Nikki Sixx has admitted that he nonetheless feels dangerous about taking John 5 from Rob Zombie.
In October 2022, John 5 was introduced because the alternative for Mick Mars, who was retiring from touring after 40 years with the Crue. John 5 had historical past with Sixx, having labored with him the band Sixx:A.M. and numerous different tasks, so he was a pure alternative to affix Motley’s ranks. Solely drawback, he was nonetheless a member of Zombie’s band on the time.
“It was a kind of issues that I really feel dangerous about,” Sixx admitted throughout a current look on the Mistress Carrie Podcast (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). “It wasn’t my resolution. It was John’s resolution. I had been speaking to John as a good friend throughout among the frustrations with Mick’s enjoying, particularly on the tour. And he was my good friend. And once I known as him and mentioned, ‘Wow, we’re confronted with a extremely dangerous scenario.’ And we talked. And he wished to do the next-level factor in his life.”
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John 5’s pleasure didn’t make the break up with Zombie any simpler.
“He’d been with Rob for a protracted, very long time, they usually have been type of coming to an finish of a tour,” Sixx famous. “And he talked to Rob, and Rob was not glad however understood.”
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In 2023, John 5 revealed that he hadn’t spoken to Zombie since leaving his band, although he expressed hope that the 2 may stay on pleasant phrases. “I miss speaking with him and texting with him,” the guitarist informed radio host Eddie Trunk on the time. “I am extra nervous about him not texting me again or not replying. I feel that may actually break my coronary heart.”
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To that finish, Sixx insisted he did not imply to hurt a friendship.
“I nonetheless really feel dangerous about that,” Sixx confided to Mistress Carrie. “That was by no means my intention, to exit and steal anyone from one other band. That is not what we did. However I’ve a lot respect for Rob. It is a kind of issues the place I am actually glad and on the similar time I am, like… Generally these things’s fucking exhausting. Like making a choice to maneuver on with out an unique member. It is not precisely as seamless as individuals would love it to look. There’s some little bumps alongside the best way, little bumps within the highway.”
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