Nikki Sixx has admitted that he nonetheless feels dangerous about taking John 5 from Rob Zombie.
In October 2022, John 5 was introduced because the substitute for Mick Mars, who was retiring from touring after 40 years with the Crue. John 5 had historical past with Sixx, having labored with him the band Sixx:A.M. and numerous different tasks, so he was a pure selection to affix Motley’s ranks. Solely downside, he was nonetheless a member of Zombie’s band on the time.
“It was a type of issues that I really feel dangerous about,” Sixx admitted throughout a current look on the Mistress Carrie Podcast (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). “It wasn’t my choice. It was John’s choice. I had been speaking to John as a pal throughout a few of the frustrations with Mick’s enjoying, particularly on the tour. And he was my pal. And after I known as him and mentioned, ‘Wow, we’re confronted with a very dangerous state of affairs.’ And we talked. And he needed to do the next-level factor in his life.”
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John 5’s pleasure didn’t make the cut up with Zombie any simpler.
“He’d been with Rob for an extended, very long time, they usually had been type of coming to an finish of a tour,” Sixx famous. “And he talked to Rob, and Rob was not pleased however understood.”
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In 2023, John 5 revealed that he hadn’t spoken to Zombie since leaving his band, although he expressed hope that the 2 might stay on pleasant phrases. “I miss speaking with him and texting with him,” the guitarist instructed radio host Eddie Trunk on the time. “I am extra frightened about him not texting me again or not replying. I believe that will actually break my coronary heart.”
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To that finish, Sixx insisted he did not imply to hurt a friendship.
“I nonetheless really feel dangerous about that,” Sixx confided to Mistress Carrie. “That was by no means my intention, to exit and steal someone from one other band. That is not what we did. However I’ve a lot respect for Rob. It is a type of issues the place I am actually pleased and on the identical time I am, like… Generally these things’s fucking onerous. Like making a choice to maneuver on with out an unique member. It is not precisely as seamless as folks would really like it to look. There’s some little bumps alongside the best way, little bumps within the street.”
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