Nikki Sixx has called out Kiss on social media, accusing them of ripping off Motley Crue’s stage production.
Kiss played The Forum in Los Angeles on Saturday night, and, prior to the show, Sixx posted a still from Crue’s final tour from 2014/15 on Instagram, with the caption: “If ya wanna see an exact reenactment of this just go to the Los Angeles Forum tonight.”
Sixx later posted a composite image showing him being carried above the crowd on a crane and one of Kiss bassist Gene Simmons doing something similar.
Sixx said: “Wow. Our body wasn’t even cold before they took this exact grande finale from our tour. Might not matter to Kiss fans but it does to Crue fans.
“I dug their music when I was a little kid and it was cool to co-headline together a few years, but this disappoints me. Anyway. Onwards and upwards.”
It’s not the first time Sixx has had a pop at Kiss. A spat between them began in 2016 after Simmons referred to Prince’s death as self-inflicted and “pathetic”. Sixx responded by urging the Kiss bassist to “call it a day” and said he had no respect for him any more.
Sixx later softened his stance, telling Loudwire Nights: “Gene’s a very opinionated man, so am I. I’ll be honest with you, I think we just kinda look like a bunch of old women fighting at this point.”
Motley Crue’s long-awaited biopic The Dirt will premiere on Netflix on March 22 (opens in new tab), with the Crue getting back together to record four songs for the film – one of which will feature rapper Machine Gun Kelly (opens in new tab).
