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Spike Exclusive: Motley Crue Interview

Posted August 11, 2008

Motley Crue gets back to rock 'n' roll basics for new album, tour

by John Soeder / Plain Dealer Pop Music Critic
Friday August 15, 2008, 12:30 AM

Fonte: http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/ind...ck_to_rock.html


Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press

""Crue Fest is pure rock 'n' roll," says Vince Neil"


Too young to fall in love? Not anymore, dude. The middle-aged rockers of Motley Crue are making the rounds on the inaugural Crue Fest, on the heels of a new album, "Saints of Los Angeles." Lead singer Vince Neil, 47, spoke to us by phone last week from a tour stop in Seattle.

Q: Crue Fest plays here the day after Projekt Revolution. What do you hope separates your tour from other roadshows out there?

A: I don't even know what Projekt Revolution is.


Q: That's Linkin Park's baby.

A: Oh, oh, oh. OK. Well, I know we're selling more tickets than they are, which is a good thing. Crue Fest is pure rock 'n' roll.

It's exciting bands with a lot of good music. That's what we bring. And the fans are really digging it.


Q: Nikki Sixx is pulling double duty with Motley Crue and Sixx:A.M. Is he more tired than the rest of you by the end of the night?

A: No. I mean, he's a bass player. He's only got four strings, so he's got it made.


Q: Are you planning to bring Crue Fest back annually or semiannually?

A: Yeah. That's the whole point of it. We're not doing this to do a one-off. We're definitely gonna do Crue Fest 2 next year.

Hopefully, we'll continue it, whether we play or not. It's kind of like Ozzfest was. It's a lifestyle thing.


Q: What had to happen for the original Crue members to get back together?

A: Remember, we toured in '05 and '06. We didn't get back together for this tour. We only took a year off.

Just like anybody, sometimes you need time away from everybody. We've been together for, what, 26 years, 27 years. Something like that. I've been friends with Tommy for 30 years.

Any kind of relationship that long, you're gonna get on each other's nerves. And you do need a break from each other.


Q: On "Saints of Los Angeles," do you feel like you picked up where you left off? Or is this a whole new Crue?

A: It's definitely not a new Crue. Motley Crue could do a blues record and still sound like Motley Crue.

This record is just a great rock 'n' roll record. The last record, "Generation Swine," wasn't. It was a terrible record, 'cause there was too much experimenting.

With this record, it's just straight-ahead rock 'n' roll. That's what we do best.


Q: Is it me, or do "Down at the Whisky" and other new songs have a nostalgic vibe?

A: The whole record is based on our past. So if the past is nostalgia, then that's what it is.


Q: Looking back, do you have any regrets? Or would you do it all over again?

A: What regret would we ever have? Look at the career we've had.

I'd do it all over again, absolutely. Do it five times over. Just keep doing it.

Everybody makes mistakes. You learn from your mistakes. That's what we've done


Q: If you hired me to write a follow-up to the Crue's autobiography, "The Dirt," would I find enough new material? Is there as much debauchery when you're on tour now? Or have you toned it down?

A: Rock 'n' roll is rock 'n' roll. It never tones down, ever. Twenty years from now, rock 'n' roll will still be the exact same thing -- girls and booze and whatever.

It's a rock 'n' roll show, man. And that's what you get.


Q: How about behind the scenes?

A: I don't know what people think. You think people just sit around and drink and do drugs on the bus until you go on, and then that happens afterwards, too?

Well, absolutely not. It doesn't happen. Because this is a business. You still have to go out and perform.


Q: Motley Crue is eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. What if anything would having the band inducted mean to you?

A: That would be an amazing honor. It would be great. Maybe one day it'll happen. Hopefully, we'll all be alive for it.


Q: There was talk of a film based on "The Dirt." Where do things stand?

A: We have really no control over that. Paramount Pictures bought the rights to the book. So whether they make it or they don't make it . . . who knows?

We OK'd the script. They attached David Fincher ["Fight Club"] as the director. It was ready to go. Then Paramount pulled Fincher off to do another movie. We're not in the movie business. We're in the music business.

So if it gets made, great. If it don't, whatever.


Q: You've already lived it.

A: Exactly.

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Track By Track Guide to Dr Feelgood

"Dr. Feelgood": Motley Crue's Track By Track Guide to 1989 Classic

Nikki Sixx and Vince Neil reveal what inspired the album's songs: lesbians, near-death experiences and Heather Locklear

ANDY GREENE
Rolling Stone
May 05, 2009

This summer Mötley Crüe.. will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Dr. Feelgoodby playing the 1989 album straight through on Crüe Fest 2. Luckily for them,the tour doesn't begin until July 27th, because when Vince Neil and Nikki Sixx took Rolling Stone track by track through the disc, they had forgotten obscure gems like "She Goes Down" and "Slice Of Your Pie." "The next time I do an interview I promise to listen to my own music," says Sixx."When you talked to Vince he probably had no idea too. I'll probably listen to it on the way into rehearsals next month. We're going to brush off the cobwebs then." For now, here are their hazy memories of writing and recording Dr. Feelgood

