Tragic Stories About Mtley Cre

Matthew John Trippe is one of the more bizarre and tragic characters to orbit Mtley Cre. Before he made his way to Los Angeles to become a rock star, he was a young troublemaker who got kicked out of multiple schools and ran away from multiple halfway houses. But what makes Trippe's story

Matthew John Trippe is one of the more bizarre — and tragic — characters to orbit Mötley Crüe. Before he made his way to Los Angeles to become a rock star, he was a young troublemaker who got kicked out of multiple schools and ran away from multiple halfway houses. But what makes Trippe's story so unique is that he claimed he was Nikki Sixx.

Throughout the 1980s, Trippe spread the story that, after Sixx injured his shoulder in a car accident (which really happened), Mötley Crüe needed a bassist so they recruited Trippe to take over not just bass duties, but Nikki Sixx duties. According to Trippe, he wrote several songs that appeared on their "Shout at the Devil" album, and even participated in the accompanying tour. However, when the tour concluded, Trippe was told that the real Nikki Sixx was returning to the band, and he was given his walking papers.

Refusing to back down from his claims, Trippe sued Mötley Crüe manager Doc McGhee in the late 1980s, claiming that he was an official member of the band and that they used songs that he wrote. The lawsuit was ultimately dropped in 1993, and Trippe largely faded back into obscurity, though he never stopped telling anyone who'd listen that, for a brief period, he was Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe. He died on December 1, 2014, taking one of rock 'n' roll's weirdest legacies with him.

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