This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography And Life... May 2026

: Sixx explores his belief that what society often views as strange, deformed, or "ugly" is actually beautiful and magical.

: It chronicles his experiences from a chaotic childhood to his success with Mötley Crüe , his near-death overdose, and his eventual recovery. This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography and Life...

is a multimedia memoir published in 2011. It serves as a follow-up to Nikki Sixx's bestselling book The Heroin Diaries , transitioning from his descent into addiction to his rebirth and life in sobriety. Core Themes and Content : Sixx explores his belief that what society

Unlike a standard biography, this work relies heavily on visual storytelling: his near-death overdose

The book is described as part journal, part photography collection, and part "rock tell-all".