Spinner Canada recently conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE bassists NIKKI SIXX. In the interview Sixx talks about his new book, This Is Gonna Hurt, the accompanying album from SIXX:AM, the six ten minute documentaries about his photography, and the things that have made him the person he is today. Excerpts from the interview are below:

Spinner: What inspired you to do this project?

Nikki Sixx: “The photography came first. I knew I wanted to write a book about what inspired me. Then in time I realised that some of my photography was inspired by my sister, my failed relationships and the issues I had with my mother and father. I realised that those failures actually made me who I am today, and now I am a stronger person because of them.

A lot of the people that I've been able to photograph have been through so much adversity but they were still able to achieve great things. Their outlooks on life have been so inspirational for me. Writing about them and seeing how they'd been judged by society made me start getting high off the energy of the honesty. I love writing and the vulnerability of it. I like to be brutally honest.”

Spinner: Did you feel vulnerable unleashing all of your feelings in the book?

Nikki Sixx: “A diary is supposed to be intimate and full of things you'd never tell anybody, and only I would be stupid enough to release a book called The Heroin Diaries! But then I thought it's only through failure that I have been successful so maybe other people can relate to this. When I realised they could I started this journey. I got inspired to write, take photographs, make music and document everything with a film crew.

When I first read the book I felt it would connect with people. I think the documentaries and the music just add extra layers to the project, and I think that's really exciting.”

Spinner: What's happening with Mötley Crüe now?

Nikki Sixx: “We're going on tour for two and a half months, which is child's play compared to the old days. We're going around America with POISON and NEW YORK DOLLS, and South America with BUCKCHERRY. We haven't scheduled any European dates yet. Sixx:AM opened for Mötley Crüe on the Crüe Fest before and I actually had more energy playing in two bands every night than I do with one. I think energy creates more energy. I have this way of looking at things that continues to catapult me and everyone around me into new and positive experiences, and it just keeps getting better. I truly feel that Mötley Crüe have some of our best days ahead of us. It's hard work, but it's exciting.”

Read the entire interview here.

Bravewords.com correspondent Deb Rao was on hand at the unveiling of MÖTLEY CRÜE / SIXX A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx' new book, This Is Gonna Hurt, in Los Angeles, CA.

Rao: "Sixx kicked off his book signing tour at Barnes And Noble at 189 The Grove on Tuesday April 12th. Fans lined up early to purchase the book and received a wristband to ensure a place in line for the special signing event. By the time the signing event commenced at 7:00pm all the copies of the book were sold out. Sixx graciously signed copies of his book from 7:00pm to 11:00pm."

Sixx has added a Toronto date to his upcoming Book Tour schedule on Saturday, May 7th. His complete schedule is below:

May 2nd

7pm

Bookends

211 E. Ridgewood Ave

Ridgewood, NJ

May 3rd

7pm

Borders

10 Columbus Circle

New York, NY

May 4th

6pm

Barnes & Noble

555 12th Street NW

Washington, DC

May 5th

6pm

Barnes & Noble

1805 Walnut Street

Philadelphia, PA

May 6th

7pm

Boston University Bookstore

660 Beacon Street

Boston, MA

May 7th

3pm

Chapters Festival Hall

142 John Street

Toronto, ON

To read BraveWords.com scribe Aaron Small's interview with Nikki Sixx, click here.