Mötley Crüe Guitarist’s Lawsuit Says He Was Kicked Out

Mötley Crüe shaped in Los Angeles in 1981 and have become probably the most in style of the so-called hair-metal bands. Mixing glam-rock theatrics, heavy metallic riffs and radio-friendly pop hooks, they have been fixtures on MTV within the Nineteen Eighties and, by that decade’s finish, had topped the Billboard 200 chart with their 1989 album, “Dr. Feelgood.” The band’s tell-all memoir, “The Dust,” which chronicled their rise to fame and rocky historical past, was tailored right into a Netflix biopic in 2019.

Mars, 71, whose real name is Robert Alan Deal, joined Mötley Crüe shortly after it was based and, in accordance with the lawsuit, got here up with the band’s title. He was identified at 27 with Ankylosing Spondylitis, an inflammatory illness that may trigger the vertebrae to fuse over time. The illness has prompted his backbone “to grab up and freeze utterly stable,” the go well with says, including that he’s in continual ache and isn’t capable of transfer his head in any route.

Final fall, Mars advised his bandmates that, due to his “debilitating” Ankylosing Spondylitis, he couldn’t bodily “deal with the pains of the street” and would not tour with the band, the go well with says. Mars, who final carried out with Mötley Crüe in Las Vegas on Sept. 9, 2022, mentioned he would nonetheless report and carry out with the band in a “residency scenario.”

After Mars publicly introduced the change on Oct. 26, the band issued a separate assertion saying that he had “retired” and {that a} guitarist named John 5 was changing him.

The opposite band members — Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil and Tommy Lee — known as the emergency shareholders’ assembly, the place they sought to fireside Mars from seven band-affiliated firms and limited-liability firms, the lawsuit says. These entities — Mötley Crüe Inc.; Mötley Crüe Touring Inc.; Pink, White and Crue Inc.; Masters 2000 Inc.; Cruefest LLC; Mötley Data LLC; and Masters 2008 LLC — are listed as defendants within the lawsuit, which calls for that Mars be allowed to assessment the band’s enterprise information. He’s additionally looking for reimbursement for his authorized charges.