Matthew John Trippe, who has a history of mental health issues and trouble with the law, claims that he was secretly hired to pose as Nikki Sixx and toured, wrote and recorded with the band for a time during 1983 and 1984.

The group was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil.

The band reunited with Neil in 1997, after their current manager, Allen Kovac, and Neil's manager, Bert Stein, set up a meeting between Neil, Lee, and Sixx.

After meeting with management several times, in September 2004, Sixx announced that he and Neil had returned to the studio and had begun recording new material.

A lawsuit was filed by Neil, Mars and Sixx against Carl Stubner, Lee's manager.

Motley Crue is a band that consist of Bassist Nikki Sixx, Guitarist Mick Mars and Vince Neil Wharton and drummer Kevin Lee aka Tommy Lee.

# " Red Hot " ( Mars, Vince Neil, Sixx ) – 3: 21

# " Knock ' Em Dead, Kid " ( Neil, Sixx ) – 3: 40

# " Ten Seconds to Love " ( Neil, Sixx ) – 4: 17

# " Danger " ( Mars, Neil, Sixx ) – 3: 51

At the meeting, Morris tried to convince Sixx and Lee to get rid of Corabi, as he wasn't a " star ," and reunite with original singer Vince Neil.

Sixx and Lee were not interested in the idea of working with Neil again, and insisted on keeping Corabi in the group.

Neil, meanwhile, had been busy with his own solo career and the untimely death of his daughter Skylar, when Kovac had approached him with the same idea of reuniting with Mötley Crüe as Morris had presented to Sixx and Lee earlier.

Neil, like Sixx and Lee, was against the idea of working with the band again, but Kovac had planted the idea of a reunion in Neil's head that eventually changed his mind.

After meeting with Sixx and Lee, Neil agreed to rejoin the band and finish the album whose title had now been changed to Generation Swine.

# " Wreck Me " ( Lee, Vince Neil, Mars, Sixx ) – ( previously unreleased ) – 4: 19

# " Kiss the Sky " ( Corabi, Lee, Neil, Mars, Sixx ) – ( previously unreleased " Flush " demo ) – 4: 47

Mötley Crüe was formed on January 17, 1981 when bass guitarist Nikki Sixx left the band London and began rehearsing with drummer Tommy Lee and vocalist / guitarist Greg Leon.

In 2006, Sixx published his diaries as a best selling novel: The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star, and in 2007 Sixx's side project band Sixx: A. M. released The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack as a musical parallel to the novel.

It features the band members ' favorite original songs plus three new tracks, " If I Die Tomorrow ", " Sick Love Song " ( co-written by Sixx and James Michael ), and a cover of The Rolling Stones ' classic " Street Fighting Man ".

The band announced a three-week residency in Las Vegas, with bassist Nikki Sixx stating, " This is the beginning of what will be the biggest probably four to five years of the band's career.

" Sixx also noted that the band may break-up in the near future: " The band sat down and had a pow-wow as brothers and friends and guys who've been doing this for over thirty years, and we said, ' When is it time?

* Nikki Sixx – Bassist and founder of the Glam metal band Mötley Crüe

* Nikki Sixx, the bassist for the rock band Mötley Crüe, lived in Jerome.

Nikki Sixx ( bassist of glam metal band Mötley Crüe ) grew up in Jerome, Idaho.

Previous members of the band were Nikki Sixx ( bass ), Kris Kohls ( drums ), Adam Hamilton ( keyboard ), John Corabi ( rhythm guitar ), Scott Sorry ( bass ) and Ginger ( rhythm guitar ).

However, the band continued with former Amen bassist Scott Sorry replacing Sixx while Ginger, of The Wildhearts, was added as the band's second guitarist.

However, Sixx stated that, while he and Slash had considered working together, they had different ideas for a band:

In an Interview on November 24, 2008, LeGrand admitted he would like to see a Brides of Destruction reunion, but with Nikki Sixx back in the band:

In a 2006 interview with KNAC, Tracii Guns stated that if the band had put out a second a single and Sixx was still a member, Brides of Destruction would have had a " fair chance " in the music industry.

The band, then officially consisting of vocalist / guitarist John Corabi, bassist Nikki Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee and guitarist Mick Mars, were so frustrated with the failure of the previous album and tour sales that they fired numerous people around the group, including their accountant, manager Doug Thaler, and their producer Bob Rock.

After Rock was fired for being " Too expensive and overproduc the music ," the band eventually chose Scott Humphrey to take Rock's place, with both Sixx and Lee agreeing to serve as co-producers on the album.

Bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee stated that the band would benefit from the addition of John's voice and having another musician contribute to the songwriting.

The EP features one song from each member of the band (" Planet Boom "-Tommy Lee, " Bittersuite "-Mick Mars, " Father "-Nikki Sixx, and " Friends "-John Corabi ), along with the song " Babykills " which is performed by the entire band.

Sixx and Lee soon met guitarist Bob " Mick Mars " Deal.

Mars was quickly auditioned and subsequently hired by Sixx and Lee.

On December 23, 1987, Sixx suffered a near-fatal heroin overdose.

He was declared legally dead on the way to the hospital, but the medic, who was a Crüe fan, revived Sixx by giving him two shots of adrenaline to the heart, bringing him back to life.

From 1986 to 1987, Sixx kept a daily diary of his heroin addiction and eventually entered rehab in January 1988.

Trippe claimed that Nikki Sixx was hospitalised in 1983 after a carcrash involving drugs and that he had been hired as Nikki's doppelganger.

Within the following six years, Sixx played in the bands 58 and Brides of Destruction, while Lee formed Methods of Mayhem and performed as a solo artist.

In the summer of 2008, Mötley Crüe headlined the popular ' Crüe Fest ' music festival, which included opening acts Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Trapt, and Nikki Sixx's successful side project, Sixx: A. M.

* Crüe Fest ( with Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Sixx: A. M. and Trapt – 2008 )

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