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Just because he was tapped to replace Mick Mars doesn’t mean that John 5 knows what the future of Mötley Crüe holds. Speaking to radio station WRIF, the guitarist explained that he’s “just along for the ride” but explained how he thought they might do it (transcribed by Blabbermouth):
“You know what? I’m not sure. I think we’re gonna just drop songs. That’s what I’ve been doing personally [in my solo career] for a long time. And then what I do is I’ll just drop new songs, drop new songs, and then I’ll take all those songs and put ’em in a record and sell ’em at my shows or whatever, the full record. But I personally really like doing it this way.
“When you drop these songs individually, it’s like every song’s a single, and it’s really cool. And I think, like, just imagine if Van Halen did that. You would never know about ‘Take Your Whiskey Home’ or any of these deep cuts. You’re, like, ‘Oh, wow.’ Like ‘D.O.A.’ or something. What if these were all singles? ‘Cause in my eyes, all those songs are singles. I like those maybe more than ‘Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love’ or something like that. I think those deep cuts are just as good as the singles they put out. And these bands worked so hard on these songs. And nowadays you just listen to the singles and things like that. So, I like doing it that way. So I don’t know. I don’t know what they’re gonna do. I’m just along for the ride.”
Given how much music he’s released and how many artists he’s toured with, John 5 certainly has an informed perspective on releasing music. Mötley Crüe have plenty of hits, so they aren’t in need of more music to play live, either.
Most recently, they released a cover of the Beastie Boys‘ “Fight for Your Right.”
