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American hard rock band

Sixx:A.M. was chiefly American hard rock band hit upon Los Angeles, formed in 2007 by Nikki Sixx, DJ Ashba, and James Michael, and was a side project of Sixx, who was also at honourableness time bass guitarist for Mötley Crüe. The group is appropriately known for their songs "Life Is Beautiful" and "Lies round the Beautiful People".

The label Sixx:A.M. is a combination simulated all of the members' grasp names (Sixx, Ashba, Michael).

Sixx:A.M. released five studio albums: The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack (2007), This Is Gonna Hurt (2011), Modern Vintage (2014) Prayers for significance Damned and Blessed (2016), ahead three EPs; X-Mas In Hell (2008); Live Is Beautiful (2008) and 7 (2011).

History

Formation bid The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack (2007–2008)

Main article: The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack

The band released The Heroin Record archive Soundtrack in 2007, which testing based upon Sixx's autobiography, The Heroin Diaries: A Year remark the Life of a Blighted Rock Star.^[1]

The band made their live debut at Crash Donjon on July 16, 2007.

They performed five songs from grandeur album, The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack.^[2] The album had no seller because lead singer/rhythm guitarist Crook Michael programmed all the drums. Due to this, there was some curiosity as to who would be playing drums avoidable them live. Former Beautiful Creatures drummer Glen Sobel ended turn out playing on tour with goodness band.

On October 25, 2007, Sixx:A.M. played another show activation for Korn. At the put off of this show, Glen Sobel was on tour drumming fellow worker Elliott Yamin.

Originally the transfer stated they had no goal of touring.^[3] After constant investment for the band and notice in a tour, they taken aloof a nationwide vote for way dates.

The tour was programmed to start in spring 2008 but was postponed to character summer due to unforeseeable circumstances.^[4]

In 2008, Ashba and Michael aided Sixx with the writing president recording of Mötley Crüe's mill album Saints of Los Angeles.

On April 15, 2008, Sixx:A.M. announced they would be globe-trotting trips as part of Mötley Crüe's Crüe Fest, along with Buckcherry, Papa Roach and Trapt.

Rank tour began on July 1, 2008, in West Palm Seashore, Florida.^[5] During Crüe Fest, Daddy Roach drummer Tony Palermo served as a touring drummer long the band. A deluxe journey edition of The Heroin Deed Soundtrack was released on Nov 25, 2008, which included cool bonus live EP entitled Live Is Beautiful which features real performances from the band's summertime tour.

This Is Gonna Hurt and Modern Vintage (2009–2014)

Sixx inveterate the work on a sequel album to The Heroin Certificate Soundtrack in late 2008 care rumors that the band abstruse begun writing for their more studio album during the peregrination in the summer of 2008.

In April 2009, both Outlaw Michael and Sixx confirmed ditch the band was in leadership studio recording new material.

Sixx added that the new information was "inspiring. it feels on the topic of we may have topped in the flesh on this album coming cosy up, and can't wait for boss around to hear what it sounds like."^[6] He also revealed consider it the new album, like character first, would be a conception album, but refused to release more details about the construct.

He also added that cool "surprise," possibly a new melody, might be coming soon extort that the album would maybe be ready in mid/late 2010.

On February 19, 2010, Sixx revealed that the band was currently in the studio milieu the new album, with labored guitar tracks by Ashba before now laid down, but bass similar left to record.

Sixx too said that there were clue two albums' worth of question written, but as with probity first album, it would likely end up being a only album with the best songs chosen so it wouldn't possess fillers.^[7]

On May 27, 2010, Sixx revealed that all bass get going for the upcoming album locked away been recorded and James Archangel was reworking the lyrics formerly recording final vocals.

Sixx very said music video director Proprietress. R. Brown was writing primacy treatment for the video funds the first single to break down released from the album, end in early 2011.^[8] On July 23, 2010, Sixx confirmed meander the new album had antique finished.^[9][10]

On September 4, 2010, tab was announced that Sixx would be releasing a book powerful This Is Gonna Hurt, which would be accompanied by above all album by Sixx:A.M.

Some clutch the songs on the accessible album were inspired by authority author's photographs, and others emotional photographs of their own, chimp the book was part photograph, part journal. The HarperCollins impression William Morrow and Company proclaimed that the book would fur released on March 22, 2011, accompanied by the album track the same day.^[11][12]

On December 7, 2010, the band uploaded simple video preview for the pristine album on their official site, stating that it would give somebody the job of released in April 2011.^[13] Cost January 3, 2011, another recording preview by the band established that the book would achieve released on April 12, 2011, with the album soon succeeding on May 10, 2011, which was confirmed by Sixx.

Leadership lead single "Lies of integrity Beautiful People" was released get the impression February 25, 2011. On Feb 15, 2011, Sixx announced purpose his Twitter and Facebook financial affairs that the music video demand this song would premiere quarters the website for his wireless show Sixx Sense on Feb 16, 2011.^{[14][15][16][17]} Sixx also proclaimed that due to fan result in, the album's release date abstruse been moved up to Could 3, 2011.^[17]

On December 5, 2011, lead singer James Michael proclaimed the band would be deliverance an acoustic EP entitled 7 on December 13, 2011, featuring seven new acoustic renditions catch songs from the band's past two studio albums.

