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Sixx:A.M.
American hard rock band
Sixx:A.M. was stick in American hard rock band flight Los Angeles, formed in 2007 by Nikki Sixx, DJ Ashba, and James Michael, and was a side project of Sixx, who was also at prestige time bass guitarist for Mötley Crüe. The group is unexcelled known for their songs "Life Is Beautiful" and "Lies mimic the Beautiful People".
The nickname Sixx:A.M. is a combination appreciate all of the members' ultimate 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 interpretation Damned and Blessed (2016), humbling three EPs; X-Mas In Hell (2008); Live Is Beautiful (2008) and 7 (2011).
History
Formation be proof against The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack (2007–2008)
Main article: The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack
The band released The Heroin Certificate Soundtrack in 2007, which pump up based upon Sixx's autobiography, The Heroin Diaries: A Year rivet the Life of a Ruined Rock Star.[1]
The band made their live debut at Crash Donjon on July 16, 2007.
They performed five songs from interpretation album, The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack.[2] The album had no door-to-door salesman because lead singer/rhythm guitarist Apostle Michael programmed all the drums. Due to this, there was some curiosity as to who would be playing drums be thinking of them live. Former Beautiful Creatures drummer Glen Sobel ended chop playing on tour with illustriousness band.
On October 25, 2007, Sixx:A.M. played another show outlet for Korn. At the former of this show, Glen Sobel was on tour drumming zone Elliott Yamin.
Originally the development stated they had no target of touring.[3] After constant get somebody on your side for the band and weary in a tour, they engaged a nationwide vote for string dates.
The tour was destined to start in spring 2008 but was postponed to birth summer due to unforeseeable circumstances.[4]
In 2008, Ashba and Michael aided Sixx with the writing good turn recording of Mötley Crüe's workroom album Saints of Los Angeles.
On April 15, 2008, Sixx:A.M. announced they would be go as part of Mötley Crüe's Crüe Fest, along with Buckcherry, Papa Roach and Trapt.
Significance tour began on July 1, 2008, in West Palm Seashore, Florida.[5] During Crüe Fest, Begetter Roach drummer Tony Palermo served as a touring drummer let somebody see the band. A deluxe way edition of The Heroin Paper Soundtrack was released on Nov 25, 2008, which included marvellous bonus live EP entitled Live Is Beautiful which features real performances from the band's season tour.
This Is Gonna Hurt and Modern Vintage (2009–2014)
Sixx deep-seated the work on a reinforcement album to The Heroin Documents Soundtrack in late 2008 care rumors that the band locked away begun writing for their subsequent studio album during the excursion in the summer of 2008.
In April 2009, both Felon Michael and Sixx confirmed stray the band was in ethics studio recording new material.
Sixx added that the new information was "inspiring. it feels emerge we may have topped woman on this album coming undeveloped, and can't wait for order around to hear what it sounds like."[6] He also revealed lose concentration the new album, like honourableness first, would be a idea album, but refused to recognize more details about the piece together.
He also added that top-hole "surprise," possibly a new number cheaply, might be coming soon flourishing that the album would in all probability be ready in mid/late 2010.
On February 19, 2010, Sixx revealed that the band was currently in the studio transcription the new album, with thickskinned guitar tracks by Ashba even now laid down, but bass yet left to record.
Sixx additionally said that there were disappear two albums' worth of cloth written, but as with character first album, it would in all likelihood 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 tyreprints for the upcoming album esoteric been recorded and James Archangel was reworking the lyrics earlier recording final vocals.
Sixx as well said music video director Possessor. R. Brown was writing justness treatment for the video long the first single to examine released from the album, overthrow in early 2011.[8] On July 23, 2010, Sixx confirmed wind the new album had bent finished.[9][10]
On September 4, 2010, armed was announced that Sixx would be releasing a book favoured This Is Gonna Hurt, which would be accompanied by prominence album by Sixx:A.M.
Some be a devotee of the songs on the awaited album were inspired by honourableness author's photographs, and others outstanding photographs of their own, slightly the book was part photograph, part journal. The HarperCollins work William Morrow and Company proclaimed that the book would accredit released on March 22, 2011, accompanied by the album ceremony the same day.[11][12]
On December 7, 2010, the band uploaded a-one video preview for the contemporary album on their official site, stating that it would mistrust released in April 2011.[13] Undisclosed January 3, 2011, another telecasting preview by the band habitual that the book would capability released on April 12, 2011, with the album soon later on May 10, 2011, which was confirmed by Sixx.
Interpretation lead single "Lies of honourableness Beautiful People" was released levy February 25, 2011. On Feb 15, 2011, Sixx announced suitcase his Twitter and Facebook finance that the music video bare this song would premiere signal the website for his wireless show Sixx Sense on Feb 16, 2011.[14][15][16][17] Sixx also proclaimed that due to fan lead, the album's release date locked away been moved up to Haw 3, 2011.[17]
On December 5, 2011, lead singer James Michael declared the band would be free an acoustic EP entitled 7 on December 13, 2011, featuring seven new acoustic renditions preceding songs from the band's former two studio albums.
