The back-and-forth between Mötley Crüe and their now-former guitarist Mick Mars doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Last week, Mars filed a lawsuit against his ex-bandmates saying he could still tour select dates and record with the band and he claimed the band has been trying to oust him for decades.
Mars also said his cut of band profits was cut by 20%, and he wants to review the band’s finances to make sure he’s getting what he feels he deserves. He went on to say that most of Mötley Crüe’s live shows are pre-recorded.
Mötley Crüe fired back blasting Mars’ playing ability and saying the 71-year-old guitarist’s skills were greatly diminished.
“Mick’s performance during ‘The Stadium Tour’ was unworkable and very difficult to manage,” read a statement from Crue production manager, Robert Long.
In the latest chapter of this ongoing drama, Mötley Crüe manager Alan Kovac made a strong accusation against Mars’ representatives saying that the guitarist is a victim of “elder abuse.”
“What’s upsetting to me is not Mick, but his representatives, who have guided Mick to say and do harmful things to the brand he cares about so much, Mötley Crüe,” Kovac told Variety.
“He has a degenerative disease and people are taking advantage of him. It’s called elder abuse. Mick’s representatives have no idea what they’ve created, but I’ve stopped the band from speaking about this, so they’re not going to turn the fans against Mick. But I am going to make sure that people understand that Mick hasn’t been treated badly. In fact, he was treated better than anyone else in the band, and they carried him and they saved his life.”
Kovac also blasted Mars performances on The Stadium Tour.
“Unfortunately, Mick is not the same. He hasn’t been the same for a long time. Which was in reviews! You see that the professionals knew. Def Leppard (which alternated headlining spots on tour) knew. And (Mars) caused a train wreck up there, because he would play the wrong songs and the wrong parts, even with the guide tracks. When he played the wrong song, it wasn’t Nikki Sixx that had a tape; it was the soundman bringing it into the mix so the audience could hear a song, even though the guitar player was playing a different song,” the manager states.
Mars’ manager Edwin F. McPherson responded: “It is interesting that these declarations about Mick’s playing are from employees of Motley Crue, who rely on the band for their livelihood. I noticed that there are no declarations from anyone about the other members’ playing – or not playing.”
He continued: “Did you ever wonder why Motley Crue’s lawyers drafted declarations stating that Mick was unfit to perform successfully on tour, and had them signed — albeit by people whose livelihoods depend on pleasing Motley Crue — in response to Mick announcing that he is retiring from touring? If Mick is so bad, isn’t it a matter of ‘problem solved’?”
“The bottom line is that this case is not about whether or not Mick can still play. It is not even about whether the other band members are playing anything at all. But if you are going to gather disparaging declarations from employees, and kick someone out of the band for not playing properly — ironically, after he tells you that he can no longer handle touring anymore — you better get out of your glass house.”
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