MÖTLEY CRÜE Bassist Talks About LIVE 8 Concert, HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME

June 30, 2005

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx spoke to the Toronto Sun earlier this week about the group's participation in the Live 8 Canada concert in Barrie, Ontario this weekend.

"It's funny because my sobriety (anniversary) date is July 2," Sixx said. "So that will be great to be doing something like being up on stage, playing a few songs and having a blast. It's going to be a great day."

Sixx said Barrie was the only Live 8 location the band was asked to play.

"I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that MÖTLEY CRÜE had just toured Canada a few months ago," Sixx said. "We are not a Canadian band, but we manage to draw a lot of eyeballs and ears to us. So I think that was one of the main reasons."

Sixx says the band will hit the stage around 6 p.m. They'll play about three songs without the eye candy displayed on their headlining tour.

"Everybody is just doing a few songs so we're not bringing the freak show with us," Sixx said.

Regarding the success of the band's reunion tour, Sixx said, "I'm very grateful. When we were putting the band back together, we were hoping that it would be what it is now, that the band was focused on putting on the best show. And also that we were getting on with each other, putting on the best show and getting on with rock and roll without all the drama of the past.

"We always knew we were high energy and exciting to watch, but it was sort of like watching a car crash. You would watch and go, 'Wow that's really cool!' and then go back home. Meanwhile the guy that is in the car is in the hospital. None of us was really excited about that concept. We're excited about it being a kick-ass experience, but not at our expense."

The group recently earned a plaque on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

"We like that fact that it wasn't something that we bought and paid for," Sixx said. "You see a lot of actors and actresses get one right around the time of their big premieres. It was something that happened because people voted for us."

MÖTLEY CRÜE's two-CD "greatest hits" collection, "Red, White & Crüe", has sold 383,306 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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