Comprised of Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx, vocalist James Michael, and DJ Ashba, Sixx: A.M. was founded as an audio accompaniment to Sixx's autobiography The Heroin Diaries. Employing a mercurial sound that draws from spoken word and multiple heavy metal and hard rock sub-genres, the trio debuted in 2007 with The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack, which included the mainstream rock hit "Life Is Beautiful." Sixx: A.M. adopted a more refined hard rock sound on subsequent efforts This Is Gonna Hurt (2011), Modern Vintage (2014), Prayers for the Damned (2016), and Prayers for the Blesse...