There is a quibbling case of verbal judo going on between drummer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinny_Appice">Carmine Appice</a> (Rod Stewart, King Kobra, Pink Floyd, Blue Murder) and songwriter/bass player Nikki Sixx from Mötley Crüe. These strong accusations from guitarist Mick Mars himself, lay claim that Mötley Crüe live shows are pre-recorded for the most part.

Despite playing on the first leg of Mötley Crüe’s Stadium Tour with Def Leppard, once October rolled around Mick Mars decided to call it quits citing his painful struggle with Ankylosing Spondylitis. Ankylosing Spondylitis is a type of arthritis of the joints of the spine. Not going to lie, that sounds extremely uncomfortable.

According to an interview with <a href="https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/mick_mars_wasnt_getting_along_with_mtley_cre_before_leaving_carmine_appice_claims_they_were_busy_trying_to_be_rock_stars.html">Ultimate Guitar</a> when asked about Mars' leaving the tour, Appice said...
<blockquote>Well, I tell you what I've been talking to Mick, and he told me, 'When I was on the Stadium Tour, I was not happy.' Basically, everything was on tape; it was all planned out and ultimately a lot of crap. And Mick is a pretty good player, and so, to now let him loose and play the way he wants, that was never going to work for him. The truth is that everything has been weird for a while with Motley Crue, and Mick didn't like that everything was on tape. Mick told me that people that came to see it could tell that it was all pre-recorded and that everything was on tape.

When you play in a stadium like that, you can hear a lot of things come to the monitors or what doesn't. And with Vince's vocals, bass, drums, guitars, and all the other stuff, it was obvious that it was all on tape. And Mick was pissed off and said, 'I can play these things. I want to play them. I don't want to make believe I'm playing them.' So, I think that's one of the reasons why he said, 'I'm done.' Sure, the disease that he has doesn't help, and it doesn't make life easy on tour, but Mick can play all the licks, and he was allowed to.</blockquote>
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