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.
I gotta admit that this year I’ve been getting into rock star biographies which I find to be very interesting, heartbreaking but also very enjoyable to read. And this book is probably one of the best biographies I’ve read so far in my life. But without naming this into longer than it already is, lets get into the review of this book.
The first thing I need to say about this book is the fact that it is very honest. Nikki Sixx really talks about all the shit he went through as a kid which really is very depressing and sad. But at the same time it made me like him so much more after reading this book than I already did.
This book talks about the first 21 years of Nikkis life from when he was born until the point he officially changed his name from Frank Feranna Jr to Nikki Sixx.
The only downside of this book in my opinion is that it doesn’t go into a lot of details of his upbringing. In this book Nikki Sixx only talks briefly about all the shit he went through in his early life and late teens. But even thou we only get fried details of his upbringing it is still very sad and depressing to read about.
This book also talks about how Nikki Sixx meet Mick Mars for the first time, while working at a liquor store and where he got the name “Nikki Sixx” from. Which was very interesting more me to read about because I didn’t know that fact about him even thou I think of myself as a huge Motley Crue fan.
The writing style in this book is very good. Because it was like Nikki Sixx knew exactly what words to use in this book to completely grab my attention and not let it go until the very end of this book which really made me give this book extra points for doing.
This biography is one of the rare biographies I would recommend to anyone to read, because it shows that even the biggest musicians can have a fucked up life no matter how famous they are or how much money they have today.
I Give This Book 5 / 5
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