“The music industry is saying, This is the format, and if you'll fit into this format, you can be on radio, and if radio will play you, MTV will expose you, and MTV will expose you, we'll sell records.”

American musician and songwriter

Nikki Sixx is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, author, photographer, and radio personality. He is best known as the co-founder, bassist, primary songwriter, and only constant member of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. Before Mötley Crüe, he played in Sister and later formed London with his Sister bandmate Lizzie Grey. He also started the side projects 58, Brides of Destruction, and Sixx:A.M., the last of them created to accompany his autobiography The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star.