During a recent interview on Australia’s “Today” show, MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee was asked about the possibility of a forthcoming full-length album following the release of their latest single “Dogs Of War”.
He responded (as transcribed by Blabbermouth): “Well, we recorded three songs [during the same sessions in early 2023], and ‘Dogs Of War’ is the first one [to be released]. [But] I don’t know if [a full-length album is] in the near future. I’m not saying it isn’t, but recording and writing some stuff that you’re feeling right at the moment and releasing it is, for us, a lot more a lot more fun and sort of a time stamp of where we’re at right now.”
Earlier this week, CRÜE singer Vince Neil stated on “Loudwire Nights” that fans shouldn’t anticipate a new CRÜE album anytime soon.
“I don’t think you’re gonna see a full-length album at any time,” Neil said. “It’s easier now just to do a few songs at a time and release ’em in the right ways. Albums don’t exist anymore. With the MTV generation, you’d go to a record store and you’d find your favorite songs and your album and you’d buy the album, and you’d watch it on MTV and you can see your favorite bands. Now there’s a billion ways [to consume music] — streaming services and all those things.”
When asked about whether it feels odd for him to acknowledge that albums don’t hold the same significance today as they once did, Vince gave his response: “Yeah, it just seems like a lot of work to put 10 songs together on an album when they all won’t be heard by anybody. At least you know when somebody buys the album, they’re gonna listen to it, they’re gonna listen to those songs. Now we just write the songs to be listened to be heard, and that’s what ‘Dogs Of War’ was. It’s a song to be heard. And we’re really proud of it.”
Over a year ago, MÖTLEY CRÜE worked with their longtime producer Bob Rock to record three fresh tracks, among them “Dogs Of War” and a rendition of the BEASTIE BOYS‘ “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!).”
In a previous interview with Desert Sun, 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.”
