Nikki Sixx: Pearl Jam is "one of the most boring bands in history"

DeLukin

I was big into hair metal before I got into alternative back in the day. I couldn't relate to the "sex, drugs, and rock and roll" mantra and alternative music appealed to me on a level that some of that other stuff could not. That said, misogyny in music predates Motley Crue and some of the bands that most influence PJ were high on the list of worst offenders. Although I agree with Ed's overall point, he could have just as easily singled out one of them, though that my have hit a little too close to home. So yea, I'll vote with those that think the whole thing is dumb.

Given2Fly-Fish

on2legs said:

Amazing...

Edved82

The most surprising thing about this whole thing is that we now have a thread of 8 pages about what a member of flipping Motley Crue thinks of Pearl Jam. People need to get out more! 

1ThoughtKnown

87astro said:

My money is on Eddie in a fight.....I feel as if Nikki would be too concerned with his nails and makeup and hair....Ed looks like he would be a scrapper....

1ThoughtKnown

^^^ Habs fan? 

mrussel1

Cmon. This is fun as hell.  Finally twitter is good for something.

3days

Sarava said:

3days said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

3days said:

Pearl Jam sets fastest sellout records for Wrigley Field. Motley Crue can't sellout Wrigley, even when dragging along 3 other name bands. Why are we talking about this?

Selling out certain places or not. Why are you talking about that?

Mr Sixx's claim is that Pearl Jam is one of the most boring bands of all time. I'm trying to follow his logic: They are so boring that they quickly sell out stadiums, by themselves, that The Crue couldn't even dream of filling? 

FYI - the Wrigley show for Motley Crue, Def Leppard and Poison was originally sold out before the pandemic. It's not currently sold out due to many people taking refunds from 2 postponements. I took my refund after they postponed it a 2nd time last summer.

Not based on what I saw, but maybe it just took them longer to sell out the event. Assuming you're right, I would still argue that Motley Crue couldn't dream of selling out Wrigley on their own. 

Go Beavers

mrussel1 said:

Cmon. This is fun as hell.  Finally twitter is good for something.

I agree. After all the shit from the last two years, this is a nice break.

Spiritual_Chaos

Jeff or Stone Gossard needs to have a sit down with Eddie

Grunge is often (unfairly) blamed for ending hair metal’s popularity, but Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard admits he was influenced by many of the ‘80s biggest rock groups, including Motley Crue.

"The first Motley Crue record was punk-rock to me,” Gossard explained during an appearance on the Let There Be Talk podcast. “It was in that Motorhead, Sex Pistols area. It is heavy, and at the time, the hair and the makeup — it was a little bit more gender-bending, it felt a little bit exciting in this kind of the Bowie sort of way.”

Watching Motley Crue push boundaries with their music and persona was an eye opening experience for Gossard. "That was just like, 'Wow, you can be a freak.' Yeah, we were absorbing that, and bands like the Cult who made that record with Rick Rubin, which was just like a romantic goth band from the '80s. Then they did this kind of shift and it felt great.”

The Pearl Jam co-founder went on to explain that what he admired about many of the era’s acts was their ability to merge different styles of music. “That was the exciting thing about the '80s — all bets were off,” Gossard declared. “It's going to be dance or it could be glam, or it could be funk, or it could be heavy metal.”

demetrios

on2legs said:

lol

pjl44

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Jeff or Stone Gossard needs to have a sit down with Eddie

Grunge is often (unfairly) blamed for ending hair metal’s popularity, but Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard admits he was influenced by many of the ‘80s biggest rock groups, including Motley Crue.

"The first Motley Crue record was punk-rock to me,” Gossard explained during an appearance on the Let There Be Talk podcast. “It was in that Motorhead, Sex Pistols area. It is heavy, and at the time, the hair and the makeup — it was a little bit more gender-bending, it felt a little bit exciting in this kind of the Bowie sort of way.”

Watching Motley Crue push boundaries with their music and persona was an eye opening experience for Gossard. "That was just like, 'Wow, you can be a freak.' Yeah, we were absorbing that, and bands like the Cult who made that record with Rick Rubin, which was just like a romantic goth band from the '80s. Then they did this kind of shift and it felt great.”

The Pearl Jam co-founder went on to explain that what he admired about many of the era’s acts was their ability to merge different styles of music. “That was the exciting thing about the '80s — all bets were off,” Gossard declared. “It's going to be dance or it could be glam, or it could be funk, or it could be heavy metal.”

Stone needs to come out and shit on Springsteen then it's really on

BALLBOY

1ThoughtKnown said:

87astro said:

My money is on Eddie in a fight.....I feel as if Nikki would be too concerned with his nails and makeup and hair....Ed looks like he would be a scrapper.... 

Looks like an extra from Mad Max

mrussel1

pjl44 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Jeff or Stone Gossard needs to have a sit down with Eddie

Grunge is often (unfairly) blamed for ending hair metal’s popularity, but Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard admits he was influenced by many of the ‘80s biggest rock groups, including Motley Crue.

"The first Motley Crue record was punk-rock to me,” Gossard explained during an appearance on the Let There Be Talk podcast. “It was in that Motorhead, Sex Pistols area. It is heavy, and at the time, the hair and the makeup — it was a little bit more gender-bending, it felt a little bit exciting in this kind of the Bowie sort of way.”

