This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography and Life...

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

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

Unlike a standard biography, this work relies heavily on visual storytelling: 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 The book is described as part journal, part