Now I look back on that and think we were just young. I’m the singer and I’m going to go do my own stuff.” We went and made more music after that: we made a great record, but it wasn’t Mötley Crüe. When Vince left the band, he was like, “Fuck you guys. Man, I just want people to be proud. Our energy comes from the fact that we’re a family. Sixx: The idea of not being the original band out on tour – of having possibly two different Mötley Crües being on tour? Can’t have that. That’s the way we want to go out: the same four guys, leaving on our terms – not leaving because we have to. We’re one of the few bands left out there that has the original members. We don’t want to be that band: we don’t want to say “Okay, Mötley Crüe is done – farewell,” and then when a couple guys in the band leave, they’re replaced, and then go out as Mötley Crüe again. Neil: As people say, there are so many bands that do farewell tours. How did you decide to specifically make this the final tour – not a farewell? It’s like when people put on certain t-shirts – you puta Ramones t-shirt on and you’re like “I’m going out, I’ve got my Ramones gear on, and I’m not ashamed.” I want that for Mötley Crüe – when someone puts on their Too Fast For Love shirt in twenty years, they go, “Fuck, those guys, man.” You don’t do that if you hobble off. It really came down to figuring out how do we bow out with dignity. I remember talking to Vince in Japan, and the conversation came down to, “How do we want to be remembered?” If we wait 5 or 10 years, we might still be in the position were in, but we know we’re in the position we’re in now. Sixx: It’s been thrown around jokingly for some time. I think it was brought to me first by Nikki. We’d started thinking about a farewell tour – a final tour. What was the actual moment when this idea came up for Mötley Crüe to bow out in this way? Rolling Stone spoke to Vince Neil and Nikki Sixx to find out if this is really, in fact, the end to the decades of decadence comprising Mötley Crüe’s existence as one of the world’s biggest rock bands.
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