Extremely bland in fact. As for the Crue, I liked most of their stuff up to the New Tattoo. The Corabi album was good. Generation Swine was different but good for the most part, minus Tommy Lee's attempt at writing a song. This may be an unpopular choice but the Crue record I go to at any frequency is Girls, Girls, Girls. I think it must be the bluesy side of that record as I've gotten into bluesier stuff in the last 10 - 12 years. That just so happens to be the record that Nikki was going through his heaviest drug use. I'm waiting to see if the Mick Mars cd will ever see the light of day. To me, that could have a lot of potential.

[fletch]

sleeping late and smokin' weed

[Dj]

I'm just not huge on Sixx Am, its cool to see how Nikki has actually helped people with addiction with that album, and has donated some profits to charities around it..but as far as the music goes, there's a handful of songs I like, just haven't heard a full blown great album by them, and it gets too generic sometimes. Id rather support the new LA Guns, all the new songs I've heard are killer and I hear the shows are going good.