Nikki Sixx Reacts To Criticism Of Latest Mötley Crüe Song

Mötley Crüe released a new tune, “Dogs Of War,” back in April. The song drew mixed response online, but bassist Nikki Sixx isn’t too concerned with it saying that “now everybody’s a critic.”

“We like the fact that there was kind of a knee-jerk reaction, because at least people were listening,” Sixx told Swedish radio station Rockklassiker . “It’s a very strange time now where, whether it’s a news cycle or socials, everybody has turned into a critic. And I always say, they’ve never erected a statue of a critic. It’s never happened, right? It’s always the artist. But now everybody’s a critic. So within a short amount of time, we get, ‘We love it.’ ‘We hate it.’ ‘You’re over.’ ‘You’ve reinvented yourself.’ ‘It sounds like ‘Shout At The Devil’. ‘It sucks.’ And we just kind of sit there and go, ‘That’s cool, guys, but we didn’t really ask for any input from you.’ We’re just artists writing music, and we’re pretty cool. I’m happy with it. I like it.”

Just before the track’s release, Sixx joked online that the song had been described as “a powerful cross between country and hip-hop.” Many people didn’t get that he was kidding.

“When we were doing some interviews, when we were getting ready to drop the single, I said to Tommy, I said, ‘You know…’ ‘Cause we kept getting asked that question (about the sound of the new Mötley Crüe music),” Sixx explained. “And I said, ‘Man,’ I go… I’m the most sarcastic human being I know. And that sometimes doesn’t always come across in a tweet or something. And I said we got so much media because it was such a lark, such a weird thing that was a joke. And I’m, like, God, that’s really kind of f*cked up where we’re at today. No media checked, nobody called the office and said, ‘What’s going on? I hear they got new music. It sounds like country and hip-hop.’ I mean, everybody at the label and management company would have just started laughing. They would have gone, ‘You fell for one of Nikki’s jokes.’ But the irony is, isn’t that how people get pressed now? People just love negativity. And I find it interesting. I don’t wanna play in to it, to be honest with you, but that was a fun one… People run with whatever they think they can get some juice out of, and it’s okay. Hey, if you’re talking about our band, that’s a good thing, negative or positive.”