NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Susan Blond) - Founding
Motley Crue member
Nikki Sixx's new book, The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star (released
September 18th via MTV Pocketbooks/
Simon & Schuster) - has debuted at No 7 on The New York Times Book Review non-fiction best seller list. In one of the most extraordinary memoirs of addiction ever published, Sixx shares mesmerizing diary entries from the year he spiraled out of control in a haze of heroin and cocaine, presented alongside riveting commentary from people who were there at the time, and from
Nikki himself.
Adding unparalleled depth to his project, Sixx created The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack, which was inspired by the dark and crippling diary entries and written/produced by Sixx: A.M. (Sixx, James Michael and DJ Ashba), as a unique way to create awareness. The book's entrance in the Top 10 of the Best Seller list equals the success of The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack, which entered the Billboard Independent album chart at No 7 upon its release in August. The album's first single, "Life is Beautiful," just entered the Top 10 at active rock radio and the video is getting massive rotation at FUSE, where Sixx has made appearances on a number of the network's shows.
The release of the Heroin Diaries CD in conjunction with the memoir, believed to be the first-ever soundtrack to a literary work, was part of an innovative marketing strategy created by Tenth Street Entertainment and Eleven-Seven Music, Sixx's management company & label. "The release of the soundtrack with a single to radio in advance of the book provided an opportunity to involve radio, music video channels and a variety of music and pop-cultural web-sites in a cross-marketing campaign with the book and provided a unique expansion beyond the normal promotional channels available to a book," said Allen Kovac, CEO of Tenth Street Entertainment and Eleven- Seven Music.
In addition to the impressive chart numbers of the book, CD & single, publisher MTV Pocketbooks/Simon & Schuster point to the fact that in only its first week of publication, shipments of The Heroin Diaries have already exceeded the hardcover totals of Motley Crue's infamous autobiography, The Dirt.
Earlier this month Sixx became the first member of the rock world to speak on Capitol Hill at a NAADAC event commencing National Drug & Alcohol Addiction Recovery Month (September), creating yet another unique opportunity to share his message of steering others clear from the perils of drug addiction and life on the street.
On the day of it's release, The Heroin Diaries sold out at the Los Angeles Borders Books & Music where Sixx was holding a signing, and according to Lita Weissman, the District Marketing Manager at Borders: "We've had many book signings here at Borders but this was absolutely one of the biggest." Earlier this week at a signing held at New York City's Virgin Megastore in Times Square over 600 books were purchased. As multiple mega bookstore chains continue to mass re-order shipments at the fear of selling out, The Heroin Diaries is a top 10 seller at Barnes & Noble and Borders and is steadily rising to top 10 at Amazon.com.
Twenty-five percent of the book's profits will be donated to Running Wild In The Night - Sixx's fundraising initiative for Covenant House California, which helps keep runaway, abused and abandoned youth off the streets.
For more information, dates and addresses, please visit https://www.myspace.com/nikkisixx
Upcoming In-Store Book Signings:
TORONTO, CANADA
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH
7:00PM
CHAPTERS FESTIVAL HALL
142 JOHN STREET
SAN DIEGO, CA
MONDAY, OCTOBER 1ST
12:30 PM
BORDERS MISSION VALLEY No 225
1072 Camino Del Rio North
About Nikki Sixx
Nikki Sixx was born Frank Feranna in San Jose, California, in 1958 and grew up in Seattle with his grandmother. He founded Motley Crue in 1981 with friend Tommy Lee. As the cofounder, songwriter and bassist of one of rock's most notorious bands, Motley Crue, Sixx has achieved international success, with album sales exceeding more than 40 million units worldwide. The band's decadent lifestyle was documented in the best-selling 2001 autobiography and soon-to-be feature film, The Dirt. Motley Crue had one of the top-grossing tours of 2005, with all four original members reuniting to play before an estimated one million people in the United States.
