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In 1979, when a young Nikki Sixx answered an ad to play in a now-forgotten L.A. club band, he was immediately turned off by the group's Door-ish jams. But he clicked with the guitar player, Lizzie Grey. The duo shared a passion for the style of the New York Dolls and the music of Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, and Slade. They joined the band Sister, but butted heads with leader Blackie Lawless. Soon the pair started their own band, London. When Nigel Benjamin answered London's ad for a singer, Sixx and Grey were thrilled to work with the former vocalist of latter Mott the Hoople. London tore up and down the Sunset Strip: the Babylon of the '80s. When Sixx jelled with the other players who would become the global phenomenon Mötley Crüe, he moved on and left Grey in London. (Cousin of actress Rebecca De Mornay) Grey appeared to need nothing but a good time, gigging and swinging while various members moved through the band, and imitators like Poison nabbed the elusive Big Break.
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