MÖTLEY CRÜE Guitarist MICK MARS Wants 'The Right Liar' To Help Him Write Autobiography

Tim Louie of The Aquarian Weekly recently conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist Mick Mars. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

The Aquarian Weekly: How does it feel to be going on tour with POISON and the NEW YORK DOLLS, a band that was extremely influential to MÖTLEY CRÜE?

Mick Mars: Well, I guess the only way that I can really answer that question is that a lot of our fan base and a lot of POISON's fan base always wanted to see these two bands together — POISON and us. It's just one of those things that after so many years, people wanting to see that happen, and you think, 'We should do this! I think that it would be a good thing!' By giving a lot of fans what they've been wanting to see, I mean let's face it, ticket prices nowadays are out of hand, but giving them a real show that kicks butt [makes it worth it]. Our production is over-the-top this time, and NEW YORK DOLLS are just one of those things where you just go with it, especially for Nikki [Sixx, bass] because he's been a big NEW YORK DOLLS fan forever, and I've been a big David Johansen fan. I think that it's a pretty good package. I think that it's pretty strong. We're calling it the "No Name" tour, but this isn't a Crüe Fest by any means. With the 40th anniversary of the NEW YORK DOLLS, the 25th anniversary of POISON, and our 30th, it kind of ties everything together.

The Aquarian Weekly: I was actually going to mention that next. This is a milestone for MÖTLEY CRÜE — celebrating your 30th anniversary — if someone was to tell you in 1980 that you'd be playing with the same band for 30 years, what would you have said?

Mick Mars: I'm not going to live to be 60 (laughs). I'm from that time period where nobody wanted to live to be 30, but that's the way it works. It's a cool thing. I mean, once we started playing, and once we started picking up the pace and developing and learning how to cope with being on tour and being on the road and doing all that kind of a thing — I think that I probably told you this before, but we wanted to be like an AEROSMITH, and just be together for many years and just keep going or just until one of us falls over (laughs).

The Aquarian Weekly: So, no regrets in your 30 years with MÖTLEY CRÜE then?

Mick Mars: The only regret that I have is having to get [ankylosing spondylitis]. I hate that stuff. But no, no regrets. We did what we did and there are no regrets at all. Not to me anyway!

The Aquarian Weekly: Everyone in the band has a book out! Where's yours?

Mick Mars: It's on its way, but I want the right liar! I had a couple guys come over and give me a little 10-page thing on what they want to write about, and they didn't know what they were writing about or what I'm about — get me a rock 'n' roll guy that knows about rock 'n' roll! I don't want to put out something that's dumb! I want to put out something that's real and something that people can relate to, like "The Dirt" was, and these people weren't even close to it. You know, I took this guy out on tour with us to help me write the book. And I wanted to show him what the road was about and stuff and he sat in my bus and got drunk. I should've known what was going on, so I just said to him, "Get outta here!" Crazy bastard! (Laughs.)

Read the entire interview from The Aquarian Weekly.