Pop Quiz: Nikki Sixx

Pop Quiz: Nikki Sixx

Aidin Vaziri | For someone who was declared legally dead in 1987 - at least for a few minutes - Nikki Sixx seems to be in rude health these days. The Mötley Crüe bassist recently released "The Heroin Diaries," a 400-plus-page book covering the year he nearly kicked the bucket while touring behind his band's "Girls, Girls, Girls" album. The book, by the way, premiered at No. 7 on the New York Times' nonfiction best-seller list. There's an accompanying soundtrack by his band Sixx:A.M. His clothing line, Royal Underground, is flying off the racks at high-end retailers. And last month, the 48-year-old rocker, born Frank Feranna, spoke out about addiction on Capitol Hill.

Nikki Sixx
Q: How did you remember any of the material for this book, considering you were dead for a good part of it?
A: I always kept journals. I still do. This little time capsule was important to me because it shows all the different sides of how people go from nothing to achieving everything and still having a lot of unanswered questions that haunt them. I was asking a lot of questions.
Q: What's your guiltiest pleasure?
A: Sadly, I'm addicted to the series "House."
Q: When I hear Nikki Sixx begin a sentence with the words "sadly, I'm addicted to," that's not how I want it to end.
A: I know. But he is such an -hole I can't help but root for him. Maybe there's a little bit of me in there.
Q: How much life insurance do you have?
A: You're assuming someone would give me some. Continue reading.