Nikki Sixx
Nikki Sixx Hits Back at Pearl Jam After Eddie Vedder’s Criticism of Mötley Crüe: ‘They’re One of the Most Boring Bands in History’
There hasn’t been a good rock band spat in…forever? Well, that has certainly changed! Eddie Vedder gave a lengthy interview to the New York Times last weekend (which was very interesting and wide-ranging) ahead of his new solo album, Earthling. In the interview, Vedder described working at a club in San Diego during the late ’80s where he’d load in band’s gear. “I’d end up being at shows that I wouldn’t have chosen to go to — bands that monopolized late-’80s MTV,” Vedder said. “The metal bands that — I’m trying to be nice — I despised. ‘Girls, Girls, Girls’ and Mötley Crüe: Fuck you. I hated it. I hated how it made the fellas look. I hated how it made the women look. It felt so vacuous.” Now, Nikki Sixx has hit back. In a tweet, Sixx expressed his displeasure and mocked Vedder an...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Nikki Sixx
Name Nikki Sixx Best known for I’m 100 percent best known for my sarcasm first, and second, for being a member of Mötley Crüe. Current city Jackson Hole, WY, where there’s more cattle than there are people. Really want to be in If I could be any place in the world—besides where we live in Jackson Hole, WY, which we love, we have a lot of property, you can’t see any houses or anything from where we live—would be somewhere on the beach. Maybe St. Barts. Excited about Yeah, I’m really excited about the fact that I’ve signed a deal—and I’m not ready to announce who it is—but a huge director in animation. And we’ve gotten together, and we’ve got a really great idea for an animated show for children, which is driven by an original song in each show. And the other thi...
SPIN Presents Lipps Service With Nikki Sixx From Motley Crue
On this week’s episode of SPIN Presents Lipps Service, host Scott Lipps caught up with his longtime friend Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue. The bassist has a new memoir, THE FIRST 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx, that he gets into detail about how it came together. They also touch on how Sixx got into music, how he was inspired by everyone from the New York Dolls to Cheap Trick to Aerosmith, and how he first got involved in the ’80s Sunset Strip music scene. Since its beginnings in 2018, the acclaimed podcast has featured many of the biggest voices and personalities in music, including exclusive interviews with Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis, David Lee Roth, Shepard Fairey, Courtney Love, Dove Cameron, Mick Fleetwood, Perry Farrell and many, many more. In the last episode, Lipps spoke w...
