Rock-and-roll icon and three-time bestselling author Nikki Sixx tells his inspirational origin story: how Frank Feranna persevered to become Nikki Sixx, chronicling his fascinating motivational journey from irrepressible Idaho farmboy to the man who formed the revolutionary rock group M�tley Cr�e.
Rock-and-roll icon and three-time bestselling author Nikki Sixx tells his origin story: how Frank Feranna Became Nikki Sixx, chronicling his fascinating journey from irrepressible Idaho farmboy to the man who formed the revolutionary rock gro.
And it\'s a road map to the ways you can overcome anything, and achieve all of your goals, if only you put your mind to it.
With hard work, passion, and some luck, the vision manifested in reality--and this is a profound true story finding identity, of how Frank Feranna Became Nikki Sixx.
Like Huck Finn with a stolen guitar, he had a vision: a group that combined punk, glam, and hard rock into the biggest, most theatrical and irresistible package the world had ever seen.
Turning down an offer to join Randy Rhoads\' band, Frank changed his name to Nikki London, Nikki Nine, and, finally, Nikki Sixx.
But at night, Frank honed his craft, joining Sister, a band formed by fellow hard-rock veteran Blackie Lawless, and formed a group of his own: London, the precursor of M�tley Cr�e.
There were dead-end jobs: dipping circuit boards, clerking at liquor and record stores, selling used light bulbs, and hustling to survive.
He was soon on his own.
But there was no short path to the top.
In Los Angeles, Frank lived with his aunt and his uncle--the president of Capitol Records.
He eventually took a Greyhound bound for Hollywood.
He was an all-American kid--hunting, fishing, chasing girls, and playing football--but underneath it all, there was a burning desire for more, and that more was music.
Frankie ended up living with his grandparents, bouncing from farm to farm and state to state.
Born Franklin Carlton Feranna on December 11, 1958, young Frankie was abandoned by his father and partly raised by his mother, a woman who was ahead of her time in some ways and deeply troubled in others.
As the founder of M�tley Cr�e who is now in his twenty-First year of sobriety, Sixx is incredibly passionate about his craft and wonderfully open about his life in rock and roll, and as a person of the world.
Nikki Sixx is one of the most respected, recognizable, and entrepreneurial icons in the music industry.
Rock-and-roll icon and three-time bestselling author Nikki Sixx tells his inspirational origin story: how Frank Feranna persevered to become Nikki Sixx, chronicling his fascinating motivational journey from irrepressible Idaho farmboy to the man who formed the revolutionary rock group M�tley Cr�e
