Nikki Sixx has provided a new update on upcoming music from MÖTLEY CRUE.
The bassist took to X earlier today to write: “New CRÜE coming up right around the corner. People who have heard it say it’s a powerful cross between country and hip hop.”
In a previous interview with Desert Sun, MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee discussed the three fresh tracks that he and his bandmates worked on alongside producer Bob Rock. The new songs include “Dogs Of War” and a rendition of BEASTIE BOYS‘ “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)”.
“Wait until you hear it. It’s insane,” he says. “It’s not a full album, but that might be down the road a bit. We’re always writing and doing stuff, so that’s always a possibility down the road. But we just went to the studio not too long ago and recorded three insane tracks and one of them is called ‘Dogs Of War’. We’re just finishing up the video for it. For those jonesing for some new CRÜE, people are going to bug out. [New MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist] John 5 is playing on it, the guitar work is incredible and it sounds sick.”
This past September, John 5 talked about CRÜE‘s new tracks during an appearance on Meltdown from Detroit’s WRIF radio station.
He said at the time: “I don’t know when it’s gonna come out, but everything is a plan,” John 5 said. “Everything is mapped out and structured, and everything is, ‘We’re gonna do it here and there,’ and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So the songs are recorded, mixed, mastered. And they’re so good. I can’t wait for them to come out. They’re so good. I’m really excited about ’em.”
“Who knows what’s going to happen? I don’t know if we’ll just release singles or an album. It’s up to those guys, so I don’t know. We just record and see what happens. But these songs that we recorded are so good; they’re heavy and the melodies and everybody’s just killing it on these songs.”
When asked about his level of involvement in the songwriting process, John 5 responded: “We all sat in a room and did it together. ‘Cause me and Nikki [Sixx, MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist] have written for years and years and years together. So it was nothing new. And me and Tommy [Lee, MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer] worked in the studio together many times as well. So it was nothing new being in the studio, but it was new with Bob Rock.
“What was so wild was we got in a room… It was like total old school, man,” he explained. “You get in the live room and there’s my amp and there’s Nikki‘s amp and there’s Tommy‘s drums, there’s a mic… ‘Cause I’m so used to just playing in the control room. And it’s, like, ‘Oh no, no, no. We’re all gonna get in this room and we’re gonna play.’ And that’s how we recorded. It was incredible. I’ve never recorded that way. And it was maybe one of the best experiences I had recording. It was so fun. It was a blast. I had to, like, make notes and all this stuff, and we just played through it. It was incredible.”
