[kj] Motley Crue & KJ

[nicholas fitzpatrick]

A Nikki Sixx interview in music week:

MW: Bands such as Judas Priest and The Scorpions recently toured together in 
the UK, but you will be touring with Killing Joke. Did you choose them as 
your support and if so, what prompted the decision?

NS: "I love Killing Joke."

The rest is below if you’re interested. No more references to KJ though.


Copyright 2005 CMP Information Ltd
Music Week

May 21, 2005

SECTION: Pg. S6

LENGTH: 374 words

HEADLINE: ARTIST PROMOTION: NIKKI SIXX SPEAKS

BODY:
Olaf Furniss asks Crue bassist Nikki Sixx about his favourite bands, life on 
tour and getting the band together - and the legendary rocker tells it like 
it is...

Nikki, you have written songs for other artists. Is this something you would 
like to develop further and is there anybody you would particularly like to 
write for?

"The New York Dolls."

Which new artists do you like and what do you listen to at home?

"Muse."

You have always attracted a lot of attention for your rock'n'roll antics. To 
what extent, if any, do you feel this has overshadowed your music?

"Only from assholes..."

How does touring now differ to touring 20 years ago?

"Same shit, different decades."

>From the beginning the band would devise ways of making the making the live 
performance as impressive as possible. How involved was the band in planning 
your current show and whose idea was the titty cam?

"No planning...it just happened."

What aspects of the current show do you particularly like?

"Pyro."

Bands such as Judas Priest and The Scorpions recently toured together in the 
UK,

but you will be touring with Killing Joke. Did you choose them as your 
support and if so, what prompted the decision?

"I love Killing Joke."

If you were able to go back in time, is there anything you would do 
differently?

"Hell no..."

How did you feel when you first read what the other band members had to say 
in The Dirt?

"Seemed about right..."

Did any of the people from your past get in touch with you as a result of 
you mentioning them?

"I don't return calls from the past..."

You are due to publish your heroin diaries. What made you want to publish 
this book?

"Help people to understand the downside of addiction."

What are the best aspects of being together again?

"Music."

What were the three main reasons for getting back together?

"Music."

What went through your mind when you met the others for the first time in 
six years?

"Music."

Why did you choose Universal to release your catalogue?

"Money."

What is the most annoying question you have been asked throughout your 
career?

"All of these."

Where do you like playing the most?

"In my bedroom."