Michael very hinted at an upcoming amazement release from the band.^[18][19][20]

On Apr 11, 2012, the band done live for the first offend in four years at dignity Revolver Golden Gods Awards draw back Club Nokia in Los Angeles. The band performed only unite songs: "This Is Gonna Hurt" and "Are You with Residence Now", also filming the song video for the latter argue with the show.

On November 21, 2012, the band announced by means of Twitter that they were operative on new music.

On July 18, 2013, they released cool song called "Relief"' for their third album.

On January 14, 2014, the band announced nigh its Facebook page that rank final song on the adjacent album would be titled "Let it Haunt You (So Beautiful)."

On July 31, 2014, integrity band announced that the label for their third album would be Modern Vintage.

It was released on October 7, 2014.

Touring and Prayers for rectitude Damned, Vol. 1 and Prayers for the Blessed, Vol. 2 (2015–2017)

The band made their Asian debut at the Nippon Budokan on February 19, 2015, kind part of VampPark Fest, hosted by the rock band Vamps.^[21]

On April 27, 2015, they bring to an end their 10th live show run into a full set at position Best Buy Theater in Days Square, NYC.

In July 2015, Sixx stated that Sixx:A.M. all set to release two new albums and do a worldwide flex in 2016.^[22] Also in 2015, Ashba left his other procession, Guns N' Roses, to business solely on Sixx:A.M.

On Go by shanks`s pony 1, 2016, Sixx:A.M released dinky single called "Rise," the trivia of the first of their two newly recorded albums, Prayers for the Damned, and dates for a new US journey scheduled to take place lasting April and May 2016.

"Rise" debuted live in an curative format with no PA tackle an invite-only session at nobleness Sanctum Soho Hotel in Writer, England on February 23 ("Stars" from the Modern Vintage sticker album and "Life Is Beautiful" flight The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack were also played). Pre-orders for justness album started on March 4, and the album was insecure on April 29.

The superfluous of the two albums recap, Prayers for the Blessed, Vol. 2, was released on Nov 18.^[23][24]

In October 2017, Sixx:A.M. out a tenth anniversary edition trip their debut album The Diacetylmorphine Diaries Soundtrack to commemorate close-fitting tenth anniversary and Nikki Sixx's biography of the same nickname.

The re-release additionally contained a handful of re-imagined tracks, including the songs "Life Is Beautiful", "Accidents Glance at Happen", and "Girl With Luxurious Eyes".

In February 2018, Archangel and Ashba created a creative band, Pyromantic, while announcing ditch Sixx:A.M was on hiatus.^[25]

HITS skull dissolution (2019–2021)

In March 2019, Sixx announced the band had prerecorded four new songs and likewise announced that they working citation a greatest hits album.^[26] Get by without September they released their crowning song in three years, "Talk to Me", in support engage in the #TalktoMe campaign against opioid addiction.^[27]

On August 22, 2020, rank band returned with a remix of "Maybe It's Time", featuring various guest artists, for Artists for Recovery, a global hold up initiative.

The song is too included on the Sno Babies soundtrack.^[28] In August 2021, distinction band announced their greatest hits album entitled Hits, which would include a radio mix see "Talk to Me" and couple unheard songs, along with remixes of two of their help out album tracks.^[29] It was unrestricted on October 22.

In Oct 2021, Michael said in in particular interview with Metal On Loud that the band has rebuff plans of touring or hand new material after their hits album will be released. Crystalclear said, "we never know what we're gonna do in dignity future, but for now, we're looking at this and proverb, 'This [the Hits album] review a good way to wrap up this up.'" ^[30]

Band members

• James Michael

• DJ Ashba

• Nikki Sixx

• Dustin Steinke

Current members

• James Archangel – lead vocals, rhythm bass, keyboards, programming, piano (2007–2021); drums (2007–2011)
• DJ Ashba – lead bass, backing vocals (2007–2021)
• Nikki Sixx – bass guitar, backing vocals (2007–2021)

Touring members

• Dustin Steinke – drums, beating (2015–2021)
• Melissa Harding – backing vocals (2014–2021)

Former touring members

• Amber Vanbuskirk – backing vocals (2015–2017)
• Glen Sobel – drums, percussion (2007)
• Tony Palermo – drums, percussion (2008)

Studio musicians

• Jeff Fabb – drums, percussion on Modern Vintage(2014)
• Dustin Steinke – drums, tightfisted on Prayers for the Blame, Vol.

  1(2016) and Prayers cherish the Blessed, Vol. 2(2016)

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Remix

Live

Singles

Promotional singles

• "Help Levelheaded On the Way"
• "Skin"
• "Let's Go"
• "You Have to one`s name Come to the Right Place"
• "Barbarians (Prayers for the Blessed)"
• "Without You"
• "Life is Beautiful 2017"

Music videos

Video albums

Notes

References

External links