Nikki Sixx

Nikki Sixx is one of those rare figures who feels genuinely larger than life, and honestly, he earned it the hard way. The co-founder and creative backbone of Mötley Crüe, he didn't just play bass — he wrote the songs, shaped the image, and held the whole chaotic thing together for decades. The guy was clinically dead for two minutes in 1987 after a heroin overdose, came back, and immediately wrote "Kickstart My Heart" about the experience — that's not spin, that's just the kind of absurd rock mythology that only a handful of people actually live. What I respect most is that he turned the wreckage of his early life into something real: the memoir "The Heroin Diaries" is a genuinely raw document, not a PR rehabilitation. He's also proven himself as a photographer and radio host, so the creativity clearly runs deeper than the spandex era ever suggested.

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Name (English)

Nikki Sixx

Name (Japanese)

ニッキー・シックス

Reading

にっきー・しっくす

Born

December 11, 1958 (age 67)

Origin

San Jose, California, United States

Occupation

bassist / musician / songwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Dog

High school

Roosevelt High School

• Official sitehttp://www.nikkisixx.net
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nikkisixxpixx/
• Xhttps://x.com/nikkisixx
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki%20Sixx
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q362516

Tags

• California
• bassist
• musician
• songwriter

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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