NIKKI SIXX On MÖTLEY CRÜE: 'We're Having A Good Time Without The Pressure On Our Back'

Chad Bowar of About Heavy Metal recently conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx. An excerpt from the chat follows:

About Heavy Metal: Are there any plans to do a SIXX A.M. tour?

Sixx: We just formed the band. We didn't plan on that. We didn't plan on being on the radio, and at this point we're really not planning on touring. I know we are planning on playing some television shows and maybe doing some intimate small stuff. There seems to be a lot of desire. It would have to be something quite spectacular. The idea of going out and playing clubs isn't that exciting. It has to be more than that. There is more out there. With all these multi-media platforms and portals to creative stuff, it is very exciting. Opportunity, I'm sure will arise, and we'll make a decision then.

About Heavy Metal: Do you have a window of time to do that if you so desire, or do you have MÖTLEY CRÜE things planned?

Sixx: I've always been very careful in anything I do to always do it when MÖTLEY's on hiatus. We are. I've never diluted that brand. I've always been very respectful of it, and respectful of the time it needs to be on hiatus for a certain amount of time. Bands have hills and valleys. We were just on top for over two years of touring. Right now let's let the batteries recharge, let great music come out. Mick (Mars) and I are plugging away at writing some songs. We're having a good time without the pressure on our back.

About Heavy Metal: They are making a movie out of the MÖTLEY CRÜE book "The Dirt". Have you had any interest from movie studios about "The Heroin Diaries"?

Sixx: It's interesting. The phone has been ringing. The book isn't even out and the album's not out, but people say they want to talk about this. I have to pinch myself. It's really affecting people emotionally. It's phenomenal that you can do something positive and still stand up and say, "I'm rock and roll." I look it, I walk it, I talk it, I live it, I breathe it. I don't want to be on a soapbox, I don't want to be a monk, I don't want to be a cop, I don't want to be the president. I just want to be a guy in a band that is an artist, that makes music, that does photography, that designs clothing. If I can give back and raise money and awareness while I'm doing that, it's all really cool. When people jump from soapbox to soapbox, I feel turned off. I hope it's an inviting process where people want to read the book because they want to see this guy crash and burn. Somebody else might want to read the book because their brother went through an experience like this and it will give them a better insight on him. Someone else might want to read it for a different reason. Whatever it takes to raise awareness so people buy the book, and I can give their money back to Covenant House, I feel really good about that. It inspired a great body of work, it inspired us to become a band, and it inspired us to move forward and do stuff again.

Read the entire interview at this location.