It’s been almost 20 years since Motley Crue launched their newest LP: 2008’s Saints of Los Angeles. Effectively, a correct follow-up might not be within the playing cards anytime quickly (or ever), as bassist Nikki Sixx lately revealed that he doesn’t “imagine in making full-length data anymore” for a really blunt and comprehensible cause.
Why Nikki Sixx No Longer Desires to Make Full-Size Data
Sixx’s feedback got here simply over midway into his newest look on the Joann Butler In Studio With… podcast (uploaded to YouTube on Aug. 7).
You see, the pair had been speaking in regards to the band’s roughly 45-year profession total, and as he was discussing highlights from prior collections, Sixx said: “I do know followers do not wanna hear this, however I do not imagine in making full-length data anymore right now on the planet, for me.”
He elaborated:
The quantity of labor that goes into – should you’re doing 10 songs on a report, you gotta write 20, proper? And also you higher hope 5 of ’em are stellar. It is plenty of lyrics, plenty of notes, plenty of chord modifications, [and] plenty of time within the studio, which is all high-quality. That is what we do. We work laborious. However, what I do not like is that when individuals hear one track, and also you recorded 10 otherwise you recorded 20, after which 10 of ’em had been demos and 10 was an album, they solely hear one.
As for why that tends to occur, Sixx defined: “Radio’s modified, streaming is altering and evolving as we go. So, I am actually into the concept of lightning strikes, one thing comes down, [and] I name the fellows.”
He continued:
I received this track [and] it is simply sitting on the tip of my tongue proper now. I advised Tommy [Lee, drums] about it a yr in the past. I simply advised my buddy, and he goes, “You advised me to write down a track known as that 25 years in the past!” And I am going, “Okay, I am gonna end the track after which present it to the band.”
It’s like having a track and an entire group behind a track and with the ability to get the followers to essentially perceive what the track is about. It is simply not one thing that they simply cross by, or they go to the brand new Motley Crue album, they usually solely pay attention to at least one track. So, I like the concept of like we did [2019’s] ‘The Filth’ [soundtrack]. We did 5 songs from The Filth? We did three songs on this EP we simply did [2024’s ‘Cancelled’]. I imply, that is already a full-length report. So, I believe we’re simply gonna preserve going, like each time one thing comes up, you’re feeling one thing – heartbreak, pleasure, rise up – let’s write a track about it and let’s go minimize, , it within the studio.
You may see the total podcast episode under:
Nikki Sixx Discusses Motley Crue’s Full-Size Future + Extra (Aug. 7, 2026)
Talking of Cancelled, it was the group’s first EP in 30 years – since 1994’s Quaternary – in addition to their first launch with guitarist John 5 (who changed Mick Mars following Mars’ 2022 retirement).
READ MORE: Nikki Sixx Addresses Motley Crue’s Use of Backing Tracks Dwell
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Final week, Loudwire reported on Sixx taking to social media to deal with allegations about Motley Crue utilizing pre-recorded tracks throughout live shows.
Specifically, Sixx was answering questions from followers that had been hashtagged #AskSixx, and one particular person tweeted: “Why do y’all use backing tracks?”
Sixx responded:
Since we noticed Queen utilizing some to assist in the course of the track bohemian Rhapsody stay,we understood that we may usher in parts that we couldn’t do stay like orchestras, saxophones, and many others., and many others. and sync them up with what we’re taking part in and we do play 100% stay and it’s higher for the followers and we take pleasure in with the ability to do what we did within the Studio stay. It’s a win win for us.
Later, another person requested: “Why do not you guys play 100% stay?” to which Sixx clarified, “We do. You had been preferred to. Sorry.”
You may learn extra about what led to individuals asking about Motley Crue’s use of backing tracks right here.
On the finish of July, and as Loudwire beforehand lined, Tommy Lee mentioned extra about Mick Mars’ break up with Motley Crue on a latest episode of The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan.
As we wrote on the time, the pair “mentioned Motley’s ‘cessation of touring’ settlement again in 2014, their eventual comeback following the success of 2019’s The Filth and extra.” Ultimately, Corgan “introduced up the lawsuit . . . Mars filed towards the band after they parted methods in late 2022” earlier than asking “if Lee had something he needed to say in regards to the scenario.”
“For me, that complete factor was awkward and actually hurtful to the purpose the place individuals are saying unfaithful issues and sort of doing that. I used to be like, ‘God this sucks.’ I am not into that sort of stuff,” Lee confessed [transcribed by Loudwire]. “To echo what you had been saying, there is just one Mick and he is an insane participant. It saddens me, simply on a private stage for him, that this insane backbone illness slowly began dementing his form.”
Lee added: “I all the time attempt to put myself in Mick’s sneakers and I received nothing however love for that man — nothing however love. I simply want it did not get so… and sadly that is simply the way in which issues go when individuals are threatened or damage. They struggle again.”
Do you need Motley Crue to make one other LP, or are you high-quality with them persevering with to launch EPs, singles and the like? Tell us!
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