Mötley Crüe man Nikki Sixx has fired back at Carmine Appice after the Vanilla Fudge drummer claimed that Crue were performing to pre-recorded backing tracks during their Stadium Tour shows with Def Leppard last summer. Appice made the comments in an interview with Ultimate Guitar, claiming that then-guitarist Mick Mars had been unhappy with the set-up.
"Basically, everything was on tape," Appice said. "It was all planned out and ultimately a lot of crap. And Mick is a pretty good player, and so, to now let him loose and play the way he wants, that was never going to work for him.
