Nikki Sixx's Birthday: 12/11
 Posted
12/11/2012 12:00:00 AM
Nikki Sixx – 54th Birthday – Dec. 11th, 1958
Conversation Starters
- Happy Birthday Nikki Sixx! Name your favorite Motley Crue song that displays Nikki’s talents on the bass!
- Nikki Sixx of Motely Crue celebrates a birthday today! For a man who’s been pronounced dead (twice), how should he celebrate?
- A Happy Birthday shoutout to Nikki Sixx today! Have you checked out his new band, Sixx A.M.?
Personal Info
- Date of Birth: December 11, 1958
- Birth Name: Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna Jr.
- Married former Playboy Playmate Brandi Brandt in May of 1989 (Divorced November 1996)
- Married actress and former Playboy Playmate Donna D'Errico in June of 1989 (Divorced June 2007)
- Engaged to Courtney Bingham in November 2012
- He has 4 children, Gunner, 21, Storm, 18, and Decker, 17, with Brandi, and daughter Frankie-Jean, 11
Fast Facts
- Moved to Los Angeles at the age of 17 and changed his name to Nikki Sixx
- Early in his career he played bass with bands Sister and London
- Went on to form Motley Crew with Tommy Lee and Mick Mars. Vince Neil joined shortly after.
- Sixx wrote a large number of Motley Crue’s songs including 'Live Wire', 'Home Sweet Home', 'Girls, Girls, Girls', 'Kickstart My Heart' and 'Dr. Feelgood'
- On Valentine’s Day in 1986, Sixx also overdosed while in London
- On December 23rd, 1987, Nikki was pronounced clinically dead due to an overdose
- Nikki Sixx usually plays Gibson Thunderbird Reverse Basses and the Gibson Nikki Sixx Signature Blackbird
- Nikki Sixx also formed a band, Brides of Destruction with Tracii Guns of L.A. Guns. Band broke up after one album
- In 2006 wrote the book The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star, a collection of his journal entries from 1986 and 1987
- Host a syndicated radio show – “Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx”
- Sixx is also currently in the band Sixx: A.M.
Links
Videos
Sources:
Check out the 10 best Nikki Sixx songs at Loudwire
Check out his yearbook photo at Loudwire
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