{"id":106598,"date":"2023-11-03T16:54:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T21:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=106598"},"modified":"2023-11-03T17:51:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T22:51:56","slug":"it-wasnt-nikki-sixx-playing-bass-on-motley-crues-theatre-of-pain-says-eye-witness-greg-leon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=106598","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t Nikki (Sixx) playing bass&#8221; on M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE&#8217;s Theatre of Pain Says &#8216;Eyewitness&#8217; Greg Leon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A full in bloom news brief has dropped a major bombshell. Former Tommy Lee bandmate Greg Leon talks about how he met Tommy, Suite 19, Dokken, Quiet Riot, while visiting during Motley Crue&#8217;s Theatre of Pain sessions and seeing someone other than Nikki Sixx playing bass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A lawsuit filed by <strong>Mick Mars <\/strong>against his ex-bandmates contends he was &#8220;gaslighted&#8221; so that Sixx and the band management could steal Mick&#8217;s profits, after sabotaging <strong>The Stadium Tour <\/strong>by using backing tracks for main instrumentation and getting busted &#8220;fake playing&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rocketmetalden\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rocketmetalden\">&#8220;Rocket&#8221;<\/a> of TMD in a very sensational manner. Mars stated that Sixx did not play one note live all tour last year. Rumor is now going around the Bob Rock will be the &#8220;ghost bassist&#8221; on the Crue&#8217;s new album, because Sixx still doesn&#8217;t know how to play the instrument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;It wasn&#039;t Nikki (Sixx) playing bass&quot; on Motley Crue&#039;s Theatre of Pain Says &#039;Eye Witness&#039; Greg Leon\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dio0CWs6nVU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Drums count in by themselves, bass line going while bass player has both arms in the air after tossing a beer can and the singer sucks. The only one playing live is guitarist Mick Mars. Who&#39;s propping up who? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/motleycrue?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#motleycrue<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mickmars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mickmars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/teammick?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#teammick<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vks8R3usgy\">pic.twitter.com\/Vks8R3usgy<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Nikki Suxx (@MrNikkiSuxx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrNikkiSuxx\/status\/1648188990921625600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/center>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A full in bloom news brief has dropped a major bombshell. 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