Synthetic

I love Motley Crue, but no way can I handle reading that Heroin Diaries book. Sounds way too sad.

I have to say though it's not a real party until the ants are brought out. Thats when I KNOW the party is just getting started.

Although I should not laugh since back in my partying days I heard and seen some nutty things myself.  The most famous is "Kevin from St. Louis" but we won't delve into that here publicly.

The Heroin Diaries is a tear jerker book. It takes a very strong stomach to read without wanting to cry. 

Beyond the drug stories, it's not just that which is sad...There's a lot of great stuff in the book about the racism that Nikki Sixx dealt with, cause he was pretty much raised as a kid by Richard Pryor. it's talked about a lot in the book, his mom dated Pryor and he put up with a lot of racism at a young age, and later on his career, he talks about how disgusted he was at Axl Rose for his racist rants in the past. 

The book also does NOT paint Vince Niel in a good light whatsoever....Vince Neil is a piece of crap anyway, and everyone knows that, but Nikki Sixx's book goes into details how he was always this diva-type singer back in the 80's and thought he ran the band. Nikki wrote all the songs for Motley Crue alongside guitarist Mick Marrs. 

Most Heavy Metal bands work in a pattern of song writing between the bass player and guitar player, while the singer writes the lyrics. Using Ozzy for example since he was mentioned - Diasley and Rhoads wrote all the songs on his debut album as bass/guitar composers. Iron Maiden is another great example, cause you can really hear the bass as a rhythm in their music, and not a surprise that their bass player Steve Harris was writing all the songs alongside Dave Murray going back to the first record. With Motley Crue, oh yes, Nikki Sixx wrote all their stuff, and deserves credit for that. 

"Vince Neil is a piece of crap anyway, and everyone knows that, but Nikki Sixx's book goes into details how he was always this diva-type singer back in the 80's and thought he ran the band. " 

I expect lead singers in sold out stadiums to be a colossal pain in the caboose Bogie. Vince Neil, Blackie Lawless, David Lee Roth, & David Coverdale for example all have tremendous alter ego personalities. It's pretty standard among hard rock/heavy metal bands. You have be full of yourself to work a crowd to a frenzy, sell t-shirts, tickets, backstage access, & make a lavish lifestyle of luxury possible.

What I found hilarious is when Nikki Sixx  thought Vince was overrated, fired him, he signs a deal with Warner Brothers records, produces a smash CD called "Exposed" that cracks the top 20 in weeks of it's debut, Sixx replaces Neil with singer John Corabi who is a total dumpster fire vocally; the fans rejected this version of the Crue in droves, & low & behold Vince is back in the lineup & the band starts making serious money again. 

Nikki Sixx is just like Eddie Van Halen after he fired Sammy Hagar. A jack caboose who falsely believed his genius would save the band by finding any fool to motivate a crowd. He grossly miscalculated & to this day Nikki says Vince left the band. No, Nikki. Your addictive personality got hooked on heroin, you thought any buffoon with tattoos could keep the cash rolling in, & I laughed my butt off when Vince made a much better record & forced you to swallow your pride & beg him to return to the Crue. 

Sixx is a  survivor & a sharp guy, but if you ask him even now about the band without Neil at the helm during that period, he lies through his darn teeth. Be a real man Nikki & own it please.