Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil has a easy declaration for the critics who’ve tried to jot down them off for many years: “You’ll be able to’t kill us!”
Neil and bassist Nikki Sixx not too long ago spoke to UCR’s Matt Wardlaw about Motley Crue’s new single, “Canines of Struggle,” out at the moment. You’ll be able to hearken to a part of the dialog under.
The defiant observe marks the primary Motley Crue music since 2019 and their first with guitarist John 5, who changed founding guitarist Mick Mars in 2022. The music switches between grinding alt-metal riffs and eerie, melodic verses, and within the refrain Neil sings, “Do not allow them to take the crown / Do not lеt these bastards get you down.”
“It was purposeful to depart that verse large open for Vince,” Sixx says. “I prefer it as a result of when individuals hear it the primary time, it is actually heavy after which it opens up. It is part of like, for the band, it is at all times simply [fun to] discover one thing new to do.”
The animated “Canines of Struggle” video, which is affected by Motley Crue Easter eggs, reveals the band dying in a aircraft crash and coming again as zombies to struggle off numerous creatures, together with the titular canine of warfare. “You’ll be able to noticed John in half and he is nonetheless gonna play the guitar,” Neil quips.
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“The entire enjoyable factor is that in our life, typically, it looks like everybody’s at all times been making an attempt to kill us, kill our profession, and so it is enjoyable within the video you could’t kill us” Sixx muses. “Even once we die, we find yourself snorting our personal ashes and coming again.”
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