Post by Sixx Saint on Jun 23, 2009 20:39:25 GMT -5
Metal Sludge (the interviewer) previously interviewed Nikki in 1999, but the provider of the whole interviewer could NOT type! So, we'll do this one, which I think is much better. Nikki was dragged out of Motley Crue's studio recording New Tattoo to do this interview.
What are you up to now?
Nikki: I'm in a partnership with technology companies that are developing a broadband channel. I have a channel called "The Outlaw Network".
How big of a honor was it for you to win the Metal Sludge Honorary Super Balls Award and Best 20 Questions (1999)?
Nikki: I feel like I've finally got some respect in the music industry.
You've said in the past that every era of Motley Crue is different and you wouldn't re-do any of them. You guys would continue to be musically ahead of the game. But the new songs are definitely old school stuff. What made you decide to write stuff like you've already written?
Nikki: It's not so much about writing something I've already written as it is playing a style that is more in tune with what is at the core of the band.
How long will it take for the Motley Crue/Megadeth tour to end because you and Mustaine can't get along? And how did you hook up with Megadeth?
Nikki: Dave seems to me to have a clear vision of what he wants. I can't find a fault in that. We tend not to really chum around with the other bands anyway so if it was to be a bad blood tour (yes, we've had them before), we would just stay away from each other. I've meet Dave before and he always was cool to me....
On a scale of 1 to 10, rate the following bands on how much you'd like to tour with them. 1 being you have no desire to tour with them at all, and 10 being a band you'd definitely want to hook up with.
Nikki:
Poison: 0
Ratt: 0
Lit: 5
Warrant: 0
Kid Rock: 5
Sevendust: 6
Marilyn Manson: 6
Marvelous 3: ?
Pantera: 8
L.A. Guns: 5
Kiss: 4
Limp Bizkit: 3
Ozzy: 9
Metallica: 7
What city has the best strip clubs and why?
Nikki: They're all good when I go with my wife.
What really happened in the airport with Vince and Tommy?
Nikki: Boys will be boys.
It appears that Vince redid all the vocals to the Perkin's Palace stuff on the live CD, and it sounds like he redid them way back in the day. There are 2 different bootlegs out of the same show, but they have 2 different vocal tracks. What's up with that?
Nikki: That's news to me....I really doubt it....
Why were they redone?
Nikki: I really don't think they were....
When your wife Donna did 20 questions with us, she said the following about Pamela Anderson (Tommy's girl): "If she had as many dicks sticking out of her as she's had sticking in her, she'd look like a porcupine." Our question is, was this her line or did you feed it to her?
Nikki: She is a woman, hear her roar.
Are you surprised that Methods of Mayhem (Tommy's side band) have sold almost 300,000 albums?
Nikki: No, I'm not surprised. MCA spent over 5 million in promoting it, so I was surprised it didn't sell more.
What is your opinion on that album?
I heard most of the stuff when Tommy was first writing it. He hit the nail right on the head with what he wanted to do.
Finish this sentence, "The biggest misconception about _____ is?" Example, "The biggest misconception about MTV is that they play videos." You get the idea. (CAPS is Nikki's answer in the sentence)
Nikki:
The biggest misconception about Vince Neil is HE'S AN ASSHOLE
The biggest misconception about David Lee Roth is HE IS FUNNY
The biggest misconception about John Corabi is HE FUCKED UP MOTLEY CRUE
The biggest misconception about Fred Durst is (DON'T KNOW HIM)
The biggest misconception about Pamela Anderson is (DON'T REALLY KNOW HER)
The biggest misconception about heroin is IT'S COOL
The biggest misconception about Sebastian Bach is HE'S DUMB
The biggest misconception about Lars Ulrich is HE'S A GOOD DRUMMER
The biggest misconception about Warrant is (?)
The biggest misconception about Bret Michaels is (?)
The biggest misconception about record labels are THEY CARE ABOUT ARTISTS
The biggest misconception about porn stars are THEY'RE WHORES
Do you have custody of all your kids, or do you just get them on the weekends?
Nikki: 50/50 custody.
How does that all work?
They live with me and Donna for 7 days then their mom's for 7 days (1 mile away). They just come over whenever they want to....it's very relaxed....
How many dates did it take you to get into Donna's pants?
Nikki: She says something like two weeks. I say the first night....she was drunk and it's my story, so I'll tell it anyway I want.
What does the name Kiss and Gene Simmons mean to you?
Nikki: I loved Kiss....and Gene was the cool one....of course.
Also tell us a little Gene & Nikki story?
We were writing a song together and I wrote the lyrics to Girls Girls Girls, Gene said they were too radical and couldn't get on the radio. So I put them to Motley Crue music and it was a huge hit. Funny, you just never know what's gonna go....you should never pre-judge.
You really don't look in your 40s and you still have all your hair. Do you think all the drugs you did in the 80s had anything to do with that?
Nikki: I've been told I look under 30....I'm 41....it's nothing to do with anything other than genetics....and heroin.
How often do you check out our humble little website called Metal Sludge?
