NIKKI SIXX SLAMS KISS FOR USING MOTLEY CRUE’S STAGING FOR THEIR TOUR, SAYS “IT JUST BOTHERS ME”

Last week Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx made some waves when he criticized KISS for duplicating the Crue’s onstage mechanics, for their Motely’s final tour.

Ahead of KISS’ show at The Forum in Los Angles, Nikki took to Instagram (in a since-deleted post) to share an image of Crüe’s final tour with the caption “If ya wanna see an exact reenactment of this just go to the Los Angeles Forum tonight.”

Kerrang! caught up with Nikki to discuss his comments, and clarify exactly what he meant.

“I didn’t go to see KISS at the Forum [in Los Angeles]. First of all, I have to say that I really like KISS’s earlier songwriting; when I was a little kid who was learning to play music, they were a huge band. Aerosmith was always my favorite, but you can’t argue with simplicity of songs like Deuce and Black Diamond and Strutter and Parasite. In terms of my songwriting influences, they go into the same category as Slade or Cheap Trick. It’s very simple, hooky songwriting.

But what they did that really bothered me, and my bandmates, is [for Crüe’s farewell tour] we built these giant arms that fitted in the venue’s ceilings, that had lights in them, and we developed these things. It was a lot of work and it cost a lot of money. And these things would hide up there and then we’d use the lights to light the show. Then at the end of the set these arms would come down from the ceiling and me and Vince would jump on them and they would take us out over the arena and that was our grand finale. 

But then I saw a video [of KISS] and they were using our arms. It was exactly our shtick. I just think it’s uncool. I think it’s uncool of the company to make the same thing again for them. I don’t know, it just bothers me. It was our last tour on Earth, and something that people have posters of on their walls is now being repeated by KISS. Sure, we all use pyro and stuff, but with this we re-invented an idea. And this was our idea.”

Compare for yourself.

Motley Crue’s biopic The Dirt will be airing on Netflix on March 22nd, the same day the band will be releasing the soundtrack from the movie. Read more about it here.

31 Responses

  1. GENE SIMMONS DR. LOVE
    YOU KNOW WHAT HE’S THINKING OF
    PAUL STANLEY MR. SPEED
    PEARL JAM SUCKS JUST LIKE CREED
    ACE FREHLEY GUITAR PLAYER
    TOMMY THAYER WHAT A FAKER
    ERIC SINGER DEAD RINGER
    PETER CRISS HE IS KISS
    TOMMY LEE NEWS FOR YOU
    RAP SUCKS AND THAT IS TRUE
    NIKKI SIXX IS SUCH A LIAR
    WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE

    Don’t blame me, blame Monet! 😉

    1. Doug, I love ya, but Monet is a professional. Monet’s grasp of juxtaposition and dichotomy is on some other level. That’s not easy to do what he does…he just makes it look easy. This is me talking, your bro, who cares about you and your personal ego trip.

  2. At this point I just don’t care – why does anyone in Crue care? kiss is done – they are a joke – I am shocked people are buying hugely overpriced tickets to a glorified karaoke show – possibly nostalgia, the spectacle of a kiss show … maybe people just don’t care their being sold down the river by the best snake oil salesmen in the business ….kiss was my favorite band from my teen years until they – dressed Tommy and Eric up as ace & pete and then couldn’t really physically do it anymore – but kept on anyway – really tarnishing their legacy- then adding insult to injury …having to lip sync to mount a last tour – I say good riddance –

  3. TOO YOUNG TO FALL IN LOVE
    OZZY OSBOURNE ATE A DOVE
    MOTLEY CRUE NEW TATTOO
    IRON MAIDENS ‘ BELGIAN BREW
    ACE FREHLEY PETER CRISS
    OSBOURNE ALSO TOOK A PISS

    WE DIDN’ T START THE FIRE……

    1. ALL HELL’S BREAKIN’ LOOSE
      YOU KNOW YOUR MAN IS WORKIN’ HARD
      HE’S WORTH A DEUCE

      It’s hard to stop once you start this s–t! Well, it’s all on you, Monet, apparently
      NO ONE CAN RECITE THE PIANO MAN
      LIKE THE RICH-MAN

      yeah, I’m done having fun.

    2. I was talkin’ to Monet up there…Doug, I am getting into my own personal ego trip right now. 🙂

    1. It’s okay, you are great at it.

      At least it’s a small departure from all the Juan Croucier posts. Juat can I say?

      D 🙂

    1. Probably, The Dirt movie, which is airing on Netflix, March 22nd.

      This has been a Motley Crue public service announcement.

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