{"id":111494,"date":"2024-03-27T18:46:25","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T23:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=111494"},"modified":"2024-03-27T19:37:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T00:37:44","slug":"nikki-sixx-did-not-play-bass-on-motley-crues-kickstart-my-heart-it-was-programmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=111494","title":{"rendered":"Nikki Sixx Did Not Play Bass On M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE&#8217;s &#8220;Kickstart My Heart&#8221;, It Was Programmed!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Check out the isolated bass track for &#8220;Kickstart My Heart&#8221; by M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE uploaded to YouTube as programmed by a keyboardist named<strong> John Webster<\/strong>, who is credited for keyboards and programming on the Dr. Feelgood album. This revelation comes after <strong>Nikki Sixx<\/strong> has been exposed as fake playing at live Crue gigs, according to ousted guitarist <strong>Mick Mars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=101803\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"536\" height=\"563\"  data-gnlv=\"hey\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sixxbusted-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111506\" style=\"width:441px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sixxbusted-6.jpg 536w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sixxbusted-6-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">During the 80s and 90s, Webster reportedly worked on major studio recordings done in Vancouver&#8217;s\u00a0Little Mountain Sound Studios\u00a0with producers\u00a0Bruce Fairbairn\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Bob Rock<\/strong>. Mr. Rock received credit on Dr. Feelgood for playing &#8216;ghost bass&#8217; for Sixx on the track &#8220;Time for Change&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">John Webster has appeared on many albums by established artists and his production achievements include two Juno awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A comment left by a fan named <strong>Derek Solomon<\/strong> reveals the shocking truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-249.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"179\"  data-gnlv=\"hey\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-249.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-249.png 377w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-249-300x142.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">According to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegearpage.net\/board\/index.php?threads\/motley-crue-isolated-bass-track-from-kick-start-my-heart-midi.2260570\/page-3\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thegearpage.net\/board\/index.php?threads\/motley-crue-isolated-bass-track-from-kick-start-my-heart-midi.2260570\/page-3\"> Gearpage.net<\/a>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;It was a common practice in the 80s to use a sequenced synth bass track on any recording that had \u201chit\u201d potential. Complicated bass lines don\u2019t necessarily make for a kick ass track. The simpler the better.<br \/>Mutt Lange used midi bass and drum machines on all the Def Leppard hits.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">TMD revealed that Sixx, Lee and Neil were all complicit in using prerecorded audio at shows for the highly anticipated <strong>The Stadium Tour<\/strong>, while attempting to gaslight and sabotage Mick Mars.<\/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=\"Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart (bass only)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/il8msfFGyvg?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<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTheMetalDen%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0gQzGk7cpmNQXH1qj1v8qfDu8JQoFgYRqdMgMfR9oGjtfACAKVgb3GAUQ29k67gVyl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"528\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n<\/center>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the isolated bass track for &#8220;Kickstart My Heart&#8221; by M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE uploaded to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111494"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111524,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111494\/revisions\/111524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/111519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}