Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder shared his disdain for the ’80s rock scene and singled out Mötley Crüe in a recent interview with the New York Times. “I’d end up being at shows that I wouldn’t have chosen to go to — bands that monopolized late-’80s MTV,” Vedder said of working as a stage hand in the ’80s in San Diego. “The metal bands that — I’m trying to be nice — I despised. “Girls, Girls, Girls” and Mötley Crüe: F*ck you. I hated it. I hated how it made the fellas look. I hated how it made the women look. It felt so vacuous.”
Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx took to Twitter to respond. “Made me laugh today reading how much the singer from Pearl Jam hated @MotleyCrue. Now considering that they’re one of the most boring bands in history it’s kind of a compliment isn’t it?”
Mötley Crüe is scheduled to hit the road later this year on a stadium tour that also includes Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. The chance to headline the tour is what brought Mötley Crüe back from retirement according to Sixx. The band’s “farewell” tour concluded in December of 2015 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Mötley Crüe signed a “cessation of touring” agreement prior to the tour, initially signifying the band’s retirement. Since touring, the band released the 2019 Netflix movie, “The Dirt,” based on their best-selling autobiography.
The band also recently inked a deal to sell their entire catalog to BMG for a reported $150 million. Eddie Vedder is plugging his new solo record, “Earthling,” which was produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Andrew Watt, marking his first solo effort since 2011’s “Ukulele Songs.”
