Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx undergoes shoulder surgery

By Scott Munro
( Classic Rock )
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The Motley Crue bassist posts pictures from his hospital bed after undergoing surgery to repair damaged shoulder

Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx (Image credit: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic - Getty)

Nikki Sixx (opens in new tab) reports that he’s undergone surgery to repair his damaged shoulder.

The Motley Crue (opens in new tab) bassist revealed the news via his Instagram account, where he posted several pictures from hospital.

Sixx says: “I officially have five cadaver parts in the body now. Finally got the right shoulder repaired. All the rotators were completely torn off the bone. 

“I seem to think it’s a good idea to break things on stage and therefore I am always broken. Left knee fixed. Left rotator cuff and bicep fixed. Hip fixed. Double hernia fixed.

“And as I said before, right shoulder fixed. Excited to heal up. Health is everything. Ready to get onstage and break stuff.”

Back in March, Sixx reported he had written four new songs for Sixx AM (opens in new tab) and hinted that they could return to the road in the future.

Sixx is joined in the Sixx AM lineup by vocalist James Michael and guitarist DJ Ashba. Their last album was 2016’s Prayers For The Blessed, Vol. 2.

Motley Crue, meanwhile, have been enjoying life in the limelight once again after the release of their Netflix biopic The Dirt (opens in new tab).

The film has the highest audience rating for a Netflix movie on Rotten Tomatoes, while a younger demographic are now tapping into their music (opens in new tab) as a result of the film’s success.

I officially have 5 cadaver parts in the body now. Finally got the right shoulder repaired.All the rotators were completely torn off the bone. I seem to think it’s a good idea to break things on stage and there for I am always broken. Left knee fixed. Left rotator cuff and bicep fixed. Hip fixed. Double hernia fixed. And as I said before, right shoulder fixed. Excited to heal up. Health is everything.Ready to get onstage and break stuff...#RocknRoll 🏴‍☠️ Nikki Sixx (opens in new tab)

A photo posted by @nikkisixxpixx on May 1, 2019 at 2:15pm PDT

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Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.