Nikki Sixx riidastaan Kiss-jäsenten kanssa: ”Näytämme tällä hetkellä pelkiltä keskenään riiteleviltä vanhoilta naisilta”
Mötley Cruesta ja omasta Sixx A.M.-yhtyeestään tunnettu basisti Nikki Sixx kritisoi Kissin laulaja-basisti Gene Simmonsia tämän tylyistä kommenteista legendaarisen Princen kuolemaa koskien aiemmin toukokuussa. Toinen Kissin edelleen yhtyeessä vaikuttavista alkuperäisjäsenistä, Paul Stanley lähti myös riitaan mukaan Facebook-julkaisullaan, jossa hän mm. pyytää Sixxiä etsimään muita keinoja pysyä julkisuudessa kuin riitaa haastamalla. Sixx itse on kommentoinut Loudwirelle tilannetta seuraavasti:
”To be honest with you, I only really said one thing about Gene. The problem with having a five-hour radio show five days a week, and then we do three ’Countdown’ shows on the weekend, is I talk. And the problem is that sometimes you will say something, you have an opinion about something, and [the media] will take just that fifteen seconds, and that gets magnified.
”I have a lot of opinions, just like you do, and anybody watching this interview, or listening to this interview, has, and if you only take those things and amplify ’em, it can get blown out of proportion. And what happened in this situation is I did have an opinion, and it got blown out of proportion, and then Paul said I was beating a dead horse. I actually wasn’t; the press was beating a dead horse.
Artikkeli jatkuu mainoksen jälkeen Mainos päättyy”You know, I’ll just be honest with you. [When] I [was growing] up, I loved KISS. They influenced me as a songwriter. KISS gave MÖTLEY CRÜE one of their very first tours. They’ve done a lot of great stuff for me in my life. I’ve co-headlined tours with those guys, I’ve known ’em forever. Gene’s a very opinionated man, and so am I.
”I’ll be honest with you, I think we just kind of look like a bunch of old women fighting at this point. I love you guys. Like, whatever… it’s all good. We’re not getting in the ring and fighting over this.
”And I will say: great for Paul for standing up, not only against Gene but against me. I think that we need to be strong. It’s cool.”
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