The Truth About Nikki Sixx's Feud With Metallica

Publish date: 2024-03-18

In 2015, Crüe drummer Tommy Lee reignited the rivalry when he posted a Tweet featuring a picture of Lars Ulrich (above) with the words "Straight Outta Tempo" superimposed over his face. Lee presumably used a meme maker intended to promote the 2015 N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton to create this mocking tribute. Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil preferred to stay out of the fray, actually hanging up on the host during a radio interview when asked about the bands' fights, stating, "You have to ask Nikki about that, 'cos I had no idea there was anything between us and Metallica until I read it," reports the Houston Chronicle.

Perhaps now the bands can finally relax and enjoy their status as elder rock statesmen. In fact, just last year, Mötley Crüe covered Madonna's "Like A Virgin" for the soundtrack of their biopic The Dirt, and according to Nikki Sixx, their song included a small, apparently sincere tribute to Metallica. In an interview with Billboard, Sixx notes "there's a part of the song does this little gahnk-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-gahnk that Mick [Mars] does, a bit of a nod to Metallica because [when] Metallica heard the Dr. Feelgood album, [they] used Bob Rock to make the Black Album." Yes, Mötley Crüe and Metallica once shared a producer; perhaps now they can share the satisfaction of long, successful careers without insulting one another.

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