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Motley Crue Member: ‘I Wish I Had A Better Voice’
Sep
During a recent Q&A session with fans on X, Nikki Sixx shared his thoughts on Mötley Crüe’s 1997 album ‘Generation Swine.’ he also admitted he’s not a great singer.
https://x.com/NikkiSixx/status/1837341362632675772
“I feel like people don’t talk enough about ‘Generation Swine’ is such an album with good material or what do you think?” a user on the platform initially asked the bassist.
Nikki Sixx backs Mötley Crüe
“I think it is a great album. Songs are solid,” Sixx replied to the question.
I think it is a great album. Songs are solid. https://t.co/L6zP1U9cAG
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(@NikkiSixx) September 21, 2024
“Favorite Song off the ‘Generation Swine’ Record?” another fan asked. “‘Anybody Out There?’” Nikki revealed his favorite track.
Anybody Out There https://t.co/8dfD9hHDtE
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This year, Sixx was again asked about the album on X. One fan wanted to learn why the ‘Generation Swine’ album got a lot of criticism.
Nikki explained, “Well, it might of started with the band. It was a hard album to finish, and when we released it, and it didn’t fair well, I think everybody just wrote it off. Looking back, it has some amazing songs and lyrics and sounds really fresh.”
‘Generation Swine’ faced major flak from fans, critics, and even the band. Back in a 2008 interview, Vince Neil called the album ‘terrible’ and shared why he didn’t like it, “The last record, ‘Generation Swine,’ wasn’t. It was a terrible record, ’cause there was too much experimenting.”
“We worked on that record for, God, almost two years. Now, the difference is I’m not a fan of the record that came out. ‘Cause you’ve gotta understand we had recorded a bunch of those songs, and they brought Vince back,” John Corabi also said about the album in an interview with Rob’s School Of Music.
He continued, “Then they went back into the studio with him for, like, another year. And they switched things around, then they started playing with sound effects. I don’t mean this in any disrespect to Mötley at all, but the bottom line of it is we did a record and it didn’t sell well — per their standards. I mean, it went gold, but it didn’t sell well. The tour was a disaster.”
“And I think, to be honest with you, Tommy [Lee, drums] and Nikki [Sixx, bass] and Scott [Humphrey, co-producer] were trying to reinvent themselves to be current. And at the time, bands like Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Rob Zombie, Ministry, Pantera — all these bands were heavy, a lot of ’em were industrial, and they were just trying to figure out how to be relevant again,” the singer also noted.
‘Generation Swine’ was the first record with Neil since 1991’s ‘Decade of Decadence’ and the last one with drummer Tommy Lee until 2008’s ‘Saints of Los Angeles.’
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