NIKKI SIXX: The Art Behind 'The Heroin Diaries'

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has always been known for his striking visual imagery dating all the way back to his glam days in the '80s. With the release of Nikki's new book, "The Heroin Diaries", nothing has changed. Nikki mixes disturbing sketches with eerie photographs to illustrate the decay that was going on in his mind and in his body.

To help bring his vision to life, Nikki worked with P.R. Brown (art direction for MÖTLEY CRÜE, MARILYN MANSON).

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Sixx will be a featured speaker at the 18th annual National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month luncheon scheduled for Thursday, September 6 on Capitol Hill. Sixx is the first rock musician ever invited to share his story of surviving addiction at such an event. Sixx was invited by the National Association of Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) and will speak alongside Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Administrator Terry Cline and Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Director H. Westley Clark M.D.

Sixx will publish "The Heroin Diaries" on September 18. 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 this week at No. 63, selling 11,000 copies.

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.

Sixx will go on a publicity tour to sign copies of the book, beginning on September 18 at Borders in the Westwood district of Los Angeles.