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The rift between Motley Crue and (possibly former) guitarist Mick Mars only seems to be deepening.
It all started earlier this month when March filed a lawsuit against Motley Crue over financials, which also accused the band of faking live performances and gaslighting him about his abilities on guitar. Motley Crue called bullshit on March‘ claims, March fired back that Motley Crue has been trying to fire him for over three decades, and then the band’s manager Allen Kovac chimed in saying that March‘representatives are pitting him against Motley Crue. Amidst all this, Motley Crue entered the studio with producer Bob Rock to record new material with guitarist John 5.
In an interview with Planet Rockbassist Nikki Sixx chalked the whole dispute up to March being “misled” by his representatives (the same line issued by Kovac) and that Motley Crue is actually at their peak right now.
“If a member of a band tells you that they can’t tour because of health reasons, you have two choices. You can quit as a band [after] 42 years of work. Or we could look at each other and go ‘are we done yet?!’ We’re really peaking and we understand [Mick‘s] health issues.
“We wish him the best and we know that he’s a little bit confused and being misled by representatives right now. But we still have to stay focused on why we’re here.”
Sixx also opened up about playing with John 5, saying everyone’s having a great time and they’re all inspired to write good music. So basically everything is just smiles and sunshine in the world of Motley Crue.
“It’s nothing against any other musician that you play with, just that when you play with new musicians you play differently. We’re still playing the same songs that people wanna hear but it kind of like re-inspires you. And I’m sure the same thing would happen if they got a new bass player. So it’s never about how bad anybody was.
“It’s a nice time [in Mötley Crüe] and it’s kind of inspired us to write a little bit. We love our history, we’re very proud of everything we’ve done. We’ve always been really supportive of Mike no matter what Mike was going through. We’re just happy with where we’re at right now.”
Perhaps the most insane part of this ordeal is that neither March nor Motley Crue have ever issued an official statement saying Motley Crue has shared ways with March completely. Last we heard was the announcement of March‘retirement from the road, which only stated that March is off touring duties with Motley Crue – not officially out of the band.