By Nikki Sixx with Ian Gittins
Simon & Schuster
I remember watching a Behind The Music: Motley Crüe back in the day; I knew all about Nikki Sixx's overdose…well, at least I thought I did. I read a lot of personal memoirs dealing with addiction (books of this nature are my addiction) and I have read a lot of good ones, but this…this was intense. Sixx basically cut himself open for all to see…this is an honesty I have never seen before. The diary entries were for one year, the year he spent spiraling down to the bottom. To have that intimacy of the real time mindset of the addict as opposed to just the recollections from years later was truly unique. As if exposing your most intimate thoughts isn't enough, Sixx had the cajones to let the people who were in his life at the time of the diary entries, unleash with their own commentary of this time period…most were not at all flattering to Sixx! The commentators did not hold back. I commend Sixx for being able to hear it. This book was exceptional. If you really want to see what it means to party like a rock star, read this book…it probably won't seem as glamorous as you think…in fact, it is flat out scary. Speaking of scary, the commentary by Reverend Denise Matthews (formerly known as Vanity) seemed to me so disconnected from the situation she was commenting on that it confirmed one thing…"Drugs are bad, mm'k."
