Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx, 60, ‘ecstatic’ to be expecting first child with wife Courtney, 33
The legendary bassist already has four children from previous marriages to Brandi Brandt and Donna D'Errico
MOTELY Crue rocker Nikki Sixx is expecting his first child with wife Courtney, according to reports in the US.
The bassist, 60, already has four children from past marriages to Brandi Brandt and Donna D'Errico and will welcome a fifth later this year with 33-year-old Courtney.
reports that Nikki is "ecstatic" to become a dad again.
A source said: "[Nikki] is such a great father already, and she is going to be the best mom. She is so caring."
The Sun Online has contacted representatives of Nikki for comment.
The legendary musician became a superstar in the 80s after founding LA hair metallers Motley Crue.
Famed for their tales of excess and debauchery, the band laid bare their exploits in the 2001 book The Dirt.
Their quartet of classic albums Shout At The Devil, Theatre Of Pain, Girls, Girls, Girls and Dr Feelgood established them as one of the biggest bands in the world, but they would go on to be torn apart by their appetite for drink, drugs and women.
Nikki was famously declared dead on the way to hospital after a heroin overdose in the late 80s but was revived in the ambulance by a paramedic.
His drug-taking experiences were documented in his memoir The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star and his band Sixx AM's accompanying album.
American beauty Courtney married Nikki at the Greystone Estate in Los Angeles in 2104 after a friend set her up with the star.
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Nikki recently reflected on the hand to mouth nature of his life in LA before he found fame.
In a throwback picture of him gigging, he wrote: "1978-I was 20.#Hollywood.As hard as it was at times it was easy because life was sorta simple.💀
"Wake up,write music,go to rehearsal or load into a club for a gig then get drunk,steal money outta some girls purse so I had food to eat the next day and pass out:Wake up-Repeat. #RocknRoll."
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