Mick Mars, the co-founding guitarist of Mötley Crüe, is suing the band for allegedly defrauding him and making fun of him when he was suffering from a severe spinal condition and “gas.” lighting”.
Mick, 71, who co-founded the band with Tommy Lee, 60, and Nikki Sixx, 64, in 1980, makes the allegations in a lawsuit he filed against his fellow rock stars in Hollywood while they are on their farewell tour without him. The group later added Vince Neil, 62, as lead singer before they became well-known.
According to the lawsuit, for the majority of the band’s most recent run, Sixx “constantly ‘gaslighted’ Mars by claiming that he (Mars) had some sort of cognitive dysfunction and that his guitar playing was below average, claiming that Mick Mars forgot chords and occasionally started playing the wrong songs.
Co-founding guitarist Mick Mars
Surprisingly, Sixx did not play a single bass note throughout the whole U.S. tour while making these assertions regarding Mick Mars’ performance.
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Strangely, Sixx’s bass sections were entirely composed of recordings. As the bass portion was playing, Sixx was spotted pumping his fist in the air while holding the guitar. In reality, Vince Neil’s vocals—which made up a sizable amount of the song—were likewise pre-recorded. There were recordings even of some of Tommy Lee’s drum sections. As Lee’s drum portion started, some fans really observed him moving towards his drum kit.
The lawsuit continues, “Mars did occasionally play the incorrect chords throughout the tour, but not as a result of any cognitive impairment.
He was performing live, and because his in-ear monitors were breaking, Mick Mars was unable to hear his own instrument. In actuality, Mick Mars is rarely made fun of or criticised online.
He is a quiet member of the group who always turns up to play and gives every performance his all.
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On the other hand, other band members frequently face internet criticism, especially Neil, who is frequently ripped to pieces for, among other things, forgetting the songs.
According to documents submitted on Thursday (06.04.23) to Los Angeles County’s Superior Court by guitarist Mick Mars’ lawyer, Edwin F. McPherson, the band suppressed information concerning Mötley Crüe firms in which he has a 25% ownership share.
The band has required Mick, whose actual name is Robert Alan Deal, to sign a separation agreement that would divest him of those and other future interests in exchange for a 5% ownership in the group’s 2023 tour, he adds in the lawsuit.
Due to his continuous and excruciating Ankylosing Spondylitis battle, the rocker revealed in 2022 that he would be retiring from touring and wouldn’t be joining the current Mötley Crüe trek.
It is a chronic inflammatory condition known as AS that can lead to the fusion of parts of the spine’s bones.
According to specialists, the fusing causes the spine to become less flexible, which can lead to a hunched posture. If the ribs are involved, it may also make it difficult for the sufferer to breathe.
In order to enable him continue touring, Mick, who has had the condition since his teens, had hip surgery in the early 2000s.
“I continued getting worse and worse,” he said to Metal Sludge in 2008, “and I simply quit playing guitar for almost two years.
Today, it’s not as severe, but back then, when Motley was taking a vacation and I was high on all that drugs, I knew if I didn’t stop I was going to die.