Mick Mars was born on May 4th, 1951, he turns 69. Heart-stopping talkbox guitar “stuff” from Mick Mars takes the place of a traditional solo at the end of Nikki Sixx’s song about about the time his heart actually stopped “Kickstart My Heart”. The second single off Dr. Feelgood, following its Top 10 title track, “Kickstart My Heart” peaked at number-27 on the Billboard Hot 100 It was nominated for a Best Hard Rock Performance Grammy and its video for an MTV Video Music Award. Crue bassist Nikki Sixx wrote the song about a now-legendary drug overdose, during which he was actually declared dead for two
