This Is Gonna Hurt

This Is Gonna Hurt

Im six or seven years old, walking down a street in L.A. with my mother. We pass by an amputee. I gaze at her, transfixed. "Dont stare," my mother says. "Why not?" I say. "Shes beautiful." After exploring the horrible depths humanity is capable of reaching, Sixx has a renewed appreciation of the beauty and vibrancy that surrounds us all, and has discovered that it can be found in the unlikeliest of places. This Is Going to Hurt is his path out of the darkness; but unlike typical "saved" rockstar memoirs, Sixx proves he is still very much a dirty, crazy, wild man. Looking for a medium to replace the drugs that had been coursing through his veins for so many years, Sixx picked up a camera and hasnt stopped capturing his vision of hope. This is Going to Hurt features many of the photos depicting what he considers beautiful: the raw emotion of a young prostitute, the pride of a morbidly obese woman, the poetic irony of a homeless, armless man asking for a hand. This compendium will connect with his millions of fans, and is intended to inspire them the way that Sixx himself has been inspired. It is a self-help book as written by William S. Burroughs; it is a close-up of the underbelly of the beautiful swan; it is a tribute to what makes life worth living. Without ugliness there would be no beauty, and Nikki Sixx sees that as reason enough to examine the definition for himself. This Is Going to Hurt is that examination, and a hell of one at that.

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Geboren als Frank Ferrana, wuchs Nikki Sixx in Seattle auf und zog im Alter von 17 Jahren nach Los Angeles. 1981 gründete er dort mit seinem Freund Tommy Lee die legendäre Rock-Band "Mötley Crüe" und übernahm den Bass. Heute ist er Familienvater und mit vielen Projekten beschäftigt, zu denen Songwriting, Filmbusiness, eine neue Band, eine Modelinie und natürlich die weiterhin aktiven "Mötley Crüe" zählen.