The American guitarist John 5 (Ex-Rob Zombie) joined Mötley Crüe in the beginning of 2023 after it was announced that the band’s original guitar player Mick Mars was retiring from touring, although he later claimed he wanted to still be a member of the group, what didn’t happened.
During 2023 the band toured around the world with John 5 and even recorded new songs for an upcoming studio album. In an interview with WRIF radio (Transcribed by Blabbermouth), the guitar player said that they new songs are very good. They were produced by their longtime collaborator Bob Rock.
The guitarist John 5 talks about the new Mötley Crüe songs
“I don’t know when it’s gonna come out, but everything is a plan. Everything is mapped out and structured, and everything is, ‘We’re gonna do it here and there,’ and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So the songs are recorded, mixed, mastered. And they’re so good. I can’t wait for them to come out. They’re so good. I’m really excited about ’em.”
“Who knows what’s going to happen? I don’t know if we’ll just release singles or an album. It’s up to those guys, so I don’t know. We just record and see what happens. But these songs that we recorded are so good; they’re heavy and the melodies and everybody’s just killing it on these songs.”
“We all sat in a room and did it together. ‘Cause me and Nikki have written for years and years and years together. So it was nothing new. And me and Tommy worked in the studio together many times as well. So it was nothing new being in the studio, but it was new with Bob Rock.
He continued:
“What was so wild was we got in a room… It was like total old school, man,” he explained. “You get in the live room and there’s my amp and there’s Nikki’s amp and there’s Tommy’s drums, there’s a mic… ‘Cause I’m so used to just playing in the control room. And it’s, like, ‘Oh no, no, no.”
“We’re all gonna get in this room and we’re gonna play.’ And that’s how we recorded. It was incredible. I’ve never recorded that way. And it was maybe one of the best experiences I had recording. It was so fun. It was a blast. I had to, like, make notes and all this stuff, and we just played through it. It was incredible,” John 5 said.
