Major #1- Research Paper
Mötley Crüe was a widely known and highly appraised band in the ‘80s. The band won uncountable awards in their time together, but many people do not know that Nikki Sixx was, as well as the bass guitarists, one of the band's primary songwriters,Despite all the struggles he faced and the addictions he overcame, he was a very popular man at the time and still today. Many, including his band mates, are surprised he even survived.
Born with the name Frank Ferranna, Nikki Sixx grew up with problems from the beginning. His father left him and his mother shortly after Nikki was born. He often went back and forth from his mother's care to his grandparents’ care. When he was in his 30’s, Nikki found out he had an older sister with down syndrome. She lived in a hospital in a different town as Nikki and his mother. The day before Nikki was going to meet her, she died. Nikki often felt that his mother had better things to do than spend time with him, as quoted from his book: “My mother is named Deana and I believed she loved me when I fit …show more content…
They were joined by Mick Mars, guitarist, and Vince Neil, lead singer. Nikki was an extremely talented songwriter for the band, he wrote many of the bands number one …show more content…
They would go from show to party to bus to show and so on. They never stopped, they couldn't. They were far too popular. The lack of sleep, parties, and money did not help Nikki get clean of his drug problem. In the Girls, Girls, Girls music video, Nikki did so much heroin and cocaine the morning of shooting it, the producer made him wear sunglasses during filming to cover up his bloodshot, droopy eyes. There were not many that had faith in Nikki getting clean, or surviving for that
Mötley Crüe was a widely known and highly appraised band in the ‘80s. The band won uncountable awards in their time together, but many people do not know that Nikki Sixx was, as well as the bass guitarists, one of the band's primary songwriters,Despite all the struggles he faced and the addictions he overcame, he was a very popular man at the time and still today. Many, including his band mates, are surprised he even survived.
Born with the name Frank Ferranna, Nikki Sixx grew up with problems from the beginning. His father left him and his mother shortly after Nikki was born. He often went back and forth from his mother's care to his grandparents’ care. When he was in his 30’s, Nikki found out he had an older sister with down syndrome. She lived in a hospital in a different town as Nikki and his mother. The day before Nikki was going to meet her, she died. Nikki often felt that his mother had better things to do than spend time with him, as quoted from his book: “My mother is named Deana and I believed she loved me when I fit …show more content…
They were joined by Mick Mars, guitarist, and Vince Neil, lead singer. Nikki was an extremely talented songwriter for the band, he wrote many of the bands number one …show more content…
They would go from show to party to bus to show and so on. They never stopped, they couldn't. They were far too popular. The lack of sleep, parties, and money did not help Nikki get clean of his drug problem. In the Girls, Girls, Girls music video, Nikki did so much heroin and cocaine the morning of shooting it, the producer made him wear sunglasses during filming to cover up his bloodshot, droopy eyes. There were not many that had faith in Nikki getting clean, or surviving for that