Nikki: Once a week....I fuckin' love it....you bust everybody's balls....God bless you....
Are there any other interviews we've done that you enjoyed?
I like the ones who really lay out the truth.
What are you up to now?
Nikki: I'm in a partnership with technology companies that are developing a broadband channel. I have a channel called "The Outlaw Network".
How big of a honor was it for you to win the Metal Sludge Honorary Super Balls Award and Best 20 Questions (1999)?
Nikki: I feel like I've finally got some respect in the music industry.
You've said in the past that every era of Motley Crue is different and you wouldn't re-do any of them. You guys would continue to be musically ahead of the game. But the new songs are definitely old school stuff. What made you decide to write stuff like you've already written?
Nikki: It's not so much about writing something I've already written as it is playing a style that is more in tune with what is at the core of the band.
How long will it take for the Motley Crue/Megadeth tour to end because you and Mustaine can't get along? And how did you hook up with Megadeth?
Nikki: Dave seems to me to have a clear vision of what he wants. I can't find a fault in that. We tend not to really chum around with the other bands anyway so if it was to be a bad blood tour (yes, we've had them before), we would just stay away from each other. I've meet Dave before and he always was cool to me....
On a scale of 1 to 10, rate the following bands on how much you'd like to tour with them. 1 being you have no desire to tour with them at all, and 10 being a band you'd definitely want to hook up with.
Nikki:
Poison: 0
Ratt: 0
Lit: 5
Warrant: 0
Kid Rock: 5
Sevendust: 6
Marilyn Manson: 6
Marvelous 3: ?
Pantera: 8
L.A. Guns: 5
Kiss: 4
Limp Bizkit: 3
Ozzy: 9
Metallica: 7
What city has the best strip clubs and why?
Nikki: They're all good when I go with my wife.
What really happened in the airport with Vince and Tommy?
Nikki: Boys will be boys.
It appears that Vince redid all the vocals to the Perkin's Palace stuff on the live CD, and it sounds like he redid them way back in the day. There are 2 different bootlegs out of the same show, but they have 2 different vocal tracks. What's up with that?
Nikki: That's news to me....I really doubt it....
Why were they redone?
Nikki: I really don't think they were....
When your wife Donna did 20 questions with us, she said the following about Pamela Anderson (Tommy's girl): "If she had as many dicks sticking out of her as she's had sticking in her, she'd look like a porcupine." Our question is, was this her line or did you feed it to her?
Nikki: She is a woman, hear her roar.
Are you surprised that Methods of Mayhem (Tommy's side band) have sold almost 300,000 albums?
Nikki: No, I'm not surprised. MCA spent over 5 million in promoting it, so I was surprised it didn't sell more.
What is your opinion on that album?
I heard most of the stuff when Tommy was first writing it. He hit the nail right on the head with what he wanted to do.
Finish this sentence, "The biggest misconception about _____ is?" Example, "The biggest misconception about MTV is that they play videos." You get the idea. (CAPS is Nikki's answer in the sentence)
Nikki:
The biggest misconception about Vince Neil is HE'S AN ASSHOLE
The biggest misconception about David Lee Roth is HE IS FUNNY
The biggest misconception about John Corabi is HE FUCKED UP MOTLEY CRUE
The biggest misconception about Fred Durst is (DON'T KNOW HIM)
The biggest misconception about Pamela Anderson is (DON'T REALLY KNOW HER)
The biggest misconception about heroin is IT'S COOL
The biggest misconception about Sebastian Bach is HE'S DUMB
The biggest misconception about Lars Ulrich is HE'S A GOOD DRUMMER
The biggest misconception about Warrant is (?)
The biggest misconception about Bret Michaels is (?)
The biggest misconception about record labels are THEY CARE ABOUT ARTISTS
The biggest misconception about porn stars are THEY'RE WHORES
Do you have custody of all your kids, or do you just get them on the weekends?
Nikki: 50/50 custody.
How does that all work?
They live with me and Donna for 7 days then their mom's for 7 days (1 mile away). They just come over whenever they want to....it's very relaxed....
How many dates did it take you to get into Donna's pants?
Nikki: She says something like two weeks. I say the first night....she was drunk and it's my story, so I'll tell it anyway I want.
What does the name Kiss and Gene Simmons mean to you?
Nikki: I loved Kiss....and Gene was the cool one....of course.
Also tell us a little Gene & Nikki story?
We were writing a song together and I wrote the lyrics to Girls Girls Girls, Gene said they were too radical and couldn't get on the radio. So I put them to Motley Crue music and it was a huge hit. Funny, you just never know what's gonna go....you should never pre-judge.
You really don't look in your 40s and you still have all your hair. Do you think all the drugs you did in the 80s had anything to do with that?
Nikki: I've been told I look under 30....I'm 41....it's nothing to do with anything other than genetics....and heroin.
How often do you check out our humble little website called Metal Sludge?
Nikki: Once a week....I fuckin' love it....you bust everybody's balls....God bless you....
Are there any other interviews we've done that you enjoyed?
I like the ones who really lay out the truth.
