Motley Crue star Nikki Sixx has topped Amazon's bestsellers chart with his new memoir, 'The First 21.' The new book tracks the bassist's origin story, chronicling how the man born Frank Feranna went on to launch one of the biggest bands of all time
focuses more on his upbringing and how his love for music gave him a way out of a troubled family life and dead-end jobs bouncing around from state to state. “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,” reads a description from publisher Hachette.
Sixx also opens up in detail about his chaotic family environment, writing candidly about being abandoned by his father and eventually moving in with his grandparents, after his single mom wasn’t able to properly care for him. Even as he moved to Hollywood, it would be years before the bassist and songwriter found any success on the scene.
Of course, any Mötley Crüe fan knows how the story ends: Franklin Feranna eventually changed his name to Nikki Sixx and after meeting drummer Tommy Lee, guitarist Mick Mars and singer Vince Neil, he went on to form what would be one of the most iconic groups of the eighties and nineties. “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,” reads the book description. “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.
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