MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX: 'If People Want To Bet Against Us, We Always Win'

January 7, 2006

Melissa Ruggieri of TimesDispatch.com recently spoke to MÖTLEY CRÜE members Nikki Sixx (bass) and Vince Neil (vocals) about the third leg of their eye-popping "Carnival of Sins" tour, which launches next month in Columbus, Ga.

Asked what they have say to the cynics who didn't believe the band could draw crowds after being inactive for so long, Sixx said, "You know, we're brothers and we sit around and talk and laugh how that all happened. But we don't sit around and go, 'Yeah, yeah, well, [blank] them. We got them.' We'd be focusing on the wrong thing. I think we're just happy. If people want to be in business with us, they do. If they want to bet against us, we always win.

"[The first leg] was more than we expected. We went out with the attitude that we want to go out as a band and make music and the turnout was beyond anything we expected. It was amazing," he continued. "We checked out what people were saying on the Internet before the tour, like, no one is gonna show up and they're gonna break up. Everyone was betting against us and we just put our heads down and said, 'Let's go.'"

CRÜE's current tour firmly accentuates the hits. "Home Sweet Home", "Wild Side", "Looks That Kill", "Kickstart My Heart" — all of them make appearances, along with the typical CRÜE props of scantily clad women, motorcycles revving onstage and . . . dwarfs.

"There are a lot of people who haven't seen us on this tour, a lot of B markets and college towns," said Neil, "so it wouldn't be fair to the people who haven't seen us yet [if we scaled down the show]. There's always going to be tons of production."

Regarding the band's future plans, Sixx said, "Everybody has a personal journey. When I got sober, I saw things a lot clearer and could focus on music and my friendship with the band. It was more selfless and about being a team player."

Neil is equally optimistic.

"Everybody still loves being in this band, everybody is getting along," he said. "Me and Tommy [Lee, drums], we've been friends for 30 years and believe me, when you've been friends with somebody for 30 years, you're going to fight sometimes . . . Everybody has their own separate lives, but we all love each other."

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