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Thank you, my friend SGT (Join to see) for honoring songwriter, radio host, and photographer Nikki Sixx [born as Frank Carlton Serafino Ferrana] best known as the co-founder, bassist, and primary songwriter of the band Motley Crue by posting the official music video of Mötley Crüe performing Girls Girls Girls

Nikki Sixx (Motley Crue) - Live Through This Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEZ6bDqDUzg

Images:
1. Nikki Six
2. Nikki Sixx in Motley Crue stage outfit.
3. Nikki's wife Courtney Sixx
4. Nikki Sixx Motley Crue bassist.

Biographies
1. imdb.com/name/nm1015634/bio
2. allmusic.com/artist/nikki-sixx-mn [login to see] /biography

1. Background from imdb.com/name/nm1015634/bio
Nikki Sixx Biography
Overview (4)
Born December 11, 1958 in San Jose, California, USA
Birth Name Frank Carlton Serafino Ferrana
Nicknames Sixxdawg
Sixx
Height 6' (1.83 m)

Mini Bio
Frank Ferranna II was born to Frank and Deana Ferranno. When Nikki was in his thirties, he found out that he had a sister with down syndrome. She was older than him. The day before he was to meet her for the first time, she passed away. His father left him and his mother soon after he was born. He was often swapped between his mother and his grandparents and moved numerous times to numerous places. His mother was well known for her long list of boyfriends which even included Richard Pryor. He went to seven schools within 11 years. He moved out of his mother's home, living in the streets and sold drugs until he was kicked out. He went to live with his grandparents in Idaho and then to Los Angeles, California. He formed Mötley Crüe in 1981 with Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, and Vince Neil, after being in several bands, but just after "London". Changed his name to Nikki Sixx legally before joining Crüe. In December of 1987, Nikki was pronounced clinically dead due to an overdose. After the incident, Mötley Crüe went into rehab. Nikki married Brandi Brandt in 1989. They had 3 children, Gunner Nicholas (b. 1991), Storm Brieanne (b. 1994) and Dekker Nilsson (b. 1995). They divorced in November 1996. One month after the divorce, Nikki married Donna D'Errico in December 1996 and they had Frankie-Jean Mary (b. 2001). Nikki and Donna briefly separated in 2001 and reconciled months later.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
Spouse (3)
Courtney Sixx (15 March 2014 - present)
Donna D'Errico (23 December 1996 - 27 June 2007) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
Brandi Brandt (20 May 1989 - 23 November 1996) ( divorced) ( 3 children)

Trade Mark (4)
Gibson Thunderbird bass guitar
Tattoos all over His Body
Jet Black Hair
Skull Ring

Trivia (10)
Bassist for the glam metal band Mötley Crüe.
1. After being shot full of heroin, actually left his body and, in effect, "died". Was revived by paramedics in the hospital. After this incident, he and the whole band were advised to kick drugs altogether.
2. Before settling on the name Motley Crue, the band considered such names as Trouble, Christmas, Bad Blood, and Suicidal Tendencies (the name of another, as-yet-unknown at the time hardcore L.A. punk band).
3. Father of four children: Gunner Nicholas Sixx (born January 25, 1991), Storm Brieanne Sixx (born April 14, 1994) Dekker Nilsson Sixx (born May 23, 1995) with Brandi Brandt and Frankie-Jean Mary Sixx (born January 2, 2001) with Donna D'Errico.
4. Briefly engaged to singer Vanity in 1987.
5. Grew up in Seattle, Washington, moved at 16 years old.
6. Motley Crue was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6752 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
7. Currently making music with another band called Brides of Destruction. [August 2003]
8. Will publish his memoirs "The Heroin Diaries" in October. 'Motley Crue' will go on a farewell tour this year and Sixx A.M. are currently touring. Later this year Sixx A.M. album will be recorded as well. [September 2004]
9. Currently promoting the new album with Motley Crue, entitled "Saints of Los Angeles", launched in 2008. [January 2009]
Personal Quotes (2)
1. I woke up the next morning... the needle... was still in my arm.
2. I hate things that are diluted - I mean, you don't mix Jack Daniel's with Coke. That's a sin!