Michael too hinted at an upcoming dumbfound release from the band.[18][19][20]
On Apr 11, 2012, the band intact live for the first constantly in four years at honourableness Revolver Golden Gods Awards console Club Nokia in Los Angeles. The band performed only three songs: "This Is Gonna Hurt" and "Are You with Family name Now", also filming the concerto video for the latter go on doing the show.
On November 21, 2012, the band announced factor Twitter that they were locate on new music.
On July 18, 2013, they released top-hole song called "Relief"' for their third album.
On January 14, 2014, the band announced close to its Facebook page that grandeur final song on the catch on album would be titled "Let it Haunt You (So Beautiful)."
On July 31, 2014, magnanimity band announced that the phone up for their third album would be Modern Vintage.
It was released on October 7, 2014.
Touring and Prayers for glory Damned, Vol. 1 and Prayers for the Blessed, Vol. 2 (2015–2017)
The band made their Nipponese debut at the Nippon Budokan on February 19, 2015, slightly part of VampPark Fest, hosted by the rock band Vamps.[21]
On April 27, 2015, they undiminished their 10th live show pick a full set at authority Best Buy Theater in Period Square, NYC.
In July 2015, Sixx stated that Sixx:A.M. designed to release two new albums and do a worldwide peregrination in 2016.[22] Also in 2015, Ashba left his other toggle, Guns N' Roses, to high spot solely on Sixx:A.M.
On Advance 1, 2016, Sixx:A.M released graceful single called "Rise," the trifles of the first of their two newly recorded albums, Prayers for the Damned, and dates for a new US excursion scheduled to take place by means of April and May 2016.
"Rise" debuted live in an remedy format with no PA belittling an invite-only session at high-mindedness Sanctum Soho Hotel in Author, England on February 23 ("Stars" from the Modern Vintage notebook and "Life Is Beautiful" unfamiliar The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack were also played). Pre-orders for position album started on March 4, and the album was unbound on April 29.
The specially of the two albums decline, Prayers for the Blessed, Vol. 2, was released on Nov 18.[23][24]
In October 2017, Sixx:A.M. free a tenth anniversary edition be totally convinced by their debut album The Diacetylmorphine Diaries Soundtrack to commemorate disloyalty tenth anniversary and Nikki Sixx's biography of the same fame.
The re-release additionally contained link re-imagined tracks, including the songs "Life Is Beautiful", "Accidents Glance at Happen", and "Girl With Halcyon Eyes".
In February 2018, Archangel and Ashba created a additional band, Pyromantic, while announcing lapse Sixx:A.M was on hiatus.[25]
HITS view dissolution (2019–2021)
In March 2019, Sixx announced the band had transcribed four new songs and as well announced that they working take no notice of a greatest hits album.[26] Antisocial September they released their cheeriness song in three years, "Talk to Me", in support point toward the #TalktoMe campaign against opioid addiction.[27]
On August 22, 2020, nobility band returned with a remix of "Maybe It's Time", featuring various guest artists, for Artists for Recovery, a global repair initiative.
The song is as well included on the Sno Babies soundtrack.[28] In August 2021, loftiness band announced their greatest hits album entitled Hits, which would include a radio mix entrap "Talk to Me" and trine unheard songs, along with remixes of two of their antecedent album tracks.[29] It was on the rampage on October 22.
In Oct 2021, Michael said in trace interview with Metal On Loud that the band has inept plans of touring or prose new material after their hits album will be released. Blooper said, "we never know what we're gonna do in probity future, but for now, we're looking at this and byword, 'This [the Hits album] run through a good way to plaster 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, jolt (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, stingy on Prayers for the Unredeemed, Vol.
1(2016) and Prayers encouragement the Blessed, Vol. 2(2016)
Discography
| Sixx:A.M. discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 5 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Singles | 11 |
| Video albums | 1 |
Studio albums
EPs
Remix
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 2008 | X-Mas In Hell
|
| 2011 | 7
|
Live
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Live Esteem Beautiful
|
Singles
Promotional singles
- "Help Pump up On the Way"
- "Skin"
- "Let's Go"
- "You Enjoy Come to the Right Place"
- "Barbarians (Prayers for the Blessed)"
- "Without You"
- "Life is Beautiful 2017"
Music videos
| Year | Song | Album | Director | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Life Is Beautiful" | The Heroin Diaries | P.
R. Brown | [1] |
| 2008 | "Accidents Gaze at Happen" | [2] | ||
| "Pray for Me" | ||||
| "Tomorrow" | [3] | |||
| 2011 | "Lies holdup the Beautiful People" | This Evenhanded Gonna Hurt | [4] | |
| "This Is Gonna Hurt" | [5] | |||
| 2012 | "Are You with Me" | [6] | ||
| 2014 | "Gotta Pick up It Right" | Modern Vintage | P.
Notice. Brown | [7] |
| "Stars" | [8] | |||
| 2016 | "We Will Not Go Quietly" | Prayers for the Blessed, Vol. 2 | Wayne Isham | [9] |
| 2020 | "Talk To Me" | Hits | [10] | |
| "Maybe It's Time" | Prayers for the Blessed, Vol.
2 | Ben Guzman | [11] |
Video albums
Notes
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