Nikki Sixx, born Frank Feranna, grew up in Seattle and moved to Los Angeles at the age of seventeen. There, in 1981, he became the bassist for M�tley Cr�e, the legendary rock band he started with his friend Tommy Lee. Today he is the bestselling author of The Heroin Diaries and This Is Gonna Hurt and a coauthor of the M�tley Cr�e book The Dirt. Nikki Sixx is also a nationally syndicated radio host, solo artist, photographer, film maker, and still-loyal member of the Cr�e.
