The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star

"When I started reading this book I found it very difficult to put down!! Nikki Sixx has poured his heart and soul into 'the heroin diaries' and its as fascinating as it is witty and in parts very sad.
A lot of close friends and family members have contributed and often shed Nikki in a rather negative light (and some embarassing stories for Slash too!) but he doesnt try to sugarcoat anything and admits to being difficult!
I sent a copy of this book to my friend who has been through similar situations in his life, he's already read it twice and has about 10 people waiting to borrow it!
The layout and artwork of the book is excellent and I'd strongly reccomend you listen to the 'Heroin Diaries Soundtrack' by Sixx AM....Its not very Motley Crue but it's very good, especially the tracks 'Life is Beautiful' and 'Accidents can happen'
Rock and Roll has always been my therapy and now so is this book!"
~ Written on 2008-07-20

"I can't really say I enjoyed reading this book and it certainly turned into a chore rather than a pleasure.

I can't help thinking these so called 'diary entries' were actually written after he sobered up a few years down the line. I don't know any addicts myself, but I certainly can't imagine them with a needle hanging out of their arm writing in their personal journal or even actually remembering what they did the night before!

If it is true, then he certainly has lived an amazing life, but it all becomes a little self indulgeant at times. He continually complains that he's almost forced into taking drugs to escape the trappings of fame...whatever! Go and sit on a deserted beach in the Carribean for a month, I'm sure that would be a slightly safer option.

Anyway, having read the Motley Crue biography 'Dirt', I wouldn't really recommend this one. Stick with 'Dirt' for a much more interesting and enjoyable story."
~ Written on 2008-07-06

"The bulk of the text is Nikki's actual journal entries taken from a year of a very dark time in his life, with various Motley Crue alumni interjecting with their opinions and viewpoints. It makes for compulsive but often quite uncomfortable reading, not so much because of the casual way he talks you through horrific experiences of hard drug addiction but because of things he did...I mean, I've always thought Nikki Sixx is one of the coolest people in rock/metal/whatever, but really you just find yourself putting the book down at times and thinking "this guy was a complete d*ckhead!"...the modern-day Sixx says as much himself towards the end of the book. He seems to have undergone a dramatic personality change following the events described in this book, thankfully.

It's not unlike reading Frey's "A Million Little Pieces", there's something horribly fascinating about it. I was very glad that there's some kind of redemption at the end of it all - Sixx got married (several times) and has a family that he obviously thinks the world of, and even mended fences with his mother and his long-suffering Crue bandmates.

I think I'll go & check out the Sixx AM soundtrack..."
~ Written on 2008-06-30

"Even though I gave this 5 stars, I found it still wanting. I am a BIG Crue fan ever since I bought the Too Fast Love Album back in the early 80's. I have met Nikki on 3 occassions, one of them for about half and hour at a bar in West Hollywood, and he is by far my favourite member of the Crue. Any hardcore Crue fans will know or have heard about the majority of antics/situations that arise within the pages. This book had been on the verge of being published since forever, and I really wish it had been, especially before 'the Dirt'was released. The reason for this is due to the dirt being a hands down no holds barred kick ass book and Nikki's book does not make the same sort of impact. Don't get me wrong, the heroin diaries is a great book which certainly shows an insight of a freebasing drugs user and it is stil a must buy book. Being the die hard Crue fan that I am, it saddens me to having anything negative to say. "
~ Written on 2008-05-27

"I loved Scar Tissue, Long Hard Road Out Of Hell and now this one as well. They are all writeen as if you were talking to them yourself. Very easy, straight forward and down to earth. I loved Six when I was a teenager, but as a young teen girl, it was all about how hot he was :) I never really thought about his life. It's amazing what people like him and Anthony Keidas live through. I would recommend this book! You will fly through it and enjoy it as well."
~ Written on 2008-05-12