Also, in just a few short weeks, Motley Crue will release a special 20th Anniversary Edition of this classic hard rock album. This expanded edition contains all 11 original tracks plus 5 bonus live tracks and never before seen photos. Click Here To Pre-Order: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0024F13N...ASIN=B0024F13NC

"Dr. Feelgood"

Vince Neil: "I knew it was a classic from the time I heard
that very first 'bomp bomp bomp bomp' — that intro just kind of grabs you.
This song has been popular for 20 years. It was funny because I was watching
VH1 and they had the Greatest Hard Rock Songs and 'Feelgood' was 15 or
something. I was like, 'Wow, of all time.' Then you have Led Zeppelin and
Aerosmith and AC/DC and 'Feelgood.' I was like, 'Wow, that's cool.' It's our
signature song in some ways."

Nikki Sixx: "I remember it had a whole other set of lyrics.
I had sort of forgotten that and I found them in a box recently. I was like,
'oh, wow.' It had a whole different theme to it. It was called 'Dr.
Feelgood,' but a whole different thing lyrically. In the end it was inspired
by drug dealers. Is there ever just one? A good drug addict always has more
than one dealer."

"Slice of Your Pie"

Vince Neil: "That's one of those ... shit, I don't know. I
haven't heard that song in a while. I can't really comment on it. I'm going
to be playing it soon, so I better start listening to it.

Nikki Sixx: "I can't even remember. I just remember that
had a good groove to it."

"Rattlesnake Shake"

Vince Neil: "I always enjoyed that one. It's got a good
swing beat to it, and we added a horn section in. It's got a good vibe to
it. It's almost got a little blues to it."

Nikki Sixx: "I can't really remember what the song was
about. There were some really good grooves going on with the music. I think
we touched more back into the feels that were having with Shout at the
Devil, which had a real sexy Zeppelin backbeat to it."

"Kickstart My Heart"

Vince Neil: "What can you say about 'Kickstart'? It's full
blown in your face. It's about Nikki dying."

Nikki Sixx: "That was a song I had written very quickly and
had brought into rehearsal. I thought it was a throwaway, something that
would belong on Too Fast For Love. It just really took on a life of
its own and fit on the album a lot better than it should."


"Without You"

Vince Neil: "That's a great ballad. I love singing that
song. We've done that a few times at concerts. For me, it's a great song to
sing. It really lets me go and get my voice out there. I remember shooting
the video down in Corpus Christ, Texas. We had a black panther and all kinds
of crap. It was a goofy video, but it's a great song."

Nikki Sixx: "That was a very simple idea for a song, which
I had written a lyric about Heather Locklear and Tommy. They were coming
over to my place all the time. I thought to myself one day, 'Without You'
coming from Tommy's perspective, life would not be the same. It was a good
relationship at that time. It was sort of a romantic moment. I apologize for
that."

"Same Ol' Situation"

Vince Neil: "That's about chicks leaving you for chicks. It
happens. It definitely happens. It's worse than a chick leaving you for a
guy because there's nothing you can do about it."

Nikki Sixx: "That was about a guy leaving a guy for a girl.
The subject plagues men worldwide. I love it because when Elektra heard it
they were like, 'Oh, this is perfect for a single.' In a Mötley fashion, we
were like, 'Wonderful. We'll tell you later that it's about lesbians.' "

"Sticky Sweet"

Vince Neil: "Didn't we do that one already? Oh, no, that
was 'Slice of Your Pie' ... I remember the song — Bryan Adams and Jack
Blades and Steven Tyler are on background vocals on it. We recorded this
album in Vancouver, that's where Bryan lives. It just so happens that we
were recording Feelgood next to Aerosmith in the same studio
recording Pump. Steven would come by and sing background vocals."

Nikki Sixx: "I can't really remember that song. I think it
was another big groove song. It will be cool to play live."

"She Goes Down"

Vince Neil: "There's some sex being done in the background
of that song if you listen real closely. We can't say who's doing it though,
but prostitution is legal in Vancouver."

Nikki Sixx: "I can't remember the lyric much. I think
there's a line in there like, 'She goes down on all my friends/She goes down
..." I think it's about that other age old problem of loyalty, not that we
were necessarily the most loyal of loyals ourselves — but its always easy
when you have the microphone to point the microphone at other people. Robin
Zander is on background vocals. Cheap Trick was always one of our biggest
influences. We love that band."

"Don't Go Away Mad"

Vince Neil: "That's a great song. We've been playing it for
years. I love to play guitar and sing that song. It's kind of a feel-good
song. When that song comes on everybody wants to sing along with you."

Nikki Sixx: "I saw that line in a movie somewhere, I can't
even remember what movie. I thought, 'Great idea for a song.' A little
tongue in check. A little sarcasm there."

"Time For Change"

Vince Neil: "That's a big, big chorus song. I don't think
we've ever done it live. It's almost gospel-y in parts."

Nikki Sixx: "I can't even remember what that song is about.
At the time we had been traveling a lot and had seen a lot of things around
the planet. If I remember correctly, and I probably don't, it had something
to be with that."..