NIKKI SIXX Says Touring With POISON 'Wasn't Really' What MTLEY CRE Wanted To Do

July 7, 2011

Melissa Ruggieri of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently conducted an interview with MTLEY CRE bassist Nikki Sixx. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

On touring with POISON and the NEW YORK DOLLS:

"When the concept to do something this summer came up, the economy is in such a bad state that we were going, 'How can we do something that is different and the fans feel like they're getting a bang for their buck?' We loved the idea of the NEW YORK DOLLS, so it was a matter of filling in the blank. Fans were really pushing for POISON, and we were like, [they] were something that happened after us [in the '80s]. It wasn't really what I or the band wanted to do, but you have to listen to the fans and we're really engaged with the fans. I talked to [POISON lead singer] Bret [Michaels] and said, do you still believe in rock 'n' roll? And he said, 'I live and breathe it.' It will be a great night of hits. And to me, I'm so excited to turn our fans on to the NEW YORK DOLLS."

On what makes this tour worth coming to see:

"As always with us, it's going to be over the top. The show itself, separate from who we're bringing with us, is a fantastic evening. Add to that all of the songs of POISON and what they're about live and the NEW YORK DOLLS, it's insane. I think the fans really pushed us to do something we probably wouldn't have done. With Facebook, Twitter, the MTLEY CRE web site just hearing from people about what they want and what they didn't want. Sometimes when things are too far to the left or the right, it can be too extreme."

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