A recent viral clip from a Mötley Crüe concert has sparked heated debate, with fans questioning the authenticity of Nikki Sixx‘s performance. The footage shows Sixx using his bass to fend off a stage invader, all while the bassline mysteriously continues without pause. Check out the video below.
“It’s weird how the bass keeps playing in the background when he’s using it as a weapon,” one fan noted.
Another one added, “Nikki stopped playing his bass, but the backing track thought f**k it and kept going!”
Nikki Sixx has faced scrutiny following claims from a former bandmate questioning the authenticity of his live performances.
In April 2023, Mars filed a lawsuit against his Mötley Crüe bandmates, claiming he was wrongfully dismissed by his “brothers of 41 years.”
Mick‘s lawsuit alleges that after he announced his decision to stop touring, the band reduced his share of earnings from 25 percent to just 5 percent. He also claims that the band’s lawyers implied he should be grateful for even this reduced amount, suggesting they owed him nothing.
Moreover, a complete band meeting was held where they chose to exclude Mick from the band without any consent. Mick also asserted that Nikki Sixx‘s segments were all pre-recorded, and he did not “play a single note on bass” throughout the tour, as mentioned by the guitarist.
In a last year’s interview with Rolling Stone, Mars reaffirmed his accusation that Sixx did not play bass live during the 2022 “Stadium Tour,” repeating the claim originally made in his legal lawsuit.
“I’ve been with him a long time, and I got fan-based film of him thrusting his arms in the air and stuff when there’s a bass line playing. I’m absolutely positive [he wasn’t playing live],” Mars said. “I think he did that because he felt too much competition from the other bands on the tour, like Def Leppard. I think they made him feel inadequate about his bass playing.”