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Nikki Sixx Thanks Fans for Support After Mother's Death

Billy Dukes — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:32:41 +0000

Nikki Sixx thanked fans for their words of support following the June 8 death of his mother Deana Richards. Sixx shared the news via Twitter early Sunday morning. Details of her passing have not been made available.

Nikki Sixx Enjoys Summer 'Vacation' As Motley Crue Make Fall Plans

Will Harris — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:14:51 +0000

Motley Crue have added two new tour dates to their upcoming upcoming residency at Las Vegas’ Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Before kicking off their 12-night stint at the Joint, which runs from Sept. 18 through Oct. 6, the band will perform two shows in Oklahoma: Sept. 12 at Choctaw Casino in Durant and Sept. [...]

Nikki Sixx Joins NOH8 Campaign

Jeff Giles — Fri, 31 May 2013 15:44:28 +0000

Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx has joined the growing ranks of rock ‘n’ roll veterans who have come out in support of same-sex marriage, recently posing for a photo with his fiancée, model Courtney Bingham, for the NOH8 Campaign. A charitable organization founded in the wake of California’s passage of Proposition 8 (the legislation that banned [...]

Nikki Sixx Blasts Kim Kardashian Via Twitter

Sterling Whitaker — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:11:32 +0000

Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx took socialite and all-around media . . . uh, "personality" Kim Kardashian to task on Monday (May 20), after the bad-reality-TV-star-turned-product pitch woman posted to Twitter to promote her new bronzer line during the horrific tornado that touched down in Moore, Okla. and struck an elementary school, reportedly leaving at least 51 people dead in its wake.

Nikki Sixx's Photography Featured on Leica Camera Blog

Billy Dukes — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:46:35 +0000

Motley Crue co-founder and bassist Nikki Sixx is also an acclaimed and successful photographer, and several shots taken during a trip through Canada are featured on the Leica Camera Blog. The images focus on the troubled and addicted men and women who often hide in the shadows of big city buildings and overpasses.

Nikki Sixx on Motley Crue Retirement Statement: 'Don't Freak Out Yet'

Jeff Giles — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:05:04 +0000

The guys from Motley Crue have spent the last couple of years hinting that retirement is on the horizon, and bass guitarist Nikki Sixx recently went so far as to say the band would be hanging it up after one more album and tour. But you know how long rock retirements tend to last -- and it looks like Sixx might be leaving himself some room for renegotiation.

Nikki Sixx Says Motley Crue Will Retire After One More Album + Tour

Jeff Giles — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:23:46 +0000

It was just a few weeks ago that Nikki Sixx sounded like he was considering the idea of having Motley Crue call it quits after another album and tour. Now it seems as though he's made up his mind.

Nikki Sixx Mulls Motley Crue Farewell Tour

Jeff Giles — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:20:38 +0000

All things considered, the last decade has been one of the more stable and harmonious stretches of Motley Crue‘s career — which, ironically, might be part of why multiple members have been giving so much thought to laying the group to rest. Bassist Nikki Sixx is the latest to add to the retirement chorus, telling [...]

25 Years Ago: Nikki Sixx Declared Dead

Annie Zaleski — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 11:00:58 +0000

From a career standpoint, Motley Crue has had nine lives. However, we’d estimate that bassist/co-founder Nikki Sixx alone has eaten up at least half of those. Of course, none of his (near-)death experiences have been as infamous as the one on December 23, 1987. After a night of drug-fueled partying with pals (including Guns n’ Roses [...]

Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx to Marry Courtney Bingham

Billy Dukes — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:30:40 +0000

There will soon be a new Mrs. Sixx as Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx has announced he and girlfriend Courtney Bingham plan to marry. The two have been dating since November 2010; it's the third marriage for Sixx after unions to Playboy Playmate Brandi Brandt and actress Donna D'Errico.

