NIKKI SIXX Says MICK MARS’s Claim That MÖTLEY CRÜE Doesn’t Play Live Is ‘Literally One Of The Funniest Things’

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During a recent interview with Jen Thomas, an entertainment writer at the U.K.’s Metro, Nikki Sixx, the bassist of MÖTLEY CRÜE, was asked to share the most funniest thing he had come across about the band over the years.

“I mean, the silliest thing I’ve ever read about ourselves was from Mick Mars‘s attorneys,” he responded, referencing the recent lawsuit filed against CRÜE by the band’s founding guitarist. “I’m just really sad at what’s happened… They put out that the band doesn’t play live. We’re, like, who is playing the bass then? It’s literally one of the funniest things.

“Imagine being in a rock’n’roll band for 42 years and some guy in a suit puts out that the band doesn’t play. The silliest thing is, because of the way a lot of media is these days, they don’t cross-check. They just run with headlines and we call it clickbait. I mean, that’s about as silly as it gets.”

In the lawsuitMick alleges that MÖTLEY CRÜE reduced his share of earnings from 25 percent to a mere 5 percent after revealing his decision to withdraw from touring. Additionally, he states that the group’s attorneys made him feel as if he should appreciate this minimal portion, as they believed they had no obligation to provide him with anything. Mick also asserts that a complete band gathering took place where they chose to “unilaterally” exclude him from MÖTLEY CRÜE.

Mick consistently alleged that bassist Nikki Sixx was “gaslighting” him by suggesting his guitar abilities were declining, even though Sixx didn’t “play a single note on bass” throughout a recent tour, as stated by the guitarist. Mick asserts that all of Nikki‘s segments were pre-recorded.

In a recent interview with VarietyMars spoke about his claims in the lawsuit that band is using pre-recorded tracks during live shows: “Yes, on this particular tour, Nikki‘s bass was 100% recorded. Tommy‘s [Lee] drums, to the best of my knowledge, there was a lot. I can’t say he did all of it recorded, but there were some reports from people in the audience that said, ‘Oh, I heard the drums playing, but there’s no Tommy on there. The song started, and there’s no drummer.’ Stuff like that. And actually everything that we did on that stadium tour was on tape, because if we didn’t, if we missed a part, the tape would keep rolling and you’d miss it.

“Anyway, that was the worst 36 gigs ever had with the band,” he added. “It was 36 [instead of the originally scheduled 12] because they knew I wanted to retire from it after that. [Mars says in the suit he did not want to do the extra two dozen dates that got added but went along with it.] I don’t know, and I can’t say I positively know, but I have a pretty good feeling that they wanted me gone anyway. Because they’ve been wanting that since forever. It’s just frustrating for me. I’m pretty upset that they’re even pulling this crap, when I carried these b*stards for years.”