Watching Motley Crue push boundaries with their music and persona was an eye opening experience for Gossard. "That was just like, 'Wow, you can be a freak.' Yeah, we were absorbing that, and bands like the Cult who made that record with Rick Rubin, which was just like a romantic goth band from the '80s. Then they did this kind of shift and it felt great.”

The Pearl Jam co-founder went on to explain that what he admired about many of the era’s acts was their ability to merge different styles of music. “That was the exciting thing about the '80s — all bets were off,” Gossard declared. “It's going to be dance or it could be glam, or it could be funk, or it could be heavy metal.”

Stone needs to come out and shit on Springsteen then it's really on

No blasphemy 

pjl44

mrussel1 said:

pjl44 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Jeff or Stone Gossard needs to have a sit down with Eddie

Grunge is often (unfairly) blamed for ending hair metal’s popularity, but Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard admits he was influenced by many of the ‘80s biggest rock groups, including Motley Crue.

"The first Motley Crue record was punk-rock to me,” Gossard explained during an appearance on the Let There Be Talk podcast. “It was in that Motorhead, Sex Pistols area. It is heavy, and at the time, the hair and the makeup — it was a little bit more gender-bending, it felt a little bit exciting in this kind of the Bowie sort of way.”

Watching Motley Crue push boundaries with their music and persona was an eye opening experience for Gossard. "That was just like, 'Wow, you can be a freak.' Yeah, we were absorbing that, and bands like the Cult who made that record with Rick Rubin, which was just like a romantic goth band from the '80s. Then they did this kind of shift and it felt great.”

The Pearl Jam co-founder went on to explain that what he admired about many of the era’s acts was their ability to merge different styles of music. “That was the exciting thing about the '80s — all bets were off,” Gossard declared. “It's going to be dance or it could be glam, or it could be funk, or it could be heavy metal.”

Stone needs to come out and shit on Springsteen then it's really on

No blasphemy 

It would really mix things up you have to admit

mrussel1

pjl44 said:

mrussel1 said:

pjl44 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Jeff or Stone Gossard needs to have a sit down with Eddie

Grunge is often (unfairly) blamed for ending hair metal’s popularity, but Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard admits he was influenced by many of the ‘80s biggest rock groups, including Motley Crue.

"The first Motley Crue record was punk-rock to me,” Gossard explained during an appearance on the Let There Be Talk podcast. “It was in that Motorhead, Sex Pistols area. It is heavy, and at the time, the hair and the makeup — it was a little bit more gender-bending, it felt a little bit exciting in this kind of the Bowie sort of way.”

Watching Motley Crue push boundaries with their music and persona was an eye opening experience for Gossard. "That was just like, 'Wow, you can be a freak.' Yeah, we were absorbing that, and bands like the Cult who made that record with Rick Rubin, which was just like a romantic goth band from the '80s. Then they did this kind of shift and it felt great.”

The Pearl Jam co-founder went on to explain that what he admired about many of the era’s acts was their ability to merge different styles of music. “That was the exciting thing about the '80s — all bets were off,” Gossard declared. “It's going to be dance or it could be glam, or it could be funk, or it could be heavy metal.”

Stone needs to come out and shit on Springsteen then it's really on

No blasphemy 

It would really mix things up you have to admit

You must hate Baby Jesus to think thoughts like that. 

NM70698

I can’t back Eddie on this one.  He could have made his point without name-checking Motley Crue.  He got on his high horse about supporting women and not objectifying them, then fired an unprovoked shot at Motley just to pump himself up.  I found it off putting, but then adding the comment about Guns N Roses was ridiculous.  I guess he wanted to make sure Duff didn’t take offense at his remarks, but it makes you wonder if Ed ever even owned Appetite for Destruction.  The GNR lyrics are way, WAY more misogynistic and objectifying of women than anything Motley Crue ever put out.

igotid88

I feel like if Kurt had said the same thing. People Against Ed would be for it. Heck if Dave Grohl said it 

dankind

NM70698 said:

I can’t back Eddie on this one.  He could have made his point without name-checking Motley Crue.  He got on his high horse about supporting women and not objectifying them, then fired an unprovoked shot at Motley just to pump himself up.  I found it off putting, but then adding the comment about Guns N Roses was ridiculous.  I guess he wanted to make sure Duff didn’t take offense at his remarks, but it makes you wonder if Ed ever even owned Appetite for Destruction.  The GNR lyrics are way, WAY more misogynistic and objectifying of women than anything Motley Crue ever put out.

Right!?! Also, the literal fucking recording of “Rocket Queen” comes to mind.

Edit: I mean, it was consensual and for the “art.” But it still seems exploitative. I want to ask if she got paid, but that seems even MORE exploitative. Still, she’s pretty prominently featured on that track. She should get some major coin. 

I’m conflicted. 

F Me In The Brain

Did 10C and the band go on Twitter to update how fans losing out on Baltimore reschedule tickets will be taken care of?



Good thing they can throw shade at an 80s band, though.

Spiritual_Chaos

NM70698 said:

I can’t back Eddie on this one.  He could have made his point without name-checking Motley Crue.  He got on his high horse about supporting women and not objectifying them, then fired an unprovoked shot at Motley just to pump himself up.  I found it off putting, but then adding the comment about Guns N Roses was ridiculous.  I guess he wanted to make sure Duff didn’t take offense at his remarks, but it makes you wonder if Ed ever even owned Appetite for Destruction.  The GNR lyrics are way, WAY more misogynistic and objectifying of women than anything Motley Crue ever put out.