Irvine Welsh Irvine Welsh Irvine Welsh (born 27 September 1958) is a Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer. His novel "Trainspotting" was made into a film of the same name. His work is characterised by a raw Scots dialect and brutal depiction of Edinburgh life. He has also written plays and screenplays, and directed several short films. Irvine Welsh was born in Leith, the port area of the Scottish capital Edinburgh. He states that he was born in 1958, though, according to the Glasgow police, his birth record is dated around 1951. When he was four, his family moved to Muirhouse,
The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack, often referred to as simply The Heroin Diaries, is the debut studio album by , a side project of Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx. The band also features lead vocalist James Michael and guitarist DJ Ashba. The concept album serves as the companion soundtrack to Sixx's autobiography, "", and is about Sixx's severe heroin addiction in 1987. The first single, "," debuted at #26 on the Billboard charts. Designed to be an accompaniment to "", the autobiography of Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx co-written by Sixx and Ian Gittens that details his