How Motley Crue Produced ‘Dogs of War’: Exclusive Interview

Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil has a simple declaration for the critics who have attempted working with to make them off for decades: “You will not be capable to destroy us!”

Neil and bassist Nikki Sixx lately spoke to UCR’s Matt Wardlaw about Motley Crue’s new single, “Puppies of War,” out now. You can hear to aspect of the discussion down beneath.

The defiant track marks the 1st Motley Crue song since 2019 and their 1st with guitarist John five, who replaced founding guitarist Mick Mars in 2022. The song switches between grinding alt-metallic riffs and eerie, melodic verses, and in the chorus Neil sings, “Do not let them look at the crown / Under no circumstances lеt men and women bastards get you down.”

“It was purposeful to leave that verse massive open up for Vince,” Sixx claims. “I like it because when men and women listen to it the initially time, it really is genuinely substantial and then it opens up. It can be a element of like, for the band, it is definitely generally just [fun to] find some point new to do.”

The animated “Canine of War” video clip, which is littered with Motley Crue Easter eggs, reveals the band dying in a plane crash and coming once again as zombies to combat off a selection of creatures, such as the titular pet dogs of war. “You can observed John in 50 % and he is nevertheless gonna love the guitar,” Neil quips.

“The complete enjoyable element is that in our day-to-day life, in prevalent, it would look like everyone’s consistently been attempting to kill us, destroy our profession, and so it genuinely is enjoyable in the film that you are not capable to destroy us” Sixx muses. “Even when we die, we quit up snorting our possess ashes and coming once again.”