John 5 Responds to Accusations of Guitar Miming With Motley Crue

John 5 took to social media to refute allegations that he mimed his guitar elements onstage with Motley Crue.

These claims have been peddled on YouTube over the previous few days and shared by sure rock and steel websites. One such video asserted that 5 was not enjoying throughout “Wild Aspect” — and at first look, it does certainly seem like the track continues whereas the guitarist isn’t transferring his arms.

Nonetheless, in a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday morning (which you’ll be able to watch under), 5 addressed these accusations and provided a technical rationalization for what he was doing. “I do that factor the place I flip the choose round on my neck,” he stated, tossing his guitar choose within the air and catching it to finish the riff in query. He additionally responded to claims that his “hand is not even on the guitar” whereas enjoying “Too Quick for Love,” demonstrating his use of hammer-ons and pull-offs through the single-string riff.

“Quite simple. It isn’t a giant factor,” he concluded. “A number of issues are performed with one hand. A number of musicians know this. So, nothing to fret about, no backing tracks.”

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Backing Monitor Allegations Have Dogged Motley Crue for Years

The alleged use of backing tracks was some extent of rivalry in former Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars’ 2023 lawsuit in opposition to his bandmates. Mars claimed that after he introduced his retirement from touring, his bandmates tried to tear him off financially and totally take away him from the band. The guitarist alleged that through the band’s 2022 Stadium Tour, bassist Nikki Sixx “regularly ‘gaslighted’ Mars by telling him that he [Mars] had some kind of cognitive dysfunction and that his guitar enjoying was subpar, claiming that Mars forgot chords, and generally began enjoying the incorrect songs.”

“Astonishingly, Sixx made these claims about Mars’ enjoying whereas he [Sixx] didn’t play a single word on bass throughout the complete U.S. tour,” the swimsuit continued. “Paradoxically, 100% of Sixx’s bass elements have been nothing however recordings. Sixx was seen fist pumping within the air along with his strumming hand, whereas the bass half was enjoying. In actual fact, a good portion of [Vince] Neil’s vocals have been additionally pre-recorded. Even a few of [Tommy] Lee’s drum elements have been recordings. Some followers really observed that Lee was strolling towards his drum set as they heard his drum half start.”

Though Motley Crue has been candid about their use of backing tracks and extra expertise for the reason that ’80s, the band claimed in a Might 2023 response to a disgruntled fan on Fb that “THERE WERE NO BACKING TRACKS FOR BAND MEMBERS.”