Nikki Sixx Says Motley Crue Won't Rush Back to Studio or Las Vegas

Chad Childers — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:00:24 +0000

Motley Crue are doing things on their own terms these days, and that includes promotion, recording, and touring. Bassist Nikki Sixx says that while it’s been fun to have the ‘Sex‘ single out there for fans and to spend time with Kiss on tour, that doesn’t necessarily mean a full album will immediately follow.

Nikki Sixx and Paul Stanley Remember Their First Tour Together

Jeff Giles — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:30:47 +0000

Kiss and Motley Crue are on the road this summer for a co-headlining jaunt dubbed simply ‘The Tour,’ but this isn’t the first time they’ve shared a bill — and when Paul Stanley appeared recently on Nikki Sixx‘s ‘Sixx Sense’ radio show, the duo looked back on the time Kiss gave Motley one of their first big breaks.

Daily Rewind: Nikki Sixx, John Lennon, Gregg Allman + More

Shauna Wright — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:00:58 +0000

Today Nikki Sixx and Slash are declared Golden Gods, Mel Gibson’s name may be mud to John Lennon fans, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame says “neener” to Axl Rose, who as it turns out, is far from the first to say “no thanks” to the organization. Plus Gregg Allman talks about a [...]

Nikki Sixx and Slash Win Golden Gods Awards

Matthew Wilkening — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:00:47 +0000

Motley Crue‘s Nikki Sixx and Slash each received awards for their skills with stringed musical instruments on the Revolver Golden Gods awards last night (April 11). Slash was declared ‘Riff Lord’ and Sixx won the Paul Gray Best Bassist honor.

Nikki Sixx Blasts Celebrity-Enabling Physicians on CNN

Jeff Giles — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:00:59 +0000

In the wake of Whitney Houston‘s untimely death, some of her fellow pop stars are coming out of the woodwork to discuss their own struggles with addiction, as well as the way the entertainment business can help enable patterns of destructive behavior. Motley Crue‘s Nikki Sixx added his two cents via an appearance last night (Feb. 15) on ‘Piers Morgan Tonight.’

Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx Seeks Unknowns for 'Dirt' Film Cast

Chris M. Junior — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:00:27 +0000

A final album and one last big tour are standard moves for a band mapping out an acrimony-free farewell.

Those appear to be part of Motley Crue‘s agenda over the next few years — but something much more definitive-sounding is a feature film based on the group’s best-selling autobiography, ‘The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band.’ And while Nikki Sixx claims he’s not at liberty to discuss the project at the present time, the Crue bassist has actually been very chatty lately about the forthcoming movie.

Nikki Sixx Says Motley Crue Want To 'Go Out On Top'

Dave Swanson — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:00:20 +0000

Only yesterday, Vince Neil was telling the media that the Motley Crue’s upcoming Vegas romp might be the start of their farewell. Now today, word comes in from bassist Nikki Sixx that, though a farewell may be in the cards at some point, it might be a long goodbye.

Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx Photographs Glam-Rock Spread For New York Post

Chris M. Junior — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:00:25 +0000

As a high-profile rock star for 30 years, Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx knows how to work it for photographers when the cameras are focused on him. Sixx also knows what to do when he’s the one operating the camera. Some of Sixx’s latest images — inspired in part by David Bowie, T-Rex and the [...]

Motley Crue Bassist Nikki Sixx Is Working on Two More Books

Jeff Giles — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:00:16 +0000

When Motley Crue came crawling out of L.A.’s underbelly 30 years ago, few fans could have expected that any of its hard-rocking (and harder-living) members would ever become a published author. But bassist Nikki Sixx has always had a thing for defying expectations, and now that he’s already got two bestsellers under his belt (‘The Heroin Diaries’ and ‘This Is Gonna Hurt’), he’s making plans for his next books.

Nikki Sixx Visits Veterans, Vows Support

Nancy Dunham — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:44:14 +0000

Nikki Sixx isn’t all about sex, drugs and rock n’ roll. The Motley Crue bassist and Kerri Kasem, his co-host on his Premiere Radio Networks show ‘Sixx Sense,’ visited with wounded warriors last week at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas.