Mick Mars is opening up regarding the lawsuit he filed against his former Mötley Crüe bandmates claiming he was gaslit and pushed out of the group.
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While Mars claims he only retired from touring with the group, his former bandmates say he retired altogether which has caused friction between all members. According to Mars, the group has since, deliberately withheld information about the various ownerships he had in Mötley Crüe-related businesses.
“Things get twisted around sometimes from other band members,” he told Variety. “I don’t really know if I should say this, but… Those guys have been hammering on me since ’87, trying to replace me. They haven’t been able to do that, because I’m the guitar player. I helped form this band. It’s my name I came up with [the Mötley Crüe moniker], my ideas, my money that I had from a backer to start this band.”
With lots of confusion swirling, Mars took the opportunity to straighten out his retirement intentions for fans.
“The truth is: I want to retire from touring because of my AS [Ankylosing spondylitis, an inflammatory, arthritic disease that causes vertebrae to fuse]. I don’t have a problem remembering the songs. I don’t have a problem with any of that stuff. But I do have a problem with them, constantly, the whole time, telling me that I lost my memory. No. Wrong. That’s wrong. Absolutely wrong.”
According to the band’s litigation attorney Sasha Frid, Mars stepping away from the road implies he’s stepping together all together.
“After the last tour, Mick publicly resigned from Mötley Crüe,” Frid said. “Despite the fact that the band did not owe Mick anything — and with Mick owing the band millions in advances that he did not pay back — the band offered Mick a generous compensation package to honor his career with the band. Manipulated by his manager and lawyer, Mick refused and chose to file this ugly public lawsuit… Retiring from touring is resigning from the band. The band’s primary function is to tour and perform concerts.”
Read more about the lawsuit and Mars’ response in the full interview here.
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