Nikki Sixx Heroin Diaries Still Battling and Calls Ex-Wife a Prostitute
September 25, 2007 – 11:33 amPosted Under: music
I used to totally rock with Nikki Sixx and Motley Crue. Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx recently spoke to CNN about his book, “The Heroin Diaries” [excerpt below]. The book is taken from actual journals Sixx kept in the late ’80s while in the grip of a near-fatal heroin addiction. A soundtrack album, which Sixx recorded under the name SIXX: A.M., came out last month. It debuted on the Billboard album chart at No. 63, selling 11,000 copies. An acoustic version of the song “Life is Beautiful”, which appears on the SIXX: A.M. album, is available for streaming on Nikki’s on his Myspace page.
Twenty-five percent of Sixx’s royalties from the book will go to Running Wild In The Night, a charity he established in conjunction with Covenant House to rescue homeless and runaway youth from the streets.
In a hearing to determine how to divide assets in the divorce of Nikki Sixx and Donna D’Errico, the Motley Crue bassist testified Thursday that he was told his former model-actress wife previously worked as a prostitute and a stripper, and that she was a spendthrift. “I heard she was doing high-end call girl work,” Sixx said. “I was freaking out. Your head starts to spin. We have a child together.”
D’Errico, Playboy Playmate of the Month September 1995 and a former “Baywatch” cast member, married Sixx on Dec. 23, 1996. According to Sixx, they first met on a blind date arranged by Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, who was once married to another “Baywatch” star, Pamela Anderson. D’Errico, 39, filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court in April 2006 and the marriage was officially over in June.
Sixx — dressed in a coat, tie, jeans and tennis shoes — testified a madam told him about D’Errico while the band was touring last fall with Aerosmith. Sixx said that when he asked the madam for proof, she gave him names and other information that led him to believe she was telling the truth. One of the names was of a man who he knew to be a Las Vegas pimp, Sixx said.
Sixx also testified he was stunned to find out that D’Errico worked years earlier as a stripper in Texas and Las Vegas. “I was hurt and I was in shock,” Sixx said. “I said `Wait a minute, she didn’t tell me that.”‘
Sixx’s testimony was not clear as to whether the madam told him D’Errico allegedly worked as a prostitute before the marriage or after their separation. Berglund said he also was unclear on the time period. Sixx’s lawyers declined to clarify the issue.
Asked outside the courtroom about Sixx’s statements, Berglund said, “We are amused by the comments.” He said D’Errico is a religious woman whose entire life centers around her children.
EXCERPT FROM THE HEROIN DIARIES:
February 2, 1987: Van Nuys, 1 a.m.
When I’m losing my mind, the only thing that can save me is heroin.
I love the ritual of heroin. I love the smell, and the way it looks when it goes into the needle. I love the way the needle feels when it goes into my skin. I love watching the blood register and mix in with the beautiful yellowish-brown liquid. I love that moment just before I push …
Then I’m under that warm blanket once again, and I’m perfectly content to live there for the rest of my life. Thank God for heroin … it never lets me down.
I’m off the methadone. It didn’t work.
9: 30 p.m.
Daytime in the studio for a rock band is torture. When you’re a creature of the night, daytime is not your best creative time, but that’s when our producer wants to work. Tom Werman can be such a whiny lil fucker. I have no idea why he’s producing our album. We’re doing all the work … he’s just on the phone most of the time or sending out for foor. He hasn’t come up with one idea to better our music.
I used to like this guy, but now I realize he’s just a money-grubbing cheese-ball. This is his last album with us — he can go produce Poison, or some such bullshit.
I have to do all the work with Vince on the vocals and it’s hand being a mess and trying to organize vocals. I always do since I write the lyrics, but Werman could at least help. Vince is just always trying to hurry through the vocals and it drives me nuts. I know I drive him crazy but he would do a half-assed job if it wasn’t for me bird-dogging him. So I’m sure he hates me … that makes to of us …
VINCE NEIL: When Nikki was coming into the studio fucked up, I could only tell he was strung out because he wasn’t saying anything. Nikki likes to talk. If he wasn’t talking, it meant he was fucked up, and can I tell you something? I liked him like that! I was happy when he was quiet at the ‘Girls’ sessions!
I never had any interest in sitting around a studio watching Nikki play bass or Mick playing guitar, but Nikki has always liked to be there when I record my vocals. He’s always had to give his opinion or criticize me, and I’ve always told him, “Dude, shut the fuck up!” I listen to the album producer, not to Nikki Sixx. We’ve got in a few fights over that. Nikki was spending a lot of time shooting up in the bathroom during the ‘Girls’ sessions, and that suited me fine — it was the perfect time for me to record my vocals.
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