Beforehand on Days of Our Lives—oh, sorry, I meant beforehand on the continued drama of Mick Mars leaving Mötley Crüe, I at all times get these two combined up—Mars allegedly instructed the band that his ankylosing spondylitis would pressure him to retire from touring however that he was nonetheless prepared to document and write with the band and infrequently be part of them on stage. In accordance with Mars, the band held a gathering and selected to fireplace him as a substitute, with John 5 being introduced as his alternative by the next day.
Nicely, Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx has held that Mars give up and the band was shocked to listen to it, and that’s the story that Sixx is sticking to. In a current interview with Rock 95.5 radio station in Chicago (transcribed by Blabbermouth), Vince Neil and Nikki Sixx mentioned the scenario and caught to their authentic tales. Stated Sixx:
“We didn’t see this coming. We had been out doing our stadium tour, and Mick had determined to go away. And we actually needed to sit down and go, ‘Nicely, what can we do? Can we fold? Can we fold on the followers and (live performance promoter) Dwell Nation (and 2022-2023 tourmates) DEF LEPPARD?’ John, we’ve all recognized John. I’ve labored with John. We form of talked about it. And if we needed to transfer on, it’s moved on in a such a fantastic method. It’s been nice.”
Even when Sixx’s model of occasions has any reality to it, let’s not fake that the band selected to bravely soldier on for the followers and never for the cash. When a 40+ 12 months previous band loses a founding member and has to ask “Is that this it; can we fold?” that is perhaps a authentic possibility that they need to contemplate. After all, Mötley Crüe is an excessive amount of of a money cow for any of the band members to noticeably contemplate that. Contemplating what the band’s first post-Mick Mars single, “Canine of Struggle,” feels like, it appears they could have made the totally mistaken alternative.
