In a new interview , Sixx who has been calling Poison's Bret Michaels every insult under the sun says that Mötley Crüe only toured with Poison because the fans wanted it. And I guess the fans known best, and you have to cater your every move to what the fans dictate.
"When the concept to do something this summer came up, the economy is in such a bad state that we were going, How can we do something that is different and the fans feel like they re getting a bang for their buck?,'" says Sixx. "We loved the idea of the New York Dolls, so it was a matter of filling in the blank.
"Fans were really pushing for Poison, and we were like, [they] were something discount travel packages that happened after us [in the '80s]. It wasn t really what I or the band wanted to do, but you have to listen to the fans and we re really engaged with the fans. I talked to [Poison lead singer] Bret [Michaels] and said, do you still believe in rock n roll? And he said, 'I live and breathe it.' It will be a great night of hits. And to me, I m so excited to turn our fans on to the New York Dolls."
Chris Harris is an internationally-published music journalist and writer whose work has appeared on the pages of Rolling Stone , IFC.com , Revolver , Alternative Press , and Radar . The former discount travel packages news editor for Noisecreep.com, AOL's heavy metal blog, Harris also served as co-host for the site's weekly podcast, "Creep discount travel packages Show." Harris spent four years as a reporter and on-air talent discount travel packages for MTV News.
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