Nikki Sixx doesn’t “believe in making full-length records any more”.
The Motley Crue rocker has confessed he will never make another album because he’s convinced the days of recording 10-track releases are over because it takes too much time, money and effort and the music industry has changed to prioritise singles – so he thinks it’s better to just record singular tracks when inspiration strikes.
During an appearance on Joann Butler In Studio With … , Nikki explained: “Honestly – I know fans don’t wanna hear this, but I don’t believe in making full-length records anymore at this time on the planet, for me.
“The amount of work that goes into … If you’re doing 10 songs on a record, you gotta write 20. And you better hope five of ’em are stellar.
“It’s a lot of lyrics, a lot of notes, a lot of chord changes, a lot of time in the studio, which is all fine. That’s what we do. We work hard.
“But what I don’t like is that when people hear one song, and you recorded 10 or you recorded 20, and then 10 of ’em were demos and 10 was an album, they only hear one.”
He went on to add: “Radio’s changed, streaming is changing and evolving as we go. So I’m really into the idea of lightning strikes. Something comes down, I call the guys. I got this song, it’s just sitting on the tip of my tongue right now. “
Nikki went on to reveal he has talked to Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee about it, saying: “I told Tommy about it a year ago. I just told my friend, and he goes: ‘You told me to write a song called that 25 years ago.’
“And I go: ‘Okay, I’m gonna finish the song and then show it to the band.’ But it’s like having a song and a whole team behind a song and being able to get the fans to really understand what the song is about.
“It’s just not something that they just pass by, or they go to the new Motley Crue album, and they only listen to one song.
“So I love the idea of like we did The Dirt [soundtrack to the film in 2019]. We did five [new] songs from The Dirt.
“We did three songs on this EP ‘Cancelled] we just did [in 2024]. I mean, that’s already a full-length record. So I think we’re just gonna keep going, like whenever something comes up, you feel something – heartbreak, joy, rebellion – let’s write a song about it, and let’s go cut it in the studio.”
