Following a lawsuit filed by Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars in opposition to the remainder of the band, reps and attorneys on either side have been flooding the press with accusations. For starters, in response to Mars’ allegation that the group’s latest performances have all been accomplished with backing tracks, the band’s longtime supervisor Allen Kovac tells Variety that Mars is making an attempt to “gain leverage in a smear campaign on Mötley.” He additionally accuses Mars’ representatives of “taking advantage of him,” including, “it’s called elder abuse.”
Kovac provides: “He’s attacked the band, and he’s done it in a slanderous way, with false accusations and misrepresenting the facts to the fans. Mick is not the victim. The victims are Mötley Crüe and the brand, which Mick is so prideful of.”
The band’s supervisor continues: “What’s upsetting to me is not Mick, but his representatives, who have guided Mick to say and do harmful things to the brand he cares about so much, Mötley Crüe. He has a degenerative disease and people are taking advantage of him. It’s called elder abuse… Mick’s representatives have no idea what they’ve created, but I’ve stopped the band from speaking about this, so they’re not gonna turn the fans against Mick. But I am going to make sure that people understand that Mick hasn’t been treated badly. In fact, he was treated better than anyone else in the band, and they carried him and they saved his life.”
For context, Mars retired from touring final yr because of his well being situation ankylosing spondylitis, however he has staunchly denied having any reminiscence points, calling that accusation “full-blown, out-of-proportion crap.”
Additionally, it seems as if Mötley Crüe is again within the studio, opposite to what their attorneys advised Variety final week about how “the band’s primary function is to tour and perform concerts,” aka their reasoning for chopping Mars out of future earnings. On Thursday, Nikki Sixx posted pictures of the band within the studio with new guitarist John 5, with the caption “Another killer songwriting day.” Sixx later added, “We are writing.The creative process of songwriting has always been the heartbeat of our band. We’re gonna go in the big studio next week and record a few off the floor and see where it goes. We don’t have a definitive plan at this point.Just letting the songs guide us.”
In different Mötley Crüe information, drummer Tommy Lee stepped in it this week when he reposted a transphobic clip from the far-right information outlet OAN. After getting blowback on-line (Questlove commented, “OAN tho? #Unfollow”), Lee took the put up down and wrote a proof, although got here wanting an apology: “I deleted my ‘controversial’ post because I am in no way transphobic or agains the LGBTQ+ community or any fucking community … shit, I’m the gayest motherfucker.”