2. Background from allmusic.com/artist/nikki-sixx-mn [login to see] /biography
"Artist Biography by Greg Prato
Although singer Vince Neil is the focal point for many Mötley Crüe fans, the band's heart and soul (not to mention their leader) is bassist/founding member Nikki Sixx. Born Frank Carlton Serafino Ferrana on December 11, 1958, in San Jose, CA, Ferrana was abandoned by his father at an early age and raised by his mother, who was a singer in Frank Sinatra's band at one point, as well as other relatives. Subsequently, the youngster moved around a lot. By his teens, Ferrana became fed up with his troubled home life and resorted to crime, at times living on the streets and selling drugs to get by (including a brief stint in a Seattle juvenile detention center). Becoming increasingly intrigued by the Rolling Stones as well as '70s glam rock and heavy metal (Sweet, Stooges, New York Dolls, Aerosmith, Kiss, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick, etc.), Ferrana decided to pursue music. His first instrument was a stolen guitar, which was later exchanged for bass guitar, as he joined a series of bands. While living in Idaho with his grandparents, Ferrana decided that if he was ever going to make it as a rocker, he would have to move to Los Angeles. A bus ticket was soon purchased, and Ferrana was en route to the City of Angels.

Supporting himself by working numerous dead-end jobs (a carpet cleaning salesman, a liquor store clerk, etc.) and playing in a series of bands, including such forgotten local outfits as Sister and London, Ferrana decided to change his name to Nikki Sixx. Sixx began focusing on sharpening his songwriting skills, as he wanted to put together the ultimate "theatrical" band for the '80s -- a throwback of sorts to early-'70s glam, but with a more metallic edge. By 1981, Sixx found the right members for his aforementioned band: guitarist Mick Mars, drummer Tommy Lee, and singer Vince Neil, forming Mötley Crüe and taking the Sunset Strip by storm. After issuing their debut album, Too Fast for Love, the same year on their own independent label (Leathür Records), the Crüe were signed to Elektra, which promptly remixed and reissued their debut a year later. Due to such subsequent hit releases as 1983's Shout at the Devil (the band's finest hour), 1985's Theatre of Pain, and 1987's Girls, Girls, Girls, Mötley Crüe became one of the world's most popular hard rock/heavy metal bands and spawned countless imitators.

Despite all the success, Sixx's personal life was spiraling out of control, as he seemed to have a death wish with hard drugs, overdosing several times during this period (he was even pronounced dead by paramedics after one ordeal, but was lucky enough to be revived with adrenaline shots). The whole group cleaned up their act in time for 1989's Dr. Feelgood, their most popular release yet, while Sixx lent his songwriting skills to other rockers' albums (Lita Ford's Lita, Steve Jones' Fire and Gasoline, Alice Cooper's Hey Stoopid). Vince Neil surprisingly left the band at the peak of their popularity in early 1992, with the band soldiering on with replacement John Corabi. The new Crüe stiffed on the charts with only a single album, 1993's self-titled release, and Neil was welcomed back to the fold by the late '90s, resulting in their reunion album in 1997, Generation Swine.
Sixx has also found his name in the tabloid papers due to marriages to two different celebrity models/TV actresses, Brandi Brandt and Donna D'Errico, as well as being arrested along with Tommy Lee for instigating a riot while on-stage in 1997, and for the strangest one of all -- when a gentleman claimed that he was the real Nikki Sixx, and that the former Frank Ferrana was an imposter (!). Besides his Mötley Crüe duties, Sixx also has a side project dubbed 58, who issued their debut album in 2000, Diet for a New America, and also Sixx: A.M., a project with vocalist James Michael that served as an audio companion to Sixx's autobiography, The Heroin Diaries."

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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Ouch, makes me feel old!
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Great group!
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