STRYPER Frontman: NIKKI SIXX Was 'Absolutely Right' In His Comments About BLABBERMOUTH.NET

Guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet of Christian hard rockers STRYPER says that MÖTLEY CRÜE/SIXX: A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx was "absolutely right" when he said in a brand new interview that "people have gotta stop shoving negative energy out into the world" via the Internet. Writing on his Twitter account, Sweet said, "I read Nikki Sixx's comments about BLABBERMOUTH.NET and he's absolutely right. This world needs more positive influence and less negativity.

"With the power of technology, anyone can say anything at anytime to anyone, for everyone else to see. Many times you don't have the choice to 'not read it' — it spreads all over the Internet and eventually finds it's way back to the subject one way or another.

"When you're in the spotlight, you're susceptible to people's views and opinions but when those views and opinions are shallow and weightless, what's the point? Obviously to gain a second or two of much-needed attention. It's about responsibility — you have those who are responsible and those who are as irresponsible as they come.

"All that to say — good advice to live by, Nikki Sixx. Thanks for being bold enough to say it.

During an interview with Adam Savage of the Farmington, New Mexico radio station 96.9 The Dog Rocks, Sixx was asked about Metal Sludge, the hard rock and heavy metal web site founded in 1998 by Stevie Rachelle, frontman of glam metal band TUFF. "What I love about [the people that post comments on] Metal Sludge is that they hate everything," Nikki said. "I think there's, like, 200 14-year-olds and they, like, 'METALLICA sucks,' and then the next guy [goes], 'You suck,' and the [guy after that goes], 'You suck more.' In the old days, you could get on that site, but you can't get on [the Metal Sludge message board] anymore unless you're a member, so I haven't been on there. But the other [site like that] is Blabbermouth. I think it's the same [type of] people [that post on there].

"In the end, the whole Internet thing kills me, because you can use it as a positive thing or you can read into all the negativity. And I think you've gotta put out positive energy, put out cool viral stuff and then just stay out of people's opinions. Because it's so easy for someone to just... Some kid gets his first iPhone, signs up to Twitter and then tweets, 'Nikki Sixx sucks.' And I'm supposed to take that personally. So you just kind of have to move past that and go, 'You know what? I'm trying to do good stuff with this.'

"People have gotta stop shoving negative energy out into the fucking world; it's just really a waste of time. And that's what the '70s music was all about — it was positive music doing positive stuff. There was no way to interact with the bands. And then the '80s came and there was more magazines and we had MTV and then the '90s and now we're here and we have a way to actually communicate with people and we've gotta be careful what we're saying — it can't just be bullshit. We have to actually say something that matters."